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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Box Office Performance for PG-13 Movies in 1997

RankMovieGenreMPAA1997 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Men in Black Adventure PG-13 $250,107,128 54,489,570 $391,235,113
2 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Action PG-13 $229,074,524 49,907,304 $358,334,443
3 Liar Liar Comedy PG-13 $181,395,380 39,519,691 $283,751,381
4 Titanic Drama PG-13 $157,467,971 34,306,747 $246,322,443
5 My Best Friend's Wedding Comedy PG-13 $126,768,249 27,618,355 $198,299,789
6 Batman & Robin Action PG-13 $107,308,328 23,378,721 $167,859,217
7 Tomorrow Never Dies Action PG-13 $92,408,204 20,132,506 $144,551,393
8 Dante's Peak Drama PG-13 $67,155,742 14,630,881 $105,049,726
9 Anaconda Horror PG-13 $65,557,989 14,282,786 $102,550,403
10 The Fifth Element Action PG-13 $63,540,020 13,843,142 $99,393,760
11 In & Out Comedy PG-13 $63,417,425 13,816,432 $99,201,982
12 The Saint Action PG-13 $61,355,436 13,367,197 $95,976,474
13 Spawn Action PG-13 $54,967,359 11,975,459 $85,983,796
14 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Comedy PG-13 $53,868,030 11,735,954 $84,264,150
15 Speed II: Cruise Control Action PG-13 $48,068,396 10,472,417 $75,191,954
16 Volcano Action PG-13 $47,474,112 10,342,944 $74,262,338
17 Bean Comedy PG-13 $45,069,803 9,819,129 $70,501,346
18 The Rainmaker Drama PG-13 $44,417,226 9,676,956 $69,480,544
19 As Good as it Gets Romantic Comedy PG-13 $40,722,657 8,872,039 $63,701,240
20 Seven Years in Tibet Drama PG-13 $37,555,985 8,182,132 $58,747,708
21 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation Action PG-13 $35,059,903 7,638,323 $54,843,159
22 Shine Drama PG-13 $32,268,702 7,030,218 $50,476,965
23 Beverly Hills Ninja Comedy PG-13 $31,235,710 6,805,166 $48,861,092
24 Picture Perfect Romantic Comedy PG-13 $31,058,643 6,766,589 $48,584,109
25 Fools Rush In Romantic Comedy PG-13 $29,291,566 6,381,605 $45,819,924
26 Father's Day Comedy PG-13 $28,659,604 6,243,922 $44,831,360
27 Out to Sea Comedy PG-13 $27,974,168 6,094,590 $43,759,156
28 For Richer or Poorer Comedy PG-13 $24,453,915 5,327,650 $38,252,527
29 Beavis and Butt-head Do America Comedy PG-13 $21,949,646 4,782,058 $34,335,176
30 Mother Comedy PG-13 $18,891,125 4,115,714 $29,550,827
31 That Old Feeling Romantic Comedy PG-13 $16,325,542 3,556,763 $25,537,558
32 The Sixth Man Comedy PG-13 $14,708,874 3,204,548 $23,008,655
33 Jackie Chan's First Strike Action PG-13 $14,511,338 3,161,512 $22,699,656
34 In Love and War Drama PG-13 $14,462,242 3,150,815 $22,622,852
35 Excess Baggage Comedy PG-13 $14,327,206 3,121,396 $22,411,623
36 Trial And Error Comedy PG-13 $13,587,762 2,960,297 $21,254,932
37 Marvin's Room Drama PG-13 $12,612,751 2,747,876 $19,729,750
38 Ghosts of Mississippi Drama PG-13 $12,511,843 2,725,892 $19,571,905
39 Gattaca Drama PG-13 $12,275,272 2,674,351 $19,201,840
40 My Fellow Americans Comedy PG-13 $12,123,355 2,641,254 $18,964,204
41 Mars Attacks! Comedy PG-13 $11,907,700 2,594,270 $18,626,859
42 Mad City Drama PG-13 $10,519,023 2,291,726 $16,454,593
43 Operation Condor Action PG-13 $10,440,032 2,274,517 $16,331,032
44 Fierce Creatures Comedy PG-13 $9,202,671 2,004,939 $14,395,462
45 Daylight Action PG-13 $7,905,000 1,722,222 $12,365,554
46 The Evening Star Drama PG-13 $7,474,793 1,628,495 $11,692,594
47 B*A*P*S Comedy PG-13 $7,240,837 1,577,524 $11,326,622
48 Star Trek: First Contact Adventure PG-13 $6,846,411 1,491,593 $10,709,638
49 Kull The Conqueror Action PG-13 $6,086,891 1,326,120 $9,521,542
50 Kolya Comedy PG-13 $5,730,711 1,248,521 $8,964,381
51 The Crucible Drama PG-13 $4,999,637 1,089,246 $7,820,786
52 Hamlet Drama PG-13 $4,266,214 929,458 $6,673,508
53 The Portrait of a Lady Drama PG-13 $3,550,492 773,528 $5,553,931
54 The Pest Comedy PG-13 $3,506,206 763,879 $5,484,651
55 Til There Was You Romantic Comedy PG-13 $3,478,370 757,815 $5,441,112
56 Dirty Dancing Drama PG-13 $2,868,135 624,866 $4,486,538
57 Romeo+Juliet Drama PG-13 $2,518,728 548,742 $3,939,968
58 Masterminds Action PG-13 $1,890,472 411,868 $2,957,212
59 Steel Action PG-13 $1,686,429 367,414 $2,638,033
60 The Mirror Has Two Faces Romantic Comedy PG-13 $892,904 194,532 $1,396,740
61 Anna Karenina Drama PG-13 $791,830 172,512 $1,238,636
62 A Chef in Love Romantic Comedy PG-13 $686,121 149,482 $1,073,281
63 Prefontaine Drama PG-13 $532,190 115,946 $832,492
64 Broken English Drama PG-13 $476,070 103,719 $744,702
65 The Associate Comedy PG-13 $388,132 84,560 $607,141
66 High School High Comedy PG-13 $300,810 65,536 $470,548
67 Kundun Drama PG-13 $237,415 51,724 $371,378
68 I'm Not Rappaport   PG-13 $196,514 42,814 $307,405
69 Rough Magic   PG-13 $171,979 37,468 $269,020
70 Jack Drama PG-13 $165,851 36,133 $259,435
71 The Apostle Drama PG-13 $40,969 8,926 $64,089
72 Julian Po   PG-13 $33,148 7,222 $51,854
73 I Love You, I Love You Not   PG-13 $20,325 4,428 $31,793
74 Grind   PG-13 $5,000 1,089 $7,819
75 Jerusalem   PG-13 $5,000 1,089 $7,819
Total Gross of All Movies$2,373,052,141
Total Tickets Sold517,004,824
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$3,712,094,636

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.