Box Office Performance for PG Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	Adventure	PG	$138,195,515	30,107,955	$207,142,730
2	George Of The Jungle	Comedy	PG	$105,263,257	22,933,171	$157,780,216
3	Contact	Drama	PG	$100,920,329	21,987,000	$151,270,560
4	Flubber	Comedy	PG	$83,110,113	18,106,778	$124,574,633
5	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	Adventure	PG	$67,597,694	14,727,166	$101,322,902
6	Jungle 2 Jungle	Comedy	PG	$59,925,026	13,055,561	$89,822,260
7	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	Adventure	PG	$48,143,460	10,488,771	$72,162,744
8	Evita	Musical	PG	$47,821,442	10,418,615	$71,680,071
9	Michael	Comedy	PG	$42,636,436	9,288,984	$63,908,210
10	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$40,021,527	8,719,287	$59,988,695
11	Vegas Vacation	Comedy	PG	$36,470,465	7,945,635	$54,665,969
12	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,450,113	7,723,336	$53,136,552
13	Air Bud	Comedy	PG	$24,646,936	5,369,703	$36,943,557
14	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$24,251,437	5,283,537	$36,350,735
15	Good Burger	Comedy	PG	$23,712,993	5,166,229	$35,543,656
16	Gone Fishin'	Comedy	PG	$19,745,922	4,301,944	$29,597,375
17	That Darn Cat	Comedy	PG	$18,301,828	3,987,326	$27,432,803
18	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$15,616,635	3,402,317	$23,407,941
19	Rocket Man	Comedy	PG	$15,448,043	3,365,587	$23,155,239
20	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$14,013,508	3,053,052	$21,004,998
21	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$13,922,738	3,033,276	$20,868,939
22	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$20,502,737
23	The Beautician and the Beast	Romantic Comedy	PG	$11,486,880	2,502,588	$17,217,805
24	Leave It To Beaver	Comedy	PG	$11,307,615	2,463,533	$16,949,107
25	Buddy	Comedy	PG	$10,067,104	2,193,269	$15,089,691
26	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,517,621	2,073,556	$14,266,065
27	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$9,447,466	2,058,271	$14,160,904
28	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$8,451,663	1,841,321	$12,668,288
29	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	Action	PG	$8,363,899	1,822,200	$12,536,736
30	A Simple Wish	Comedy	PG	$8,165,213	1,778,914	$12,238,928
31	Wild America	Adventure	PG	$7,365,417	1,604,666	$11,040,102
32	Zeus and Roxanne	Comedy	PG	$7,183,046	1,564,934	$10,766,746
33	Warriors of Virtue	Action	PG	$6,448,817	1,404,971	$9,666,200
34	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$5,041,169	1,098,294	$7,556,263
35	McHale's Navy	Comedy	PG	$4,408,420	960,440	$6,607,827
36	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Drama	PG	$3,519,178	766,705	$5,274,930
37	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$3,397,613	740,221	$5,092,720
38	When We Were Kings	Documentary	PG	$2,666,118	580,854	$3,996,276
39	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$1,683,826	366,847	$2,523,907
40	Shiloh	Adventure	PG	$1,002,175	218,339	$1,502,172
41	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$863,975	188,230	$1,295,022
42	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Documentary	PG	$760,472	165,680	$1,139,878
43	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$444,578	96,858	$666,383
44	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$265,120	57,760	$397,389
45	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$224,670	48,948	$336,762
46	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$214,477	46,727	$321,482
47	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$172,503	37,582	$258,564
48	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$101,064	22,018	$151,484
49	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$89,616	19,524	$134,325
50	The Whole Wide World		PG	$23,833	5,192	$35,721
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,111,577,391
Total Tickets Sold					242,173,721
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,666,155,200

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.