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	$391,235,113
2	Liar Liar	Comedy	PG-13	$181,395,380	39,519,691	$283,751,381
3	Air Force One	Action	R	$172,144,501	37,504,249	$269,280,508
4	Titanic	Drama	PG-13	$157,467,971	34,306,747	$246,322,443
5	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	Adventure	PG	$138,133,173	30,094,373	$216,077,598
6	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$126,768,249	27,618,355	$198,299,789
7	Face/Off	Action	R	$112,273,211	24,460,395	$175,625,636
8	Batman & Robin	Action	PG-13	$107,308,328	23,378,721	$167,859,217
9	George Of The Jungle	Comedy	PG	$105,224,566	22,924,742	$164,599,648
10	Con Air	Action	R	$101,087,161	22,023,347	$158,127,631
11	Contact	Drama	PG	$100,769,177	21,954,069	$157,630,215
12	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$93,269,730	20,320,203	$145,899,058
13	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$92,408,204	20,132,506	$144,551,393
14	Scream 2	Horror	R	$85,492,042	18,625,717	$133,732,648
15	Flubber	Comedy	PG	$83,110,113	18,106,778	$130,006,666
16	Scream	Horror	R	$81,748,082	17,810,040	$127,876,087
17	Conspiracy Theory	Thriller/Suspense	R	$76,081,498	16,575,490	$119,012,018
18	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$70,396,279	15,336,880	$110,118,798
19	Michael	Comedy	PG	$67,715,874	14,752,914	$105,925,923
20	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	Adventure	PG	$67,484,485	14,702,502	$105,563,964
21	Dante's Peak	Drama	PG-13	$67,155,742	14,630,881	$105,049,726
22	Anaconda	Horror	PG-13	$65,557,989	14,282,786	$102,550,403
23	The Fifth Element	Action	PG-13	$63,540,020	13,843,142	$99,393,760
24	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$63,417,425	13,816,432	$99,201,982
25	The Saint	Action	PG-13	$61,355,436	13,367,197	$95,976,474
26	Jungle 2 Jungle	Comedy	PG	$59,925,026	13,055,561	$93,738,928
27	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$59,721,359	13,011,189	$93,420,337
28	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$92,399,456
29	The English Patient	Drama	R	$55,893,178	12,177,163	$87,432,030
30	Spawn	Action	PG-13	$54,967,359	11,975,459	$85,983,796
31	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Comedy	PG-13	$53,868,030	11,735,954	$84,264,150
32	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$53,107,285	11,570,215	$83,074,144
33	Breakdown	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,129,186	10,921,391	$78,415,587
34	Absolute Power	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,007,168	10,894,808	$78,224,721
35	Evita	Musical	PG	$49,660,364	10,819,251	$77,682,222
36	The Game	Thriller/Suspense	R	$48,265,581	10,515,377	$75,500,407
37	G.I.Jane	Drama	R	$48,154,732	10,491,227	$75,327,010
38	Speed II: Cruise Control	Action	PG-13	$48,068,396	10,472,417	$75,191,954
39	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	Adventure	PG	$48,063,790	10,471,414	$75,184,753
40	Volcano	Action	PG-13	$47,474,112	10,342,944	$74,262,338
41	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$46,092,778	10,042,000	$72,101,560
42	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$45,069,803	9,819,129	$70,501,346
43	Cop Land	Drama	R	$44,810,734	9,762,687	$70,096,093
44	Nothing To Lose	Comedy	R	$44,477,235	9,690,029	$69,574,408
45	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$44,417,226	9,676,956	$69,480,544
46	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$43,198,792	9,411,502	$67,574,584
47	The Devil's Own	Thriller/Suspense	R	$42,877,165	9,341,430	$67,071,467
48	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$65,628,948
49	The Peacemaker	Action	R	$41,256,277	8,988,296	$64,535,965
50	Private Parts	Comedy	R	$41,198,146	8,975,631	$64,445,031
51	Money Talks	Action	R	$41,067,398	8,947,146	$64,240,508
52	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,722,657	8,872,039	$63,701,240
53	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$40,021,527	8,719,287	$62,604,481
54	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$59,905,792
55	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$37,555,985	8,182,132	$58,747,708
56	Vegas Vacation	Comedy	PG	$36,429,528	7,936,716	$56,985,621
57	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,422,828	7,717,392	$55,410,875
58	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$35,338,724	7,699,068	$55,279,308
59	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	Action	PG-13	$35,059,903	7,638,323	$54,843,159
60	Addicted To Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,656,904	7,550,524	$54,212,762
61	The Relic	Horror	R	$33,927,476	7,391,607	$53,071,738
62	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$32,268,702	7,030,218	$50,476,965
63	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$32,070,509	6,987,039	$50,166,940
64	Metro	Action	R	$31,987,563	6,968,968	$50,037,190
65	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy	PG-13	$31,235,710	6,805,166	$48,861,092
66	Picture Perfect	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,058,643	6,766,589	$48,584,109
67	Fools Rush In	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$29,291,566	6,381,605	$45,819,924
68	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Comedy	R	$29,205,077	6,362,762	$45,684,631
69	Father's Day	Comedy	PG-13	$28,659,604	6,243,922	$44,831,360
70	Grosse Point Blank	Black Comedy	R	$28,014,536	6,103,385	$43,822,304
71	Out to Sea	Comedy	PG-13	$27,974,168	6,094,590	$43,759,156
72	The Edge	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,779,888	6,052,263	$43,455,248
73	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$27,164,883	5,918,275	$42,493,215
74	Amistad	Drama	R	$26,714,127	5,820,071	$41,788,110
75	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$26,677,496	5,812,091	$41,730,813
76	Event Horizon	Horror	R	$26,668,092	5,810,042	$41,716,102
77	Murder at 1600	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,826,788	5,626,751	$40,400,072
78	Mimic	Horror	R	$25,454,187	5,545,575	$39,817,229
79	Air Bud	Comedy	PG	$24,629,916	5,365,995	$38,527,844
80	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$24,453,915	5,327,650	$38,252,527
81	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$24,000,000	5,228,758	$37,542,482
82	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$23,816,064	5,188,685	$37,254,758
83	Good Burger	Comedy	PG	$23,700,919	5,163,599	$37,074,641
84	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$36,942,529
85	Hoodlum	Drama	R	$23,489,997	5,117,646	$36,744,698
86	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,282,785	4,854,637	$34,856,294
87	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$20,151,087	4,390,215	$31,521,744
88	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,060,051	4,370,381	$31,379,336
89	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$20,056,331	4,369,571	$31,373,520
90	Gone Fishin'	Comedy	PG	$19,736,932	4,299,985	$30,873,892
91	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$19,668,017	4,284,971	$30,766,092
92	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$18,891,125	4,115,714	$29,550,827
93	That Darn Cat	Comedy	PG	$18,239,932	3,973,841	$28,532,178
94	That Old Feeling	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,325,542	3,556,763	$25,537,558
95	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$25,261,250
96	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Horror	R	$15,719,109	3,424,642	$24,588,930
97	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$15,616,635	3,402,317	$24,428,636
98	Rocket Man	Comedy	PG	$15,448,043	3,365,587	$24,164,915
99	The Sixth Man	Comedy	PG-13	$14,708,874	3,204,548	$23,008,655
100	Jackie Chan's First Strike	Action	PG-13	$14,511,338	3,161,512	$22,699,656
101	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$14,462,242	3,150,815	$22,622,852
102	The Postman	Action	R	$14,327,628	3,121,488	$22,412,284
103	Excess Baggage	Comedy	PG-13	$14,327,206	3,121,396	$22,411,623
104	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$14,013,508	3,053,052	$21,920,913
105	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	R	$14,008,431	3,051,946	$21,912,972
106	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$21,396,752
107	Trial And Error	Comedy	PG-13	$13,587,762	2,960,297	$21,254,932
108	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$13,475,192	2,935,772	$21,078,843
109	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$20,498,972
110	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$12,612,751	2,747,876	$19,729,750
111	Love Jones	Drama	R	$12,514,138	2,726,392	$19,575,495
112	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$12,511,843	2,725,892	$19,571,905
113	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$12,275,272	2,674,351	$19,201,840
114	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$12,123,355	2,641,254	$18,964,204
115	Chasing Amy	Romantic Comedy	R	$12,006,514	2,615,798	$18,781,430
116	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$11,907,700	2,594,270	$18,626,859
117	Ransom	Action	R	$11,806,880	2,572,305	$18,469,150
118	Turbulence	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,466,088	2,498,058	$17,936,056
119	The Beautician and the Beast	Romantic Comedy	PG	$11,454,593	2,495,554	$17,918,078
120	Boot, Das	Drama	R	$11,397,741	2,483,168	$17,829,146
121	Double Team	Action	R	$11,313,010	2,464,708	$17,696,603
122	Leave It To Beaver	Comedy	PG	$11,307,615	2,463,533	$17,688,167
123	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$16,454,593
124	Operation Condor	Action	PG-13	$10,440,032	2,274,517	$16,331,032
125	Buddy	Comedy	PG	$10,005,081	2,179,756	$15,650,648
126	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,881,286	2,152,786	$15,457,003
127	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$9,582,804	2,087,757	$14,990,095
128	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,517,621	2,073,556	$14,888,132
129	Fierce Creatures	Comedy	PG-13	$9,202,671	2,004,939	$14,395,462
130	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$8,698,249	1,895,043	$13,606,409
131	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$8,637,027	1,881,705	$13,510,642
132	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$8,451,663	1,841,321	$13,220,685
133	A Simple Wish	Comedy	PG	$8,119,205	1,768,890	$12,700,630
134	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	Action	PG	$8,109,349	1,766,743	$12,685,215
135	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$8,074,281	1,759,103	$12,630,360
136	A Thousand Acres	Drama	R	$7,928,412	1,727,323	$12,402,179
137	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$7,905,000	1,722,222	$12,365,554
138	Sprung	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,553,105	1,645,557	$11,815,099
139	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$7,510,617	1,636,300	$11,748,634
140	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$7,474,793	1,628,495	$11,692,594
141	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$7,388,094	1,609,607	$11,556,978
142	Wild America	Adventure	PG	$7,324,662	1,595,787	$11,457,751
143	*BAPS**	Comedy	PG-13	$7,240,837	1,577,524	$11,326,622
144	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$7,238,051	1,576,917	$11,322,264
145	She's So Lovely	Drama	R	$7,221,836	1,573,385	$11,296,904
146	Zeus and Roxanne	Comedy	PG	$7,183,046	1,564,934	$11,236,226
147	Star Trek: First Contact	Adventure	PG-13	$6,846,411	1,491,593	$10,709,638
148	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$10,376,428
149	Switchback	Action	R	$6,482,195	1,412,243	$10,139,905
150	Warriors of Virtue	Action	PG	$6,448,817	1,404,971	$10,087,692
151	Most Wanted	Action	R	$6,320,276	1,376,966	$9,886,616
152	Kull The Conqueror	Action	PG-13	$6,086,891	1,326,120	$9,521,542
153	Gang Related	Drama	R	$5,858,599	1,276,383	$9,164,430
154	Inventing the Abbots	Drama	R	$5,852,547	1,275,065	$9,154,967
155	Kolya	Comedy	PG-13	$5,730,711	1,248,521	$8,964,381
156	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,716,080	1,245,333	$8,941,491
157	Gridlock'd	Black Comedy	R	$5,479,037	1,193,690	$8,570,694
158	Dangerous Ground	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,079,851	1,106,721	$7,946,257
159	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$5,064,440	1,103,364	$7,922,154
160	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$4,999,637	1,089,246	$7,820,786
161	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,904,940	1,068,614	$7,672,649
162	McHale's Navy	Comedy	PG	$4,368,453	951,733	$6,833,443
163	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy	R	$4,266,243	929,465	$6,673,559
164	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$4,266,214	929,458	$6,673,508
165	Kama Sutra	Drama	R	$4,109,095	895,228	$6,427,737
166	Playing God	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,068,285	886,337	$6,363,900
167	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy	R	$3,999,612	871,375	$6,256,473
168	Lost Highway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,796,699	827,168	$5,939,066
169	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Black Comedy	R	$3,559,990	775,597	$5,568,786
170	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$3,550,492	773,528	$5,553,931
171	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Drama	PG	$3,519,178	766,705	$5,504,942
172	The Pest	Comedy	PG-13	$3,506,206	763,879	$5,484,651
173	Til There Was You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,478,370	757,815	$5,441,112
174	The MatchMaker	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,376,403	735,600	$5,281,608
175	A Smile Like Yours	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,317,930	722,861	$5,190,142
176	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$3,110,918	677,760	$4,866,317
177	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	R	$2,922,988	636,817	$4,572,346
178	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Drama	R	$2,874,242	626,197	$4,496,094
179	Dirty Dancing	Drama	PG-13	$2,868,135	624,866	$4,486,538
180	In the Company of Men	Drama	R	$2,856,622	622,358	$4,468,530
181	One Night Stand	Drama	R	$2,642,718	575,756	$4,133,928
182	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$2,570,742	560,075	$4,021,339
183	Brassed Off	Comedy	R	$2,560,471	557,837	$4,005,270
184	Romeo+Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$2,518,728	548,742	$3,939,968
185	Career Girls	Comedy	R	$2,506,039	545,978	$3,920,122
186	Crash	Drama	R	$2,430,321	529,482	$3,801,681
187	The Pillow Book	Drama	Not Rated	$2,293,037	499,572	$3,586,927
188	Snowriders 2	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,287,639	498,396	$3,578,483
189	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,221,994	484,095	$3,475,802
190	Shadow Conspiracy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,154,540	469,399	$3,370,285
191	The Daytrippers	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,084,559	454,152	$3,260,811
192	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$2,075,683	452,219	$3,246,932
193	Paradise Road	Drama	R	$1,921,471	418,621	$3,005,699
194	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy	R	$1,916,898	417,625	$2,998,548
195	Masterminds	Action	PG-13	$1,890,472	411,868	$2,957,212
196	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$1,865,734	406,478	$2,918,512
197	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,851,655	403,411	$2,896,491
198	Set It Off	Drama	R	$1,812,337	394,845	$2,834,987
199	Steel	Action	PG-13	$1,686,429	367,414	$2,638,033
200	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$1,683,826	366,847	$2,633,961
201	Ridicule	Drama	R	$1,651,876	359,886	$2,583,981
202	Rhyme & Reason	Documentary	R	$1,591,687	346,773	$2,489,830
203	City of Industry	Drama	R	$1,495,332	325,780	$2,339,100
204	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$1,427,164	310,929	$2,232,470
205	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$1,387,966	302,389	$2,171,153
206	Ponette	Drama	Not Rated	$1,351,319	294,405	$2,113,828
207	Temptress Moon	Drama	R	$1,084,532	236,281	$1,696,498
208	Blood and Wine	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,075,288	234,268	$1,682,044
209	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$1,048,408	228,411	$1,639,991
210	Shiloh	Adventure	PG	$1,002,175	218,339	$1,567,674
211	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$892,904	194,532	$1,396,740
212	Female Perversions	Drama	R	$883,973	192,587	$1,382,775
213	Sleepers	Drama	R	$880,394	191,807	$1,377,174
214	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$844,516	183,990	$1,321,048
215	Children of the Revolution	Comedy	R	$830,608	180,960	$1,299,293
216	Big Night	Drama	R	$814,200	177,386	$1,273,631
217	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$810,330	176,542	$1,267,572
218	Anna Karenina	Drama	PG-13	$791,830	172,512	$1,238,636
219	Kiss or Kill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$771,091	167,994	$1,206,197
220	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Documentary	PG	$760,472	165,680	$1,189,582
221	Lone Star	Drama	R	$758,156	165,176	$1,185,964
222	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$751,478	163,721	$1,175,517
223	Nueba Yol 3	Drama	Not Rated	$723,404	157,604	$1,131,597
224	Box of Moon Light	Comedy	R	$720,717	157,019	$1,127,396
225	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$710,868	154,873	$1,111,988
226	A Chef in Love	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$686,121	149,482	$1,073,281
227	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama	R	$661,361	144,087	$1,034,545
228	Swingers	Comedy	R	$644,108	140,329	$1,007,562
229	The Van	Comedy	R	$621,093	135,314	$971,555
230	The House of Yes	Comedy	R	$617,403	134,510	$965,782
231	Star Maps	Comedy	R	$592,573	129,101	$926,945
232	Love Serenade	Comedy	R	$579,337	126,217	$906,238
233	Dream With The Fishes	Drama	R	$542,909	118,281	$849,258
234	The Assignment	Thriller/Suspense	R	$540,063	117,661	$844,806
235	Prefontaine	Drama	PG-13	$532,190	115,946	$832,492
236	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$531,868	115,875	$831,983
237	La c�r�monie	Drama	Not Rated	$527,095	114,836	$824,522
238	Margaret's Museum	Drama	R	$524,963	114,371	$821,184
239	Microcosmos	Documentary	G	$521,987	113,723	$816,531
240	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$493,723	107,565	$772,317
241	Commandments	Comedy	R	$488,419	106,409	$764,017
242	SubUrbia	Comedy	R	$482,665	105,156	$755,020
243	Boys Life 2	Drama		$479,504	104,467	$750,073
244	Broken English	Drama	PG-13	$476,070	103,719	$744,702
245	In Search of a Dream	Drama		$461,661	100,580	$722,164
246	Sunday	Drama		$410,919	89,525	$642,790
247	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$388,132	84,560	$607,141
248	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$386,350	84,172	$604,355
249	Bent	Drama	NC-17	$372,341	81,120	$582,442
250	Thinner	Horror	R	$364,078	79,320	$569,518
251	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$351,800	76,645	$550,311
252	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$331,031	72,120	$517,822
253	Albino Alligator	Drama	R	$326,308	71,091	$510,433
254	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$300,810	65,536	$470,548
255	Indian Summer	Comedy	R	$294,467	64,154	$460,626
256	All Over Me	Drama	R	$281,175	61,258	$439,832
257	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$276,573	60,256	$432,638
258	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$265,120	57,760	$414,717
259	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$244,717	53,315	$382,802
260	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$237,415	51,724	$371,378
261	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$229,657	50,034	$359,244
262	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Thriller/Suspense	R	$226,427	49,331	$354,197
263	4 Little Girls	Documentary		$218,444	47,591	$341,703
264	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$214,477	46,727	$335,500
265	Love and Other Catastrophes	Comedy	R	$212,285	46,249	$332,068
266	Bliss	Drama	R	$207,751	45,262	$324,981
267	The Ride	Drama	PG	$189,635	41,315	$296,642
268	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$178,189	38,821	$278,735
269	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$167,596	36,513	$262,163
270	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$165,851	36,133	$259,435
271	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$142,749	31,100	$223,298
272	Hard Eight	Drama		$142,356	31,014	$222,681
273	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$142,349	31,013	$222,673
274	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$137,163	29,883	$214,560
275	The Boxer	Drama	R	$129,915	28,304	$203,223
276	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$96,544	21,034	$151,024
277	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$87,508	19,065	$136,887
278	A Brother's Kiss	Drama	R	$66,961	14,588	$104,742
279	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$50,052	10,905	$78,298
280	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$40,969	8,926	$64,089
281	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,030	6,325	$45,414
282	Catherine's Grove	Drama	R	$26,641	5,804	$41,673
283	Bandwagon	Comedy		$22,189	4,834	$34,708
284	Cafe Society	Drama	R	$6,325	1,378	$9,894
285	Carla's Song	Drama		$5,000	1,089	$7,819
286	Best Men	Comedy		$5,000	1,089	$7,819
287	Cadillac Ranch	Adventure	R	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
288	The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon	Adventure	PG	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
289	Inside	Drama		$5,000	1,089	$7,819
290	Hugo Pool	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,620	789	$5,665
291	Trojan War	Comedy		$217	47	$337
Total Gross of All Movies				$5,868,203,255
Total Tickets Sold					1,278,475,661
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$9,179,455,246

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.