Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Liar Liar	Comedy	PG-13	$181,395,380	39,519,691	$283,751,381
2	Air Force One	Action	R	$172,144,501	37,504,249	$269,280,508
3	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	Adventure	PG	$138,133,173	30,094,373	$216,077,598
4	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$126,768,249	27,618,355	$198,299,789
5	Face/Off	Action	R	$112,273,211	24,460,395	$175,625,636
6	Con Air	Action	R	$101,087,161	22,023,347	$158,127,631
7	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$93,269,730	20,320,203	$145,899,058
8	Scream	Horror	R	$81,748,082	17,810,040	$127,876,087
9	Conspiracy Theory	Thriller/Suspense	R	$76,081,498	16,575,490	$119,012,018
10	Michael	Comedy	PG	$67,715,874	14,752,914	$105,925,923
11	Dante's Peak	Drama	PG-13	$67,155,742	14,630,881	$105,049,726
12	Anaconda	Horror	PG-13	$65,557,989	14,282,786	$102,550,403
13	The Fifth Element	Action	PG-13	$63,540,020	13,843,142	$99,393,760
14	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$63,417,425	13,816,432	$99,201,982
15	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Comedy	PG-13	$53,868,030	11,735,954	$84,264,150
16	Breakdown	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,129,186	10,921,391	$78,415,587
17	The Game	Thriller/Suspense	R	$48,265,581	10,515,377	$75,500,407
18	G.I.Jane	Drama	R	$48,154,732	10,491,227	$75,327,010
19	Volcano	Action	PG-13	$47,474,112	10,342,944	$74,262,338
20	Cop Land	Drama	R	$44,810,734	9,762,687	$70,096,093
21	Nothing To Lose	Comedy	R	$44,477,235	9,690,029	$69,574,408
22	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$43,198,792	9,411,502	$67,574,584
23	Money Talks	Action	R	$41,067,398	8,947,146	$64,240,508
24	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,722,657	8,872,039	$63,701,240
25	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$40,021,527	8,719,287	$62,604,481
26	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$35,338,724	7,699,068	$55,279,308
27	Addicted To Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,656,904	7,550,524	$54,212,762
28	Metro	Action	R	$31,987,563	6,968,968	$50,037,190
29	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy	PG-13	$31,235,710	6,805,166	$48,861,092
30	Picture Perfect	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,058,643	6,766,589	$48,584,109
31	Fools Rush In	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$29,291,566	6,381,605	$45,819,924
32	Grosse Point Blank	Black Comedy	R	$28,014,536	6,103,385	$43,822,304
33	Out to Sea	Comedy	PG-13	$27,974,168	6,094,590	$43,759,156
34	The Edge	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,779,888	6,052,263	$43,455,248
35	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$26,677,496	5,812,091	$41,730,813
36	Event Horizon	Horror	R	$26,668,092	5,810,042	$41,716,102
37	Murder at 1600	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,826,788	5,626,751	$40,400,072
38	Air Bud	Comedy	PG	$24,629,916	5,365,995	$38,527,844
39	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$24,453,915	5,327,650	$38,252,527
40	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$23,816,064	5,188,685	$37,254,758
41	Hoodlum	Drama	R	$23,489,997	5,117,646	$36,744,698
42	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,282,785	4,854,637	$34,856,294
43	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,060,051	4,370,381	$31,379,336
44	Gone Fishin'	Comedy	PG	$19,736,932	4,299,985	$30,873,892
45	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$18,891,125	4,115,714	$29,550,827
46	That Old Feeling	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,325,542	3,556,763	$25,537,558
47	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$25,261,250
48	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Horror	R	$15,719,109	3,424,642	$24,588,930
49	Rocket Man	Comedy	PG	$15,448,043	3,365,587	$24,164,915
50	The Sixth Man	Comedy	PG-13	$14,708,874	3,204,548	$23,008,655
51	Jackie Chan's First Strike	Action	PG-13	$14,511,338	3,161,512	$22,699,656
52	Excess Baggage	Comedy	PG-13	$14,327,206	3,121,396	$22,411,623
53	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	R	$14,008,431	3,051,946	$21,912,972
54	Trial And Error	Comedy	PG-13	$13,587,762	2,960,297	$21,254,932
55	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$13,475,192	2,935,772	$21,078,843
56	Love Jones	Drama	R	$12,514,138	2,726,392	$19,575,495
57	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$12,275,272	2,674,351	$19,201,840
58	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$12,123,355	2,641,254	$18,964,204
59	Chasing Amy	Romantic Comedy	R	$12,006,514	2,615,798	$18,781,430
60	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$11,907,700	2,594,270	$18,626,859
61	Ransom	Action	R	$11,806,880	2,572,305	$18,469,150
62	Turbulence	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,466,088	2,498,058	$17,936,056
63	The Beautician and the Beast	Romantic Comedy	PG	$11,454,593	2,495,554	$17,918,078
64	Double Team	Action	R	$11,313,010	2,464,708	$17,696,603
65	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$16,454,593
66	Operation Condor	Action	PG-13	$10,440,032	2,274,517	$16,331,032
67	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$9,582,804	2,087,757	$14,990,095
68	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,517,621	2,073,556	$14,888,132
69	Fierce Creatures	Comedy	PG-13	$9,202,671	2,004,939	$14,395,462
70	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$8,637,027	1,881,705	$13,510,642
71	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$8,517,269	1,855,614	$13,323,309
72	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$8,451,663	1,841,321	$13,220,685
73	A Simple Wish	Comedy	PG	$8,119,205	1,768,890	$12,700,630
74	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$8,074,281	1,759,103	$12,630,360
75	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$7,905,000	1,722,222	$12,365,554
76	Sprung	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,553,105	1,645,557	$11,815,099
77	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$7,510,617	1,636,300	$11,748,634
78	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$7,388,094	1,609,607	$11,556,978
79	Wild America	Adventure	PG	$7,324,662	1,595,787	$11,457,751
80	*BAPS**	Comedy	PG-13	$7,240,837	1,577,524	$11,326,622
81	She's So Lovely	Drama	R	$7,221,836	1,573,385	$11,296,904
82	Zeus and Roxanne	Comedy	PG	$7,183,046	1,564,934	$11,236,226
83	Switchback	Action	R	$6,482,195	1,412,243	$10,139,905
84	Warriors of Virtue	Action	PG	$6,448,817	1,404,971	$10,087,692
85	Most Wanted	Action	R	$6,320,276	1,376,966	$9,886,616
86	Gang Related	Drama	R	$5,858,599	1,276,383	$9,164,430
87	Inventing the Abbots	Drama	R	$5,852,547	1,275,065	$9,154,967
88	Kolya	Comedy	PG-13	$5,730,711	1,248,521	$8,964,381
89	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,716,080	1,245,333	$8,941,491
90	Gridlock'd	Black Comedy	R	$5,479,037	1,193,690	$8,570,694
91	Dangerous Ground	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,079,851	1,106,721	$7,946,257
92	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$5,064,440	1,103,364	$7,922,154
93	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,904,940	1,068,614	$7,672,649
94	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy	R	$4,266,243	929,465	$6,673,559
95	Kama Sutra	Drama	R	$4,109,095	895,228	$6,427,737
96	Playing God	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,068,285	886,337	$6,363,900
97	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy	R	$3,999,612	871,375	$6,256,473
98	Lost Highway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,796,699	827,168	$5,939,066
99	Cats Don't Dance	Musical	G	$3,562,749	776,198	$5,573,102
100	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Black Comedy	R	$3,559,990	775,597	$5,568,786
101	The Pest	Comedy	PG-13	$3,506,206	763,879	$5,484,651
102	Til There Was You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,478,370	757,815	$5,441,112
103	The MatchMaker	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,376,403	735,600	$5,281,608
104	A Smile Like Yours	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,317,930	722,861	$5,190,142
105	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$3,110,918	677,760	$4,866,317
106	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	R	$2,922,988	636,817	$4,572,346
107	Dirty Dancing	Drama	PG-13	$2,868,135	624,866	$4,486,538
108	One Night Stand	Drama	R	$2,642,718	575,756	$4,133,928
109	Brassed Off	Comedy	R	$2,560,471	557,837	$4,005,270
110	Career Girls	Comedy	R	$2,506,039	545,978	$3,920,122
111	Shadow Conspiracy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,154,540	469,399	$3,370,285
112	The Daytrippers	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,084,559	454,152	$3,260,811
113	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy	R	$1,916,898	417,625	$2,998,548
114	Masterminds	Action	PG-13	$1,890,472	411,868	$2,957,212
115	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$1,865,734	406,478	$2,918,512
116	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,851,655	403,411	$2,896,491
117	Set It Off	Drama	R	$1,812,337	394,845	$2,834,987
118	Ridicule	Drama	R	$1,651,876	359,886	$2,583,981
119	City of Industry	Drama	R	$1,495,332	325,780	$2,339,100
120	Ponette	Drama	Not Rated	$1,351,319	294,405	$2,113,828
121	Temptress Moon	Drama	R	$1,084,532	236,281	$1,696,498
122	Blood and Wine	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,075,288	234,268	$1,682,044
123	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$892,904	194,532	$1,396,740
124	Children of the Revolution	Comedy	R	$830,608	180,960	$1,299,293
125	Big Night	Drama	R	$814,200	177,386	$1,273,631
126	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$810,330	176,542	$1,267,572
127	Kiss or Kill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$771,091	167,994	$1,206,197
128	Lone Star	Drama	R	$758,156	165,176	$1,185,964
129	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$751,478	163,721	$1,175,517
130	Box of Moon Light	Comedy	R	$720,717	157,019	$1,127,396
131	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$710,868	154,873	$1,111,988
132	A Chef in Love	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$686,121	149,482	$1,073,281
133	Swingers	Comedy	R	$644,108	140,329	$1,007,562
134	Star Maps	Comedy	R	$592,573	129,101	$926,945
135	Love Serenade	Comedy	R	$579,337	126,217	$906,238
136	Dream With The Fishes	Drama	R	$542,909	118,281	$849,258
137	The Assignment	Thriller/Suspense	R	$540,063	117,661	$844,806
138	Commandments	Comedy	R	$488,419	106,409	$764,017
139	Broken English	Drama	PG-13	$476,070	103,719	$744,702
140	In Search of a Dream	Drama		$461,661	100,580	$722,164
141	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$386,350	84,172	$604,355
142	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$351,800	76,645	$550,311
143	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$331,031	72,120	$517,822
144	Albino Alligator	Drama	R	$326,308	71,091	$510,433
145	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$300,810	65,536	$470,548
146	Indian Summer	Comedy	R	$294,467	64,154	$460,626
147	All Over Me	Drama	R	$281,175	61,258	$439,832
148	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$265,120	57,760	$414,717
149	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$244,717	53,315	$382,802
150	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$237,415	51,724	$371,378
151	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$214,477	46,727	$335,500
152	Bliss	Drama	R	$207,751	45,262	$324,981
153	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$167,596	36,513	$262,163
154	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$165,851	36,133	$259,435
155	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$142,749	31,100	$223,298
156	Hard Eight	Drama		$142,356	31,014	$222,681
157	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$142,349	31,013	$222,673
158	The Boxer	Drama	R	$129,915	28,304	$203,223
159	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$50,052	10,905	$78,298
160	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$40,969	8,926	$64,089
161	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,030	6,325	$45,414
162	Catherine's Grove	Drama	R	$26,641	5,804	$41,673
163	Bandwagon	Comedy		$22,189	4,834	$34,708
164	Cafe Society	Drama	R	$6,325	1,378	$9,894
165	Cadillac Ranch	Adventure	R	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
166	Best Men	Comedy		$5,000	1,089	$7,819
167	Carla's Song	Drama		$5,000	1,089	$7,819
168	Hugo Pool	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,620	789	$5,665
169	Trojan War	Comedy		$217	47	$337
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,009,288,407
Total Tickets Sold					655,618,397
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,707,340,090

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.