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	$311,810,362
2	Air Force One	Action	R	$172,144,501	37,504,249	$295,908,525
3	Titanic	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$157,467,971	34,306,747	$270,680,234
4	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	Adventure	PG	$138,133,173	30,094,373	$237,444,603
5	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$126,768,249	27,618,355	$217,908,821
6	Face/Off	Action	R	$112,273,211	24,460,395	$192,992,517
7	Batman & Robin	Action	PG-13	$107,308,328	23,378,721	$184,458,109
8	Con Air	Action	R	$101,087,161	22,023,347	$173,764,208
9	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$93,269,730	20,320,203	$160,326,402
10	Scream 2	Horror	R	$85,492,042	18,625,717	$146,956,907
11	Scream	Horror	R	$81,748,082	17,810,040	$140,521,216
12	Conspiracy Theory	Thriller/Suspense	R	$76,081,498	16,575,490	$130,780,616
13	Michael	Comedy	PG	$67,715,874	14,752,914	$116,400,491
14	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	Adventure	PG	$67,484,485	14,702,502	$116,002,741
15	Dante's Peak	Drama	PG-13	$67,155,742	14,630,881	$115,437,651
16	Anaconda	Horror	PG-13	$65,557,989	14,282,786	$112,691,182
17	The Fifth Element	Action	PG-13	$63,540,020	13,843,142	$109,222,390
18	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$63,417,425	13,816,432	$109,011,648
19	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Comedy	PG-13	$53,868,030	11,735,954	$92,596,677
20	Breakdown	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,129,186	10,921,391	$86,169,775
21	The Game	Thriller/Suspense	R	$48,265,581	10,515,377	$82,966,325
22	G.I. Jane	Drama	R	$48,154,732	10,491,227	$82,775,781
23	Speed II: Cruise Control	Action	PG-13	$48,068,396	10,472,417	$82,627,370
24	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	Adventure	PG	$48,063,790	10,471,414	$82,619,456
25	Volcano	Action	PG-13	$47,474,112	10,342,944	$81,605,828
26	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$46,092,778	10,042,000	$79,231,380
27	Cop Land	Drama	R	$44,810,734	9,762,687	$77,027,600
28	Nothing To Lose	Comedy	R	$44,477,235	9,690,029	$76,454,329
29	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$43,198,792	9,411,502	$74,256,751
30	Money Talks	Action	R	$41,067,398	8,947,146	$70,592,982
31	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,722,657	8,872,039	$70,000,388
32	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$40,021,527	8,719,287	$68,795,174
33	Vegas Vacation	Comedy	PG	$36,429,528	7,936,716	$62,620,689
34	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$35,338,724	7,699,068	$60,745,647
35	Addicted To Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,656,904	7,550,524	$59,573,634
36	Metro	Action	R	$31,987,563	6,968,968	$54,985,158
37	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy	PG-13	$31,235,710	6,805,166	$53,692,760
38	Picture Perfect	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,058,643	6,766,589	$53,388,387
39	Fools Rush In	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$29,291,566	6,381,605	$50,350,863
40	Grosse Point Blank	Black Comedy	R	$28,073,151	6,116,155	$48,256,463
41	Out to Sea	Comedy	PG-13	$27,974,168	6,094,590	$48,086,315
42	The Edge	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,779,888	6,052,263	$47,752,355
43	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$26,677,496	5,812,091	$45,857,398
44	Event Horizon	Horror	R	$26,668,092	5,810,042	$45,841,231
45	Murder at 1600	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,826,788	5,626,751	$44,395,065
46	Air Bud	Comedy	PG	$24,629,916	5,365,995	$42,337,701
47	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$24,453,915	5,327,650	$42,035,159
48	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$24,000,000	5,228,758	$41,254,901
49	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$23,816,064	5,188,685	$40,938,725
50	Hoodlum	Drama	R	$23,489,997	5,117,646	$40,378,227
51	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,282,785	4,854,637	$38,303,086
52	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,060,051	4,370,381	$34,482,306
53	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$20,056,331	4,369,571	$34,475,915
54	Gone Fishin'	Comedy	PG	$19,736,932	4,299,985	$33,926,882
55	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$18,891,125	4,115,714	$32,472,983
56	That Old Feeling	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,337,426	3,559,352	$28,083,287
57	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$27,759,229
58	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Horror	R	$15,719,109	3,424,642	$27,020,425
59	Rocket Man	Comedy	PG	$15,448,043	3,365,587	$26,554,481
60	The Sixth Man	Comedy	PG-13	$14,765,099	3,216,797	$25,380,528
61	Jackie Chan's First Strike	Action	PG-13	$14,511,338	3,161,512	$24,944,330
62	Excess Baggage	Comedy	PG-13	$14,327,206	3,121,396	$24,627,814
63	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	R	$14,008,431	3,051,946	$24,079,854
64	Trial And Error	Comedy	PG-13	$13,587,762	2,960,297	$23,356,743
65	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$13,475,192	2,935,772	$23,163,241
66	Love Jones	Drama	R	$12,514,138	2,726,392	$21,511,233
67	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$12,275,272	2,674,351	$21,100,629
68	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$12,123,355	2,641,254	$20,839,494
69	Chasing Amy	Romantic Comedy	R	$12,006,514	2,615,798	$20,638,646
70	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$11,907,700	2,594,270	$20,468,790
71	Ransom	Action	R	$11,806,880	2,572,305	$20,295,486
72	Turbulence	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,466,088	2,498,058	$19,709,678
73	The Beautician and the Beast	Romantic Comedy	PG	$11,454,593	2,495,554	$19,689,921
74	Double Team	Action	R	$11,313,010	2,464,708	$19,446,546
75	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$18,081,718
76	Operation Condor	Action	PG-13	$10,440,032	2,274,517	$17,945,939
77	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$9,582,804	2,087,757	$16,472,403
78	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,517,621	2,073,556	$16,360,357
79	Fierce Creatures	Comedy	PG-13	$9,202,671	2,004,939	$15,818,969
80	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$8,637,027	1,881,705	$14,846,652
81	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$8,517,269	1,855,614	$14,640,794
82	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$8,451,663	1,841,321	$14,528,023
83	A Simple Wish	Comedy	PG	$8,119,205	1,768,890	$13,956,542
84	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$8,074,281	1,759,103	$13,879,323
85	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$7,905,000	1,722,222	$13,588,332
86	Sprung	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,553,105	1,645,557	$12,983,445
87	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$7,510,617	1,636,300	$12,910,407
88	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$7,388,094	1,609,607	$12,699,799
89	Wild America	Adventure	PG	$7,324,662	1,595,787	$12,590,759
90	*BAPS**	Comedy	PG-13	$7,240,837	1,577,524	$12,446,664
91	She's So Lovely	Drama	R	$7,221,836	1,573,385	$12,414,008
92	Zeus and Roxanne	Comedy	PG	$7,183,046	1,564,934	$12,347,329
93	Switchback	Action	R	$6,482,195	1,412,243	$11,142,597
94	Warriors of Virtue	Action	PG	$6,448,817	1,404,971	$11,085,221
95	Most Wanted	Action	R	$6,320,276	1,376,966	$10,864,262
96	Gang Related	Drama	R	$5,858,599	1,276,383	$10,070,662
97	Inventing the Abbots	Drama	R	$5,852,547	1,275,065	$10,060,263
98	Kolya	Comedy	PG-13	$5,730,711	1,248,521	$9,850,831
99	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,716,080	1,245,333	$9,825,677
100	Gridlock'd	Black Comedy	R	$5,479,037	1,193,690	$9,418,214
101	Dangerous Ground	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,079,851	1,106,721	$8,732,029
102	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$5,064,440	1,103,364	$8,705,542
103	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,904,940	1,068,614	$8,431,364
104	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy	R	$4,266,243	929,465	$7,333,479
105	Kama Sutra	Drama	R	$4,109,095	895,228	$7,063,349
106	Playing God	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,068,285	886,337	$6,993,199
107	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy	R	$3,999,612	871,375	$6,875,149
108	Lost Highway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,796,699	827,168	$6,526,356
109	Cats Don't Dance	Musical	G	$3,562,749	776,198	$6,124,202
110	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Black Comedy	R	$3,559,990	775,597	$6,119,460
111	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Drama	PG	$3,519,178	766,705	$6,049,302
112	The Pest	Comedy	PG-13	$3,506,206	763,879	$6,027,005
113	Til There Was You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,478,370	757,815	$5,979,160
114	The MatchMaker	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,376,403	735,600	$5,803,884
115	A Smile Like Yours	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,317,930	722,861	$5,703,373
116	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$3,110,918	677,760	$5,347,526
117	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	R	$2,922,988	636,817	$5,024,486
118	Dirty Dancing	Drama	PG-13	$2,868,135	624,866	$4,930,193
119	One Night Stand	Drama	R	$2,642,718	575,756	$4,542,715
120	Brassed Off	Comedy	R	$2,560,471	557,837	$4,401,334
121	Career Girls	Comedy	R	$2,506,039	545,978	$4,307,766
122	Shadow Conspiracy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,154,540	469,399	$3,703,558
123	The Daytrippers	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,084,559	454,152	$3,583,259
124	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy	R	$1,916,898	417,625	$3,295,061
125	Masterminds	Action	PG-13	$1,890,472	411,868	$3,249,639
126	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$1,865,734	406,478	$3,207,111
127	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,851,655	403,411	$3,182,913
128	Set It Off	Drama	R	$1,812,337	394,845	$3,115,327
129	Ridicule	Drama	R	$1,651,876	359,886	$2,839,501
130	City of Industry	Drama	R	$1,495,332	325,780	$2,570,404
131	Ponette	Drama	Not Rated	$1,351,319	294,405	$2,322,855
132	Temptress Moon	Drama	R	$1,084,532	236,281	$1,864,257
133	Blood and Wine	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,075,288	234,268	$1,848,375
134	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$1,048,408	228,411	$1,802,163
135	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$892,904	194,532	$1,534,857
136	Children of the Revolution	Comedy	R	$830,608	180,960	$1,427,774
137	Big Night	Drama	R	$814,200	177,386	$1,399,576
138	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$810,330	176,542	$1,392,916
139	Kiss or Kill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$771,091	167,994	$1,325,473
140	Lone Star	Drama	R	$758,156	165,176	$1,303,239
141	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$751,478	163,721	$1,291,759
142	Nueba Yol 3	Drama	Not Rated	$723,404	157,604	$1,243,496
143	Box of Moonlight	Comedy	R	$720,717	157,019	$1,238,880
144	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$710,868	154,873	$1,221,948
145	Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$686,121	149,482	$1,179,413
146	Swingers	Comedy	R	$644,108	140,329	$1,107,196
147	Star Maps	Comedy	R	$592,573	129,101	$1,018,607
148	Love Serenade	Comedy	R	$579,337	126,217	$995,852
149	Dream With The Fishes	Drama	R	$542,909	118,281	$933,237
150	The Assignment	Thriller/Suspense	R	$540,063	117,661	$928,345
151	Commandments	Comedy	R	$488,419	106,409	$839,567
152	Broken English	Drama	PG-13	$476,070	103,719	$818,343
153	Buscando un Sue�o	Drama		$461,661	100,580	$793,576
154	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$386,350	84,172	$664,117
155	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$351,800	76,645	$604,729
156	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$331,031	72,120	$569,027
157	Albino Alligator	Drama	R	$326,308	71,091	$560,908
158	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$300,810	65,536	$517,079
159	Indian Summer	Comedy	R	$294,467	64,154	$506,175
160	All Over Me	Drama	R	$281,175	61,258	$483,326
161	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$265,120	57,760	$455,726
162	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$244,717	53,315	$420,655
163	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$237,415	51,724	$408,102
164	The Swan Princess 2			$235,766	51,365	$405,270
165	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$214,477	46,727	$368,676
166	Bliss	Drama	R	$207,751	45,262	$357,117
167	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$167,596	36,513	$288,088
168	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$165,851	36,133	$285,089
169	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$142,749	31,100	$245,379
170	Hard Eight	Drama		$142,356	31,014	$244,700
171	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$142,349	31,013	$244,693
172	The Boxer	Drama	R	$129,915	28,304	$223,319
173	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$50,052	10,905	$86,040
174	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$40,969	8,926	$70,426
175	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,030	6,325	$49,904
176	Catherine's Grove	Drama	R	$26,641	5,804	$45,794
177	Bandwagon	Comedy		$22,189	4,834	$38,140
178	Cafe Society	Drama	R	$6,325	1,378	$10,872
179	Carla's Song	Drama		$5,000	1,089	$8,592
180	Best Men	Comedy		$5,000	1,089	$8,592
181	Raven	Action	R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
182	Cadillac Ranch	Adventure	R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
183	Hugo Pool	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,620	789	$6,225
184	Trojan War	Comedy		$217	47	$371
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,655,410,536
Total Tickets Sold					796,385,742
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$6,283,483,504

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.