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	$295,908,525
2	Face/Off	Action	R	$112,273,211	24,460,395	$192,992,517
3	Con Air	Action	R	$101,087,161	22,023,347	$173,764,208
4	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$93,269,730	20,320,203	$160,326,402
5	Scream 2	Horror	R	$85,492,042	18,625,717	$146,956,907
6	Scream	Horror	R	$81,748,082	17,810,040	$140,521,216
7	Conspiracy Theory	Thriller/Suspense	R	$76,081,498	16,575,490	$130,780,616
8	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$70,396,279	15,336,880	$121,007,983
9	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$59,721,359	13,011,189	$102,658,281
10	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$101,536,449
11	The English Patient	Drama	R	$55,893,178	12,177,163	$96,077,816
12	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$54,251,668	11,819,536	$93,256,139
13	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$53,107,285	11,570,215	$91,288,996
14	Breakdown	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,129,186	10,921,391	$86,169,775
15	Absolute Power	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,007,168	10,894,808	$85,960,035
16	The Game	Thriller/Suspense	R	$48,265,581	10,515,377	$82,966,325
17	G.I. Jane	Drama	R	$48,154,732	10,491,227	$82,775,781
18	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$46,092,778	10,042,000	$79,231,380
19	Cop Land	Drama	R	$44,810,734	9,762,687	$77,027,600
20	Nothing To Lose	Comedy	R	$44,477,235	9,690,029	$76,454,329
21	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$43,198,792	9,411,502	$74,256,751
22	The Devil's Own	Thriller/Suspense	R	$42,877,165	9,341,430	$73,703,883
23	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$72,118,719
24	The Peacemaker	Action	R	$41,256,277	8,988,296	$70,917,655
25	Private Parts	Comedy	R	$41,198,146	8,975,631	$70,817,729
26	Money Talks	Action	R	$41,067,398	8,947,146	$70,592,982
27	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$65,829,623
28	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$35,338,724	7,699,068	$60,745,647
29	Addicted To Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,656,904	7,550,524	$59,573,634
30	The Relic	Horror	R	$33,927,476	7,391,607	$58,319,779
31	Metro	Action	R	$31,987,563	6,968,968	$54,985,158
32	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Comedy	R	$29,230,449	6,368,290	$50,245,808
33	Grosse Point Blank	Black Comedy	R	$28,073,151	6,116,155	$48,256,463
34	The Edge	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,779,888	6,052,263	$47,752,355
35	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$27,164,883	5,918,275	$46,695,190
36	Amistad	Drama	R	$26,714,127	5,820,071	$45,920,360
37	Event Horizon	Horror	R	$26,668,092	5,810,042	$45,841,231
38	Murder at 1600	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,826,788	5,626,751	$44,395,065
39	Mimic	Horror	R	$25,454,187	5,545,575	$43,754,587
40	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$23,816,064	5,188,685	$40,938,725
41	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$40,595,620
42	Hoodlum	Drama	R	$23,489,997	5,117,646	$40,378,227
43	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,282,785	4,854,637	$38,303,086
44	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,060,051	4,370,381	$34,482,306
45	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$20,056,331	4,369,571	$34,475,915
46	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$19,668,017	4,284,971	$33,808,421
47	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$27,759,229
48	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Horror	R	$15,719,109	3,424,642	$27,020,425
49	The Postman	Action	R	$14,327,628	3,121,488	$24,628,540
50	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	R	$14,008,431	3,051,946	$24,079,854
51	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$13,475,192	2,935,772	$23,163,241
52	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$22,526,029
53	Love Jones	Drama	R	$12,514,138	2,726,392	$21,511,233
54	Chasing Amy	Romantic Comedy	R	$12,006,514	2,615,798	$20,638,646
55	Ransom	Action	R	$11,806,880	2,572,305	$20,295,486
56	Turbulence	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,466,088	2,498,058	$19,709,678
57	Das Boot	Drama	R	$11,397,741	2,483,168	$19,592,196
58	Double Team	Action	R	$11,313,010	2,464,708	$19,446,546
59	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,881,286	2,152,786	$16,985,482
60	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$9,582,804	2,087,757	$16,472,403
61	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$8,698,249	1,895,043	$14,951,889
62	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$8,637,027	1,881,705	$14,846,652
63	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$8,074,281	1,759,103	$13,879,323
64	A Thousand Acres	Drama	R	$7,928,412	1,727,323	$13,628,578
65	Sprung	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,553,105	1,645,557	$12,983,445
66	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$7,510,617	1,636,300	$12,910,407
67	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$7,238,051	1,576,917	$12,441,875
68	She's So Lovely	Drama	R	$7,221,836	1,573,385	$12,414,008
69	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$11,402,510
70	Switchback	Action	R	$6,482,195	1,412,243	$11,142,597
71	Most Wanted	Action	R	$6,320,276	1,376,966	$10,864,262
72	Gang Related	Drama	R	$5,858,599	1,276,383	$10,070,662
73	Inventing the Abbots	Drama	R	$5,852,547	1,275,065	$10,060,263
74	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,716,080	1,245,333	$9,825,677
75	Gridlock'd	Black Comedy	R	$5,479,037	1,193,690	$9,418,214
76	Dangerous Ground	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,079,851	1,106,721	$8,732,029
77	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,904,940	1,068,614	$8,431,364
78	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy	R	$4,266,243	929,465	$7,333,479
79	Kama Sutra	Drama	R	$4,109,095	895,228	$7,063,349
80	Playing God	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,068,285	886,337	$6,993,199
81	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy	R	$3,999,612	871,375	$6,875,149
82	Lost Highway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,796,699	827,168	$6,526,356
83	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Black Comedy	R	$3,559,990	775,597	$6,119,460
84	The MatchMaker	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,376,403	735,600	$5,803,884
85	A Smile Like Yours	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,317,930	722,861	$5,703,373
86	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$3,110,918	677,760	$5,347,526
87	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	R	$2,922,988	636,817	$5,024,486
88	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Drama	R	$2,874,242	626,197	$4,940,694
89	In the Company of Men	Drama	R	$2,856,622	622,358	$4,910,405
90	One Night Stand	Drama	R	$2,642,718	575,756	$4,542,715
91	Brassed Off	Comedy	R	$2,560,471	557,837	$4,401,334
92	Career Girls	Comedy	R	$2,506,039	545,978	$4,307,766
93	Crash	Drama	R	$2,430,321	529,482	$4,177,613
94	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,221,994	484,095	$3,819,510
95	Shadow Conspiracy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,154,540	469,399	$3,703,558
96	The Daytrippers	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,084,559	454,152	$3,583,259
97	Paradise Road	Drama	R	$1,921,471	418,621	$3,302,920
98	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy	R	$1,916,898	417,625	$3,295,061
99	Set It Off	Drama	R	$1,812,337	394,845	$3,115,327
100	Ridicule	Drama	R	$1,651,876	359,886	$2,839,501
101	Rhyme & Reason	Documentary	R	$1,591,687	346,773	$2,736,039
102	City of Industry	Drama	R	$1,495,332	325,780	$2,570,404
103	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$1,427,164	310,929	$2,453,230
104	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$1,387,966	302,389	$2,385,849
105	Temptress Moon	Drama	R	$1,084,532	236,281	$1,864,257
106	Blood and Wine	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,075,288	234,268	$1,848,375
107	Female Perversions	Drama	R	$883,973	192,587	$1,519,511
108	Sleepers	Drama	R	$880,394	191,807	$1,513,357
109	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$844,516	183,990	$1,451,681
110	Children of the Revolution	Comedy	R	$830,608	180,960	$1,427,774
111	Big Night	Drama	R	$814,200	177,386	$1,399,576
112	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$810,330	176,542	$1,392,916
113	Kiss or Kill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$771,091	167,994	$1,325,473
114	Lone Star	Drama	R	$758,156	165,176	$1,303,239
115	Box of Moonlight	Comedy	R	$720,717	157,019	$1,238,880
116	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$710,868	154,873	$1,221,948
117	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama	R	$661,361	144,087	$1,136,846
118	Swingers	Comedy	R	$644,108	140,329	$1,107,196
119	The Van	Comedy	R	$621,093	135,314	$1,067,627
120	The House of Yes	Comedy	R	$617,403	134,510	$1,061,284
121	Star Maps	Comedy	R	$592,573	129,101	$1,018,607
122	Love Serenade	Comedy	R	$579,337	126,217	$995,852
123	Dream With The Fishes	Drama	R	$542,909	118,281	$933,237
124	The Assignment	Thriller/Suspense	R	$540,063	117,661	$928,345
125	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$531,868	115,875	$914,254
126	Margaret's Museum	Drama	R	$524,963	114,371	$902,387
127	The Myth of Fingerprints		R	$505,828	110,202	$869,494
128	Traveller		R	$500,649	109,074	$860,594
129	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$493,723	107,565	$848,688
130	Commandments	Comedy	R	$488,419	106,409	$839,567
131	SubUrbia	Comedy	R	$482,665	105,156	$829,681
132	Kissed		R	$465,417	101,398	$800,030
133	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$386,350	84,172	$664,117
134	Thinner	Horror	R	$364,078	79,320	$625,835
135	The End of Violence		R	$357,881	77,970	$615,183
136	Albino Alligator	Drama	R	$326,308	71,091	$560,908
137	Indian Summer	Comedy	R	$294,467	64,154	$506,175
138	Different for Girls		R	$281,764	61,386	$484,336
139	All Over Me	Drama	R	$281,175	61,258	$483,326
140	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$244,717	53,315	$420,655
141	Hollow Reed		R	$244,337	53,232	$420,000
142	Year of the Horse		R	$243,094	52,962	$417,870
143	Unhook the Stars		R	$234,843	51,164	$403,684
144	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$229,657	50,034	$394,768
145	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Thriller/Suspense	R	$226,427	49,331	$389,222
146	Critical Care	Drama	R	$218,158	47,529	$375,004
147	Love and Other Catastrophes	Comedy	R	$212,285	46,249	$364,905
148	Bliss	Drama	R	$207,751	45,262	$357,117
149	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$178,189	38,821	$306,298
150	Welcome to Sarajevo		R	$155,009	33,771	$266,453
151	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$137,163	29,883	$235,777
152	The Boxer	Drama	R	$129,915	28,304	$223,319
153	Hotel de Love		R	$111,106	24,206	$190,985
154	Kicked in the Head		R	$102,739	22,383	$176,602
155	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$96,544	21,034	$165,958
156	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$87,508	19,065	$150,423
157	Gummo		R	$87,403	19,042	$150,241
158	Going All the Way		R	$86,175	18,775	$148,135
159	A Brother's Kiss	Drama	R	$66,961	14,588	$115,099
160	Keys to Tulsa		R	$57,252	12,473	$98,412
161	Johns		R	$50,789	11,065	$87,303
162	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$50,052	10,905	$86,040
163	The Locusts		R	$37,888	8,254	$65,124
164	Office Killer		R	$37,446	8,158	$64,367
165	The Substance of Fire		R	$31,638	6,893	$54,386
166	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,030	6,325	$49,904
167	Catherine's Grove	Drama	R	$26,641	5,804	$45,794
168	Wedding Bell Blues		R	$22,002	4,793	$37,817
169	The Winner		R	$21,000	4,575	$36,097
170	This World, Then the Fireworks		R	$19,906	4,337	$34,219
171	The Last Time I Committed Suicide		R	$12,836	2,797	$22,068
172	Nick and Jane		R	$11,251	2,451	$19,338
173	The Innocent Sleep		R	$8,225	1,792	$14,139
174	Cafe Society	Drama	R	$6,325	1,378	$10,872
175	Tollbooth		R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
176	Raven	Action	R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
177	Lewis & Clark & George		R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
178	The James Gang		R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
179	Underworld		R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
180	Guy		R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
181	Drunks		R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
182	Cadillac Ranch	Adventure	R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
183	Breaking Up		R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
184	Hugo Pool	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,620	789	$6,225
185	Cold Around the Heart		R	$552	120	$947
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,591,178,807
Total Tickets Sold					564,526,976
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,454,117,841

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.