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	$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	*BAPS**	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 Sold					517,004,824
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.