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	$374,888,242
2	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Action	PG-13	$229,086,679	49,909,952	$343,380,470
3	Liar Liar	Comedy	PG-13	$181,410,615	39,523,010	$271,918,309
4	Titanic	Drama	PG-13	$157,467,971	34,306,747	$236,030,419
5	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$126,768,249	27,618,355	$190,014,282
6	Batman & Robin	Action	PG-13	$107,285,004	23,373,639	$160,810,636
7	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$92,408,204	20,132,506	$138,511,641
8	Dante's Peak	Drama	PG-13	$67,163,857	14,632,649	$100,672,625
9	Anaconda	Horror	PG-13	$65,598,907	14,291,701	$98,326,903
10	The Fifth Element	Action	PG-13	$63,570,862	13,849,861	$95,287,044
11	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$63,417,425	13,816,432	$95,057,052
12	The Saint	Action	PG-13	$61,363,304	13,368,912	$91,978,115
13	Spawn	Action	PG-13	$54,979,992	11,978,212	$82,410,099
14	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Comedy	PG-13	$53,883,989	11,739,431	$80,767,285
15	Speed II: Cruise Control	Action	PG-13	$48,097,081	10,478,667	$72,093,229
16	Volcano	Action	PG-13	$47,546,796	10,358,779	$71,268,400
17	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$45,069,803	9,819,129	$67,555,608
18	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$44,417,226	9,676,956	$66,577,457
19	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,722,657	8,872,039	$61,039,628
20	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$37,555,985	8,182,132	$56,293,068
21	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	Action	PG-13	$35,059,903	7,638,323	$52,551,662
22	Picture Perfect	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,301,775	6,819,559	$46,918,566
23	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy	PG-13	$31,245,344	6,807,264	$46,833,976
24	Fools Rush In	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$29,299,524	6,383,339	$43,917,372
25	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$29,117,149	6,343,605	$43,644,002
26	Out to Sea	Comedy	PG-13	$28,985,323	6,314,885	$43,446,409
27	Father's Day	Comedy	PG-13	$28,681,080	6,248,601	$42,990,375
28	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$24,453,915	5,327,650	$36,654,232
29	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$18,651,878	4,063,590	$27,957,499
30	That Old Feeling	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,408,534	3,574,844	$24,594,927
31	The Sixth Man	Comedy	PG-13	$14,763,020	3,216,344	$22,128,447
32	Jackie Chan's First Strike	Action	PG-13	$14,601,662	3,181,190	$21,886,587
33	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$14,477,119	3,154,056	$21,699,905
34	Excess Baggage	Comedy	PG-13	$14,351,432	3,126,674	$21,511,517
35	Trial And Error	Comedy	PG-13	$13,602,831	2,963,580	$20,389,430
36	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$12,531,565	2,730,188	$18,783,693
37	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$12,275,272	2,674,351	$18,399,535
38	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$15,767,075
39	Operation Condor	Action	PG-13	$10,461,161	2,279,120	$15,680,346
40	Fierce Creatures	Comedy	PG-13	$9,254,184	2,016,162	$13,871,195
41	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$8,968,643	1,953,953	$13,443,197
42	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$7,269,988	1,583,875	$10,897,060
43	*BAPS**	Comedy	PG-13	$7,246,735	1,578,809	$10,862,206
44	Kull The Conqueror	Action	PG-13	$6,086,891	1,326,120	$9,123,706
45	Kolya	Comedy	PG-13	$5,770,254	1,257,136	$8,649,096
46	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$4,327,252	942,756	$6,486,161
47	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$4,156,231	905,497	$6,229,819
48	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$3,991,255	869,554	$5,982,532
49	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$3,774,360	822,301	$5,657,431
50	The Pest	Comedy	PG-13	$3,533,790	769,889	$5,296,836
51	Til There Was You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,525,125	768,001	$5,283,847
52	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$3,342,678	728,252	$5,010,374
53	Star Trek: First Contact	Adventure	PG-13	$2,899,499	631,699	$4,346,089
54	Dirty Dancing	Drama	PG-13	$2,868,135	624,866	$4,299,078
55	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$2,699,845	588,202	$4,046,830
56	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$2,638,008	574,729	$3,954,136
57	Masterminds	Action	PG-13	$1,890,472	411,868	$2,833,652
58	Steel	Action	PG-13	$1,686,429	367,414	$2,527,808
59	Romeo & Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$1,540,132	335,541	$2,308,522
60	Anna Karenina	Drama	PG-13	$858,553	187,049	$1,286,897
61	A Chef in Love	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$686,121	149,482	$1,028,436
62	Prefontaine	Drama	PG-13	$590,817	128,718	$885,580
63	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$514,897	112,178	$771,785
64	Broken English	Drama	PG-13	$476,070	103,719	$713,587
65	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$388,132	84,560	$581,773
66	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$237,415	51,724	$355,861
67	Rough Magic		PG-13	$171,979	37,468	$257,780
68	I'm Not Rappaport		PG-13	$160,077	34,875	$239,940
69	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$111,963	24,393	$167,824
70	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$63,076	13,742	$94,545
71	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$40,969	8,926	$61,411
72	Julian Po		PG-13	$33,148	7,222	$49,687
73	I Love You, I Love You Not		PG-13	$20,325	4,428	$30,465
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,320,532,692
Total Tickets Sold					505,562,676
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,478,271,211

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.