Box Office Performance for PG-13 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	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Action	PG-13	$229,074,524	49,907,304	$393,768,629
3	Liar Liar	Comedy	PG-13	$181,395,380	39,519,691	$311,810,362
4	Titanic	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$157,467,971	34,306,747	$270,680,234
5	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$126,768,249	27,618,355	$217,908,821
6	Batman & Robin	Action	PG-13	$107,308,328	23,378,721	$184,458,109
7	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$92,408,204	20,132,506	$158,845,472
8	Dante's Peak	Drama	PG-13	$67,155,742	14,630,881	$115,437,651
9	Anaconda	Horror	PG-13	$65,557,989	14,282,786	$112,691,182
10	The Fifth Element	Action	PG-13	$63,540,020	13,843,142	$109,222,390
11	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$63,417,425	13,816,432	$109,011,648
12	The Saint	Action	PG-13	$61,355,436	13,367,197	$105,467,184
13	Spawn	Action	PG-13	$54,967,359	11,975,459	$94,486,372
14	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Comedy	PG-13	$53,868,030	11,735,954	$92,596,677
15	Speed II: Cruise Control	Action	PG-13	$48,068,396	10,472,417	$82,627,370
16	Volcano	Action	PG-13	$47,474,112	10,342,944	$81,605,828
17	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$45,069,803	9,819,129	$77,472,928
18	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$44,417,226	9,676,956	$76,351,183
19	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,722,657	8,872,039	$70,000,388
20	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$37,555,985	8,182,132	$64,557,021
21	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	Action	PG-13	$35,059,903	7,638,323	$60,266,368
22	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$32,268,702	7,030,218	$55,468,420
23	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy	PG-13	$31,235,710	6,805,166	$53,692,760
24	Picture Perfect	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,058,643	6,766,589	$53,388,387
25	Fools Rush In	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$29,291,566	6,381,605	$50,350,863
26	Father's Day	Comedy	PG-13	$28,659,604	6,243,922	$49,264,545
27	Out to Sea	Comedy	PG-13	$27,974,168	6,094,590	$48,086,315
28	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$24,453,915	5,327,650	$42,035,159
29	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$21,949,646	4,782,058	$37,730,438
30	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$18,891,125	4,115,714	$32,472,983
31	That Old Feeling	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,337,426	3,559,352	$28,083,287
32	The Sixth Man	Comedy	PG-13	$14,765,099	3,216,797	$25,380,528
33	Jackie Chan's First Strike	Action	PG-13	$14,511,338	3,161,512	$24,944,330
34	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$14,462,242	3,150,815	$24,859,930
35	Excess Baggage	Comedy	PG-13	$14,327,206	3,121,396	$24,627,814
36	Trial And Error	Comedy	PG-13	$13,587,762	2,960,297	$23,356,743
37	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$12,612,751	2,747,876	$21,680,742
38	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$12,511,843	2,725,892	$21,507,288
39	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$12,275,272	2,674,351	$21,100,629
40	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$12,123,355	2,641,254	$20,839,494
41	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$11,907,700	2,594,270	$20,468,790
42	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$18,081,718
43	Operation Condor	Action	PG-13	$10,440,032	2,274,517	$17,945,939
44	Fierce Creatures	Comedy	PG-13	$9,202,671	2,004,939	$15,818,969
45	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$7,905,000	1,722,222	$13,588,332
46	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$7,474,793	1,628,495	$12,848,826
47	*BAPS**	Comedy	PG-13	$7,240,837	1,577,524	$12,446,664
48	Star Trek: First Contact	Adventure	PG-13	$6,846,411	1,491,593	$11,768,669
49	Kull The Conqueror	Action	PG-13	$6,086,891	1,326,120	$10,463,087
50	Kolya	Comedy	PG-13	$5,730,711	1,248,521	$9,850,831
51	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$4,999,637	1,089,246	$8,594,151
52	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$4,266,214	929,458	$7,333,424
53	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$3,550,492	773,528	$6,103,136
54	The Pest	Comedy	PG-13	$3,506,206	763,879	$6,027,005
55	Til There Was You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,478,370	757,815	$5,979,160
56	Dirty Dancing	Drama	PG-13	$2,868,135	624,866	$4,930,193
57	Romeo+Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$2,518,728	548,742	$4,329,574
58	Masterminds	Action	PG-13	$1,890,472	411,868	$3,249,639
59	Steel	Action	PG-13	$1,686,429	367,414	$2,898,896
60	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$892,904	194,532	$1,534,857
61	Anna Karenina	Drama	PG-13	$791,830	172,512	$1,361,120
62	Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$686,121	149,482	$1,179,413
63	Prefontaine	Drama	PG-13	$532,190	115,946	$914,814
64	Broken English	Drama	PG-13	$476,070	103,719	$818,343
65	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$388,132	84,560	$667,178
66	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$300,810	65,536	$517,079
67	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$237,415	51,724	$408,102
68	I'm Not Rappaport		PG-13	$196,514	42,814	$337,802
69	Rough Magic		PG-13	$171,979	37,468	$295,623
70	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$165,851	36,133	$285,089
71	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$40,969	8,926	$70,426
72	Julian Po		PG-13	$33,148	7,222	$56,982
73	I Love You, I Love You Not		PG-13	$20,325	4,428	$34,937
74	Grind		PG-13	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
75	Jerusalem		PG-13	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,373,120,250
Total Tickets Sold					517,019,662
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,079,285,133

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.