Box Office Performance for R Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Air Force One	Action	R	$172,144,501	37,504,249	$269,280,508
2	Face/Off	Action	R	$112,273,211	24,460,395	$175,625,636
3	Con Air	Action	R	$101,087,161	22,023,347	$158,127,631
4	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$93,269,730	20,320,203	$145,899,058
5	Scream 2	Horror	R	$85,492,042	18,625,717	$133,732,648
6	Scream	Horror	R	$81,748,082	17,810,040	$127,876,087
7	Conspiracy Theory	Thriller/Suspense	R	$76,081,498	16,575,490	$119,012,018
8	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$70,396,279	15,336,880	$110,118,798
9	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$59,721,359	13,011,189	$93,420,337
10	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$92,399,456
11	The English Patient	Drama	R	$55,893,178	12,177,163	$87,432,030
12	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$54,251,668	11,819,536	$84,864,268
13	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$53,107,285	11,570,215	$83,074,144
14	Breakdown	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,129,186	10,921,391	$78,415,587
15	Absolute Power	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,007,168	10,894,808	$78,224,721
16	The Game	Thriller/Suspense	R	$48,265,581	10,515,377	$75,500,407
17	G.I.Jane	Drama	R	$48,154,732	10,491,227	$75,327,010
18	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$46,092,778	10,042,000	$72,101,560
19	Cop Land	Drama	R	$44,810,734	9,762,687	$70,096,093
20	Nothing To Lose	Comedy	R	$44,477,235	9,690,029	$69,574,408
21	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$43,198,792	9,411,502	$67,574,584
22	The Devil's Own	Thriller/Suspense	R	$42,877,165	9,341,430	$67,071,467
23	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$65,628,948
24	The Peacemaker	Action	R	$41,256,277	8,988,296	$64,535,965
25	Private Parts	Comedy	R	$41,198,146	8,975,631	$64,445,031
26	Money Talks	Action	R	$41,067,398	8,947,146	$64,240,508
27	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$59,905,792
28	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$35,338,724	7,699,068	$55,279,308
29	Addicted To Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,656,904	7,550,524	$54,212,762
30	The Relic	Horror	R	$33,927,476	7,391,607	$53,071,738
31	Metro	Action	R	$31,987,563	6,968,968	$50,037,190
32	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Comedy	R	$29,205,077	6,362,762	$45,684,631
33	Grosse Point Blank	Black Comedy	R	$28,014,536	6,103,385	$43,822,304
34	The Edge	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,779,888	6,052,263	$43,455,248
35	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$27,164,883	5,918,275	$42,493,215
36	Amistad	Drama	R	$26,714,127	5,820,071	$41,788,110
37	Event Horizon	Horror	R	$26,668,092	5,810,042	$41,716,102
38	Murder at 1600	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,826,788	5,626,751	$40,400,072
39	Mimic	Horror	R	$25,454,187	5,545,575	$39,817,229
40	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$23,816,064	5,188,685	$37,254,758
41	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$36,942,529
42	Hoodlum	Drama	R	$23,489,997	5,117,646	$36,744,698
43	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,282,785	4,854,637	$34,856,294
44	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,060,051	4,370,381	$31,379,336
45	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$20,056,331	4,369,571	$31,373,520
46	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$19,668,017	4,284,971	$30,766,092
47	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$25,261,250
48	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Horror	R	$15,719,109	3,424,642	$24,588,930
49	The Postman	Action	R	$14,327,628	3,121,488	$22,412,284
50	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	R	$14,008,431	3,051,946	$21,912,972
51	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$13,475,192	2,935,772	$21,078,843
52	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$20,498,972
53	Love Jones	Drama	R	$12,514,138	2,726,392	$19,575,495
54	Chasing Amy	Romantic Comedy	R	$12,006,514	2,615,798	$18,781,430
55	Ransom	Action	R	$11,806,880	2,572,305	$18,469,150
56	Turbulence	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,466,088	2,498,058	$17,936,056
57	Boot, Das	Drama	R	$11,397,741	2,483,168	$17,829,146
58	Double Team	Action	R	$11,313,010	2,464,708	$17,696,603
59	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,881,286	2,152,786	$15,457,003
60	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$9,582,804	2,087,757	$14,990,095
61	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$8,698,249	1,895,043	$13,606,409
62	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$8,637,027	1,881,705	$13,510,642
63	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$8,074,281	1,759,103	$12,630,360
64	A Thousand Acres	Drama	R	$7,928,412	1,727,323	$12,402,179
65	Sprung	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,553,105	1,645,557	$11,815,099
66	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$7,510,617	1,636,300	$11,748,634
67	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$7,238,051	1,576,917	$11,322,264
68	She's So Lovely	Drama	R	$7,221,836	1,573,385	$11,296,904
69	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$10,376,428
70	Switchback	Action	R	$6,482,195	1,412,243	$10,139,905
71	Most Wanted	Action	R	$6,320,276	1,376,966	$9,886,616
72	Gang Related	Drama	R	$5,858,599	1,276,383	$9,164,430
73	Inventing the Abbots	Drama	R	$5,852,547	1,275,065	$9,154,967
74	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,716,080	1,245,333	$8,941,491
75	Gridlock'd	Black Comedy	R	$5,479,037	1,193,690	$8,570,694
76	Dangerous Ground	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,079,851	1,106,721	$7,946,257
77	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,904,940	1,068,614	$7,672,649
78	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy	R	$4,266,243	929,465	$6,673,559
79	Kama Sutra	Drama	R	$4,109,095	895,228	$6,427,737
80	Playing God	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,068,285	886,337	$6,363,900
81	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy	R	$3,999,612	871,375	$6,256,473
82	Lost Highway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,796,699	827,168	$5,939,066
83	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Black Comedy	R	$3,559,990	775,597	$5,568,786
84	The MatchMaker	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,376,403	735,600	$5,281,608
85	A Smile Like Yours	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,317,930	722,861	$5,190,142
86	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$3,110,918	677,760	$4,866,317
87	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	R	$2,922,988	636,817	$4,572,346
88	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Drama	R	$2,874,242	626,197	$4,496,094
89	In the Company of Men	Drama	R	$2,856,622	622,358	$4,468,530
90	One Night Stand	Drama	R	$2,642,718	575,756	$4,133,928
91	Brassed Off	Comedy	R	$2,560,471	557,837	$4,005,270
92	Career Girls	Comedy	R	$2,506,039	545,978	$3,920,122
93	Crash	Drama	R	$2,430,321	529,482	$3,801,681
94	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,221,994	484,095	$3,475,802
95	Shadow Conspiracy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,154,540	469,399	$3,370,285
96	The Daytrippers	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,084,559	454,152	$3,260,811
97	Paradise Road	Drama	R	$1,921,471	418,621	$3,005,699
98	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy	R	$1,916,898	417,625	$2,998,548
99	Set It Off	Drama	R	$1,812,337	394,845	$2,834,987
100	Ridicule	Drama	R	$1,651,876	359,886	$2,583,981
101	Rhyme & Reason	Documentary	R	$1,591,687	346,773	$2,489,830
102	City of Industry	Drama	R	$1,495,332	325,780	$2,339,100
103	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$1,427,164	310,929	$2,232,470
104	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$1,387,966	302,389	$2,171,153
105	Temptress Moon	Drama	R	$1,084,532	236,281	$1,696,498
106	Blood and Wine	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,075,288	234,268	$1,682,044
107	Female Perversions	Drama	R	$883,973	192,587	$1,382,775
108	Sleepers	Drama	R	$880,394	191,807	$1,377,174
109	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$844,516	183,990	$1,321,048
110	Children of the Revolution	Comedy	R	$830,608	180,960	$1,299,293
111	Big Night	Drama	R	$814,200	177,386	$1,273,631
112	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$810,330	176,542	$1,267,572
113	Kiss or Kill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$771,091	167,994	$1,206,197
114	Lone Star	Drama	R	$758,156	165,176	$1,185,964
115	Box of Moon Light	Comedy	R	$720,717	157,019	$1,127,396
116	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$710,868	154,873	$1,111,988
117	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama	R	$661,361	144,087	$1,034,545
118	Swingers	Comedy	R	$644,108	140,329	$1,007,562
119	The Van	Comedy	R	$621,093	135,314	$971,555
120	The House of Yes	Comedy	R	$617,403	134,510	$965,782
121	Star Maps	Comedy	R	$592,573	129,101	$926,945
122	Love Serenade	Comedy	R	$579,337	126,217	$906,238
123	Dream With The Fishes	Drama	R	$542,909	118,281	$849,258
124	The Assignment	Thriller/Suspense	R	$540,063	117,661	$844,806
125	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$531,868	115,875	$831,983
126	Margaret's Museum	Drama	R	$524,963	114,371	$821,184
127	The Myth of Fingerprints		R	$505,828	110,202	$791,250
128	Traveller		R	$500,649	109,074	$783,151
129	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$493,723	107,565	$772,317
130	Commandments	Comedy	R	$488,419	106,409	$764,017
131	SubUrbia	Comedy	R	$482,665	105,156	$755,020
132	Kissed		R	$465,417	101,398	$728,038
133	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$386,350	84,172	$604,355
134	Thinner	Horror	R	$364,078	79,320	$569,518
135	The End of Violence		R	$357,881	77,970	$559,825
136	Albino Alligator	Drama	R	$326,308	71,091	$510,433
137	Indian Summer	Comedy	R	$294,467	64,154	$460,626
138	Different for Girls		R	$281,764	61,386	$440,751
139	All Over Me	Drama	R	$281,175	61,258	$439,832
140	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$244,717	53,315	$382,802
141	Hollow Reed		R	$244,337	53,232	$382,206
142	Year of the Horse		R	$243,094	52,962	$380,267
143	Unhook the Stars		R	$234,843	51,164	$367,358
144	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$229,657	50,034	$359,244
145	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Thriller/Suspense	R	$226,427	49,331	$354,197
146	Critical Care		R	$218,158	47,529	$341,258
147	Love and Other Catastrophes	Comedy	R	$212,285	46,249	$332,068
148	Bliss	Drama	R	$207,751	45,262	$324,981
149	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$178,189	38,821	$278,735
150	Welcome to Sarajevo		R	$155,009	33,771	$242,476
151	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$137,163	29,883	$214,560
152	The Boxer	Drama	R	$129,915	28,304	$203,223
153	The Boxer	Drama	R	$129,915	28,304	$203,223
154	Hotel de Love		R	$111,106	24,206	$173,799
155	Kicked in the Head		R	$102,739	22,383	$160,710
156	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$96,544	21,034	$151,024
157	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$87,508	19,065	$136,887
158	Gummo		R	$87,403	19,042	$136,722
159	Going All the Way		R	$86,175	18,775	$134,805
160	A Brother's Kiss	Drama	R	$66,961	14,588	$104,742
161	Keys to Tulsa		R	$57,252	12,473	$89,556
162	Johns		R	$50,789	11,065	$79,447
163	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$50,052	10,905	$78,298
164	The Locusts		R	$37,888	8,254	$59,264
165	Office Killer		R	$37,446	8,158	$58,574
166	The Substance of Fire		R	$31,638	6,893	$49,492
167	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,030	6,325	$45,414
168	Catherine's Grove	Drama	R	$26,641	5,804	$41,673
169	Wedding Bell Blues		R	$22,002	4,793	$34,414
170	The Winner		R	$21,000	4,575	$32,849
171	This World, Then the Fireworks		R	$19,906	4,337	$31,140
172	The Last Time I Committed Suicide		R	$12,836	2,797	$20,082
173	Nick and Jane		R	$11,251	2,451	$17,598
174	The Innocent Sleep		R	$8,225	1,792	$12,867
175	Cafe Society	Drama	R	$6,325	1,378	$9,894
176	Tollbooth		R	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
177	Raven		R	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
178	Lewis & Clark & George		R	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
179	Underworld		R	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
180	The James Gang		R	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
181	Guy		R	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
182	Drunks		R	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
183	Cadillac Ranch	Adventure	R	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
184	Breaking Up		R	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
185	Hugo Pool	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,620	789	$5,665
186	Cold Around the Heart		R	$552	120	$862
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,591,224,735
Total Tickets Sold					564,536,982
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,053,375,531

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.