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	$138,133,173	30,094,373	$216,077,598
2	George Of The Jungle	Comedy	PG	$105,224,566	22,924,742	$164,599,648
3	Contact	Drama	PG	$100,769,177	21,954,069	$157,630,215
4	Flubber	Comedy	PG	$83,110,113	18,106,778	$130,006,666
5	Michael	Comedy	PG	$67,715,874	14,752,914	$105,925,923
6	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	Adventure	PG	$67,484,485	14,702,502	$105,563,964
7	Jungle 2 Jungle	Comedy	PG	$59,925,026	13,055,561	$93,738,928
8	Evita	Musical	PG	$49,660,364	10,819,251	$77,682,222
9	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	Adventure	PG	$48,063,790	10,471,414	$75,184,753
10	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$40,021,527	8,719,287	$62,604,481
11	Vegas Vacation	Comedy	PG	$36,429,528	7,936,716	$56,985,621
12	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,422,828	7,717,392	$55,410,875
13	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$26,677,496	5,812,091	$41,730,813
14	Air Bud	Comedy	PG	$24,629,916	5,365,995	$38,527,844
15	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$24,000,000	5,228,758	$37,542,482
16	Good Burger	Comedy	PG	$23,700,919	5,163,599	$37,074,641
17	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$20,151,087	4,390,215	$31,521,744
18	Gone Fishin'	Comedy	PG	$19,736,932	4,299,985	$30,873,892
19	That Darn Cat	Comedy	PG	$18,239,932	3,973,841	$28,532,178
20	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$15,616,635	3,402,317	$24,428,636
21	Rocket Man	Comedy	PG	$15,448,043	3,365,587	$24,164,915
22	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$14,013,508	3,053,052	$21,920,913
23	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$21,396,752
24	The Beautician and the Beast	Romantic Comedy	PG	$11,454,593	2,495,554	$17,918,078
25	Leave It To Beaver	Comedy	PG	$11,307,615	2,463,533	$17,688,167
26	Buddy	Comedy	PG	$10,005,081	2,179,756	$15,650,648
27	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,881,286	2,152,786	$15,457,003
28	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,517,621	2,073,556	$14,888,132
29	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$8,517,269	1,855,614	$13,323,309
30	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$8,451,663	1,841,321	$13,220,685
31	A Simple Wish	Comedy	PG	$8,119,205	1,768,890	$12,700,630
32	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	Action	PG	$8,109,349	1,766,743	$12,685,215
33	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$7,388,094	1,609,607	$11,556,978
34	Wild America	Adventure	PG	$7,324,662	1,595,787	$11,457,751
35	Zeus and Roxanne	Comedy	PG	$7,183,046	1,564,934	$11,236,226
36	Warriors of Virtue	Action	PG	$6,448,817	1,404,971	$10,087,692
37	McHale's Navy	Comedy	PG	$4,368,453	951,733	$6,833,443
38	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Drama	PG	$3,519,178	766,705	$5,504,942
39	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$2,075,683	452,219	$3,246,932
40	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$1,683,826	366,847	$2,633,961
41	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$1,048,408	228,411	$1,639,991
42	Shiloh	Adventure	PG	$1,002,175	218,339	$1,567,674
43	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Documentary	PG	$760,472	165,680	$1,189,582
44	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$351,800	76,645	$550,311
45	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$331,031	72,120	$517,822
46	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$276,573	60,256	$432,638
47	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$265,120	57,760	$414,717
48	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$214,477	46,727	$335,500
49	The Ride	Drama	PG	$189,635	41,315	$296,642
50	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$167,596	36,513	$262,163
51	The Education of Little Tree		PG	$161,831	35,257	$253,145
52	The Whole Wide World		PG	$119,572	26,051	$187,046
53	Frankenstein and Me		PG	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
54	The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon	Adventure	PG	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,178,107,476
Total Tickets Sold					256,668,296
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,842,878,365

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.