Box Office Performance for Live Action Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Men in Black	Adventure	PG-13	$250,107,128	54,489,570	$429,922,707
2	Liar Liar	Comedy	PG-13	$181,395,380	39,519,691	$311,810,362
3	Air Force One	Action	R	$172,144,501	37,504,249	$295,908,525
4	Titanic	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$157,467,971	34,306,747	$270,680,234
5	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	Adventure	PG	$138,133,173	30,094,373	$237,444,603
6	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$126,768,249	27,618,355	$217,908,821
7	Face/Off	Action	R	$112,273,211	24,460,395	$192,992,517
8	Batman & Robin	Action	PG-13	$107,308,328	23,378,721	$184,458,109
9	George Of The Jungle	Comedy	PG	$105,224,566	22,924,742	$180,876,214
10	Con Air	Action	R	$101,087,161	22,023,347	$173,764,208
11	Contact	Drama	PG	$100,769,177	21,954,069	$173,217,604
12	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$93,269,730	20,320,203	$160,326,402
13	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$92,408,204	20,132,506	$158,845,472
14	Scream 2	Horror	R	$85,492,042	18,625,717	$146,956,907
15	Flubber	Comedy	PG	$83,110,113	18,106,778	$142,862,478
16	Scream	Horror	R	$81,748,082	17,810,040	$140,521,216
17	Conspiracy Theory	Thriller/Suspense	R	$76,081,498	16,575,490	$130,780,616
18	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$70,396,279	15,336,880	$121,007,983
19	Michael	Comedy	PG	$67,715,874	14,752,914	$116,400,491
20	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	Adventure	PG	$67,484,485	14,702,502	$116,002,741
21	Dante's Peak	Drama	PG-13	$67,155,742	14,630,881	$115,437,651
22	Anaconda	Horror	PG-13	$65,557,989	14,282,786	$112,691,182
23	The Fifth Element	Action	PG-13	$63,540,020	13,843,142	$109,222,390
24	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$63,417,425	13,816,432	$109,011,648
25	The Saint	Action	PG-13	$61,355,436	13,367,197	$105,467,184
26	Jungle 2 Jungle	Comedy	PG	$59,925,026	13,055,561	$103,008,376
27	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$59,721,359	13,011,189	$102,658,281
28	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$101,536,449
29	The English Patient	Drama	R	$55,893,178	12,177,163	$96,077,816
30	Spawn	Action	PG-13	$54,967,359	11,975,459	$94,486,372
31	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Comedy	PG-13	$53,868,030	11,735,954	$92,596,677
32	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$53,107,285	11,570,215	$91,288,996
33	Breakdown	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,129,186	10,921,391	$86,169,775
34	Absolute Power	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,007,168	10,894,808	$85,960,035
35	Evita	Musical	PG	$49,660,364	10,819,251	$85,363,890
36	The Game	Thriller/Suspense	R	$48,265,581	10,515,377	$82,966,325
37	G.I. Jane	Drama	R	$48,154,732	10,491,227	$82,775,781
38	Speed II: Cruise Control	Action	PG-13	$48,068,396	10,472,417	$82,627,370
39	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	Adventure	PG	$48,063,790	10,471,414	$82,619,456
40	Volcano	Action	PG-13	$47,474,112	10,342,944	$81,605,828
41	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$46,092,778	10,042,000	$79,231,380
42	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$45,069,803	9,819,129	$77,472,928
43	Cop Land	Drama	R	$44,810,734	9,762,687	$77,027,600
44	Nothing To Lose	Comedy	R	$44,477,235	9,690,029	$76,454,329
45	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$44,417,226	9,676,956	$76,351,183
46	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$43,198,792	9,411,502	$74,256,751
47	The Devil's Own	Thriller/Suspense	R	$42,877,165	9,341,430	$73,703,883
48	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$72,118,719
49	The Peacemaker	Action	R	$41,256,277	8,988,296	$70,917,655
50	Private Parts	Comedy	R	$41,198,146	8,975,631	$70,817,729
51	Money Talks	Action	R	$41,067,398	8,947,146	$70,592,982
52	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,722,657	8,872,039	$70,000,388
53	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$40,021,527	8,719,287	$68,795,174
54	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$65,829,623
55	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$37,555,985	8,182,132	$64,557,021
56	Vegas Vacation	Comedy	PG	$36,429,528	7,936,716	$62,620,689
57	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,422,828	7,717,392	$60,890,223
58	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$35,338,724	7,699,068	$60,745,647
59	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	Action	PG-13	$35,059,903	7,638,323	$60,266,368
60	Addicted To Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,656,904	7,550,524	$59,573,634
61	The Relic	Horror	R	$33,927,476	7,391,607	$58,319,779
62	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$32,268,702	7,030,218	$55,468,420
63	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$32,070,509	6,987,039	$55,127,738
64	Metro	Action	R	$31,987,563	6,968,968	$54,985,158
65	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy	PG-13	$31,235,710	6,805,166	$53,692,760
66	Picture Perfect	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,058,643	6,766,589	$53,388,387
67	Fools Rush In	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$29,291,566	6,381,605	$50,350,863
68	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Comedy	R	$29,230,449	6,368,290	$50,245,808
69	Father's Day	Comedy	PG-13	$28,659,604	6,243,922	$49,264,545
70	Grosse Point Blank	Black Comedy	R	$28,073,151	6,116,155	$48,256,463
71	Out to Sea	Comedy	PG-13	$27,974,168	6,094,590	$48,086,315
72	The Edge	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,779,888	6,052,263	$47,752,355
73	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$27,164,883	5,918,275	$46,695,190
74	Amistad	Drama	R	$26,714,127	5,820,071	$45,920,360
75	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$26,677,496	5,812,091	$45,857,398
76	Event Horizon	Horror	R	$26,668,092	5,810,042	$45,841,231
77	Murder at 1600	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,826,788	5,626,751	$44,395,065
78	Mimic	Horror	R	$25,454,187	5,545,575	$43,754,587
79	Air Bud	Comedy	PG	$24,629,916	5,365,995	$42,337,701
80	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$24,453,915	5,327,650	$42,035,159
81	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$24,000,000	5,228,758	$41,254,901
82	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$23,816,064	5,188,685	$40,938,725
83	Good Burger	Comedy	PG	$23,700,919	5,163,599	$40,740,796
84	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$40,595,620
85	Hoodlum	Drama	R	$23,489,997	5,117,646	$40,378,227
86	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,282,785	4,854,637	$38,303,086
87	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$20,151,087	4,390,215	$34,638,796
88	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,060,051	4,370,381	$34,482,306
89	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$20,056,331	4,369,571	$34,475,915
90	Gone Fishin'	Comedy	PG	$19,736,932	4,299,985	$33,926,882
91	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$19,668,017	4,284,971	$33,808,421
92	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$18,891,125	4,115,714	$32,472,983
93	That Darn Cat	Comedy	PG	$18,239,932	3,973,841	$31,353,605
94	That Old Feeling	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,337,426	3,559,352	$28,083,287
95	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$27,759,229
96	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Horror	R	$15,719,109	3,424,642	$27,020,425
97	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$15,616,635	3,402,317	$26,844,281
98	Rocket Man	Comedy	PG	$15,448,043	3,365,587	$26,554,481
99	The Sixth Man	Comedy	PG-13	$14,765,099	3,216,797	$25,380,528
100	Jackie Chan's First Strike	Action	PG-13	$14,511,338	3,161,512	$24,944,330
101	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$14,462,242	3,150,815	$24,859,930
102	The Postman	Action	R	$14,327,628	3,121,488	$24,628,540
103	Excess Baggage	Comedy	PG-13	$14,327,206	3,121,396	$24,627,814
104	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$14,013,508	3,053,052	$24,088,580
105	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	R	$14,008,431	3,051,946	$24,079,854
106	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$23,512,587
107	Trial And Error	Comedy	PG-13	$13,587,762	2,960,297	$23,356,743
108	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$13,475,192	2,935,772	$23,163,241
109	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$22,526,029
110	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$12,612,751	2,747,876	$21,680,742
111	Love Jones	Drama	R	$12,514,138	2,726,392	$21,511,233
112	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$12,511,843	2,725,892	$21,507,288
113	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$12,275,272	2,674,351	$21,100,629
114	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$12,123,355	2,641,254	$20,839,494
115	Chasing Amy	Romantic Comedy	R	$12,006,514	2,615,798	$20,638,646
116	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$11,907,700	2,594,270	$20,468,790
117	Ransom	Action	R	$11,806,880	2,572,305	$20,295,486
118	Turbulence	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,466,088	2,498,058	$19,709,678
119	The Beautician and the Beast	Romantic Comedy	PG	$11,454,593	2,495,554	$19,689,921
120	Das Boot	Drama	R	$11,397,741	2,483,168	$19,592,196
121	Double Team	Action	R	$11,313,010	2,464,708	$19,446,546
122	Leave It To Beaver	Comedy	PG	$11,307,615	2,463,533	$19,437,275
123	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$18,081,718
124	Operation Condor	Action	PG-13	$10,440,032	2,274,517	$17,945,939
125	Buddy	Comedy	PG	$10,005,081	2,179,756	$17,198,275
126	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,881,286	2,152,786	$16,985,482
127	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$9,582,804	2,087,757	$16,472,403
128	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,517,621	2,073,556	$16,360,357
129	Fierce Creatures	Comedy	PG-13	$9,202,671	2,004,939	$15,818,969
130	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$8,698,249	1,895,043	$14,951,889
131	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$8,637,027	1,881,705	$14,846,652
132	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$8,451,663	1,841,321	$14,528,023
133	A Simple Wish	Comedy	PG	$8,119,205	1,768,890	$13,956,542
134	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	Action	PG	$8,109,349	1,766,743	$13,939,602
135	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$8,074,281	1,759,103	$13,879,323
136	A Thousand Acres	Drama	R	$7,928,412	1,727,323	$13,628,578
137	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$7,905,000	1,722,222	$13,588,332
138	Sprung	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,553,105	1,645,557	$12,983,445
139	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$7,510,617	1,636,300	$12,910,407
140	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$7,474,793	1,628,495	$12,848,826
141	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$7,388,094	1,609,607	$12,699,799
142	Wild America	Adventure	PG	$7,324,662	1,595,787	$12,590,759
143	*BAPS**	Comedy	PG-13	$7,240,837	1,577,524	$12,446,664
144	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$7,238,051	1,576,917	$12,441,875
145	She's So Lovely	Drama	R	$7,221,836	1,573,385	$12,414,008
146	Zeus and Roxanne	Comedy	PG	$7,183,046	1,564,934	$12,347,329
147	Star Trek: First Contact	Adventure	PG-13	$6,846,411	1,491,593	$11,768,669
148	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$11,402,510
149	Switchback	Action	R	$6,482,195	1,412,243	$11,142,597
150	Warriors of Virtue	Action	PG	$6,448,817	1,404,971	$11,085,221
151	Most Wanted	Action	R	$6,320,276	1,376,966	$10,864,262
152	Kull The Conqueror	Action	PG-13	$6,086,891	1,326,120	$10,463,087
153	Gang Related	Drama	R	$5,858,599	1,276,383	$10,070,662
154	Inventing the Abbots	Drama	R	$5,852,547	1,275,065	$10,060,263
155	Kolya	Comedy	PG-13	$5,730,711	1,248,521	$9,850,831
156	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,716,080	1,245,333	$9,825,677
157	Gridlock'd	Black Comedy	R	$5,479,037	1,193,690	$9,418,214
158	Dangerous Ground	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,079,851	1,106,721	$8,732,029
159	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$5,064,440	1,103,364	$8,705,542
160	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$4,999,637	1,089,246	$8,594,151
161	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,904,940	1,068,614	$8,431,364
162	McHale's Navy	Comedy	PG	$4,368,453	951,733	$7,509,173
163	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy	R	$4,266,243	929,465	$7,333,479
164	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$4,266,214	929,458	$7,333,424
165	Kama Sutra	Drama	R	$4,109,095	895,228	$7,063,349
166	Playing God	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,068,285	886,337	$6,993,199
167	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy	R	$3,999,612	871,375	$6,875,149
168	Lost Highway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,796,699	827,168	$6,526,356
169	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Black Comedy	R	$3,559,990	775,597	$6,119,460
170	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$3,550,492	773,528	$6,103,136
171	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Drama	PG	$3,519,178	766,705	$6,049,302
172	The Pest	Comedy	PG-13	$3,506,206	763,879	$6,027,005
173	Til There Was You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,478,370	757,815	$5,979,160
174	The MatchMaker	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,376,403	735,600	$5,803,884
175	A Smile Like Yours	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,317,930	722,861	$5,703,373
176	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$3,110,918	677,760	$5,347,526
177	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	R	$2,922,988	636,817	$5,024,486
178	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Drama	R	$2,874,242	626,197	$4,940,694
179	Dirty Dancing	Drama	PG-13	$2,868,135	624,866	$4,930,193
180	In the Company of Men	Drama	R	$2,856,622	622,358	$4,910,405
181	One Night Stand	Drama	R	$2,642,718	575,756	$4,542,715
182	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$2,570,742	560,075	$4,418,992
183	Brassed Off	Comedy	R	$2,560,471	557,837	$4,401,334
184	Romeo+Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$2,518,728	548,742	$4,329,574
185	Career Girls	Comedy	R	$2,506,039	545,978	$4,307,766
186	Crash	Drama	R	$2,430,321	529,482	$4,177,613
187	The Pillow Book	Drama	Not Rated	$2,293,037	499,572	$3,941,623
188	Snowriders 2	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,287,639	498,396	$3,932,344
189	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,221,994	484,095	$3,819,510
190	Shadow Conspiracy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,154,540	469,399	$3,703,558
191	The Daytrippers	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,084,559	454,152	$3,583,259
192	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$2,075,683	452,219	$3,568,008
193	Paradise Road	Drama	R	$1,921,471	418,621	$3,302,920
194	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy	R	$1,916,898	417,625	$3,295,061
195	Masterminds	Action	PG-13	$1,890,472	411,868	$3,249,639
196	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$1,865,734	406,478	$3,207,111
197	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,851,655	403,411	$3,182,913
198	Set It Off	Drama	R	$1,812,337	394,845	$3,115,327
199	Steel	Action	PG-13	$1,686,429	367,414	$2,898,896
200	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$1,683,826	366,847	$2,894,423
201	Ridicule	Drama	R	$1,651,876	359,886	$2,839,501
202	Rhyme & Reason	Documentary	R	$1,591,687	346,773	$2,736,039
203	City of Industry	Drama	R	$1,495,332	325,780	$2,570,404
204	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$1,427,164	310,929	$2,453,230
205	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$1,387,966	302,389	$2,385,849
206	Ponette	Drama	Not Rated	$1,351,319	294,405	$2,322,855
207	Temptress Moon	Drama	R	$1,084,532	236,281	$1,864,257
208	Blood and Wine	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,075,288	234,268	$1,848,375
209	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$1,048,408	228,411	$1,802,163
210	Shiloh	Adventure	PG	$1,002,175	218,339	$1,722,695
211	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$892,904	194,532	$1,534,857
212	Female Perversions	Drama	R	$883,973	192,587	$1,519,511
213	Sleepers	Drama	R	$880,394	191,807	$1,513,357
214	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$844,516	183,990	$1,451,681
215	Children of the Revolution	Comedy	R	$830,608	180,960	$1,427,774
216	Big Night	Drama	R	$814,200	177,386	$1,399,576
217	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$810,330	176,542	$1,392,916
218	Anna Karenina	Drama	PG-13	$791,830	172,512	$1,361,120
219	Kiss or Kill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$771,091	167,994	$1,325,473
220	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Documentary	PG	$760,472	165,680	$1,307,215
221	Lone Star	Drama	R	$758,156	165,176	$1,303,239
222	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$751,478	163,721	$1,291,759
223	Nueba Yol 3	Drama	Not Rated	$723,404	157,604	$1,243,496
224	Box of Moonlight	Comedy	R	$720,717	157,019	$1,238,880
225	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$710,868	154,873	$1,221,948
226	Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$686,121	149,482	$1,179,413
227	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama	R	$661,361	144,087	$1,136,846
228	Swingers	Comedy	R	$644,108	140,329	$1,107,196
229	The Van	Comedy	R	$621,093	135,314	$1,067,627
230	The House of Yes	Comedy	R	$617,403	134,510	$1,061,284
231	Star Maps	Comedy	R	$592,573	129,101	$1,018,607
232	Love Serenade	Comedy	R	$579,337	126,217	$995,852
233	Dream With The Fishes	Drama	R	$542,909	118,281	$933,237
234	The Assignment	Thriller/Suspense	R	$540,063	117,661	$928,345
235	Prefontaine	Drama	PG-13	$532,190	115,946	$914,814
236	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$531,868	115,875	$914,254
237	La c�r�monie	Drama	Not Rated	$527,095	114,836	$906,056
238	Margaret's Museum	Drama	R	$524,963	114,371	$902,387
239	Microcosmos	Documentary	G	$521,987	113,723	$897,274
240	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$493,723	107,565	$848,688
241	Commandments	Comedy	R	$488,419	106,409	$839,567
242	SubUrbia	Comedy	R	$482,665	105,156	$829,681
243	Boys Life 2	Drama		$479,504	104,467	$824,245
244	Broken English	Drama	PG-13	$476,070	103,719	$818,343
245	Buscando un Sue�o	Drama		$461,661	100,580	$793,576
246	Sunday	Drama		$410,919	89,525	$706,352
247	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$388,132	84,560	$667,178
248	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$386,350	84,172	$664,117
249	Bent	Drama	NC-17	$372,341	81,120	$640,037
250	Thinner	Horror	R	$364,078	79,320	$625,835
251	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$351,800	76,645	$604,729
252	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$331,031	72,120	$569,027
253	Albino Alligator	Drama	R	$326,308	71,091	$560,908
254	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$300,810	65,536	$517,079
255	Indian Summer	Comedy	R	$294,467	64,154	$506,175
256	All Over Me	Drama	R	$281,175	61,258	$483,326
257	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$276,573	60,256	$475,420
258	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$265,120	57,760	$455,726
259	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$244,717	53,315	$420,655
260	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$237,415	51,724	$408,102
261	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$229,657	50,034	$394,768
262	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Thriller/Suspense	R	$226,427	49,331	$389,222
263	4 Little Girls	Documentary		$218,444	47,591	$375,493
264	Critical Care	Drama	R	$218,158	47,529	$375,004
265	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$214,477	46,727	$368,676
266	Love and Other Catastrophes	Comedy	R	$212,285	46,249	$364,905
267	Bliss	Drama	R	$207,751	45,262	$357,117
268	The Ride	Drama	PG	$189,635	41,315	$325,975
269	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$178,189	38,821	$306,298
270	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$167,596	36,513	$288,088
271	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$165,851	36,133	$285,089
272	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$142,749	31,100	$245,379
273	Hard Eight	Drama		$142,356	31,014	$244,700
274	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$142,349	31,013	$244,693
275	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$137,163	29,883	$235,777
276	The Boxer	Drama	R	$129,915	28,304	$223,319
277	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$96,544	21,034	$165,958
278	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$87,508	19,065	$150,423
279	A Brother's Kiss	Drama	R	$66,961	14,588	$115,099
280	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$50,052	10,905	$86,040
281	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$40,969	8,926	$70,426
282	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,030	6,325	$49,904
283	Intimate Relations	Black Comedy		$28,978	6,313	$49,810
284	Catherine's Grove	Drama	R	$26,641	5,804	$45,794
285	Bandwagon	Comedy		$22,189	4,834	$38,140
286	Cafe Society	Drama	R	$6,325	1,378	$10,872
287	Inside	Drama		$5,000	1,089	$8,592
288	The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon	Adventure	PG	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
289	Raven	Action	R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
290	Best Men	Comedy		$5,000	1,089	$8,592
291	Carla's Song	Drama		$5,000	1,089	$8,592
292	Cadillac Ranch	Adventure	R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
293	Hugo Pool	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,620	789	$6,225
294	Trojan War	Comedy		$217	47	$371
Total Gross of All Movies				$5,868,607,487
Total Tickets Sold					1,278,563,728
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$10,087,867,814

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1997. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1997. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1996 will most likely earn money in 1996 and 1997. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.