Box Office Performance for Sony Pictures 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	$429,922,707
2	Air Force One	Action	R	$172,144,501	37,504,249	$295,908,525
3	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$126,768,249	27,618,355	$217,908,821
4	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$93,269,730	20,320,203	$160,326,402
5	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$70,396,279	15,336,880	$121,007,983
6	Anaconda	Horror	PG-13	$65,557,989	14,282,786	$112,691,182
7	The Fifth Element	Action	PG-13	$63,540,020	13,843,142	$109,222,390
8	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$54,251,668	11,819,536	$93,256,139
9	Absolute Power	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,007,168	10,894,808	$85,960,035
10	The Devil's Own	Thriller/Suspense	R	$42,877,165	9,341,430	$73,703,883
11	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$72,118,719
12	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,722,657	8,872,039	$70,000,388
13	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$37,555,985	8,182,132	$64,557,021
14	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy	PG-13	$31,235,710	6,805,166	$53,692,760
15	Fools Rush In	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$29,291,566	6,381,605	$50,350,863
16	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,060,051	4,370,381	$34,482,306
17	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$19,668,017	4,284,971	$33,808,421
18	Excess Baggage	Comedy	PG-13	$14,327,206	3,121,396	$24,627,814
19	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$12,511,843	2,725,892	$21,507,288
20	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$12,275,272	2,674,351	$21,100,629
21	Double Team	Action	R	$11,313,010	2,464,708	$19,446,546
22	Buddy	Comedy	PG	$10,005,081	2,179,756	$17,198,275
23	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$11,402,510
24	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$4,266,214	929,458	$7,333,424
25	Masterminds	Action	PG-13	$1,890,472	411,868	$3,249,639
26	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$892,904	194,532	$1,534,857
27	The Assignment	Thriller/Suspense	R	$540,063	117,661	$928,345
28	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$493,723	107,565	$848,688
29	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$300,810	65,536	$517,079
30	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$276,573	60,256	$475,420
31	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Thriller/Suspense	R	$226,427	49,331	$389,222
32	Bliss	Drama	R	$207,751	45,262	$357,117
33	The Wind in the Willows			$72,844	15,870	$125,214
34	Truth or Consequences, N.M.			$54,154	11,798	$93,086
35	Lawrence of Arabia (re-issue)			$47,265	10,297	$81,243
36	Cafe Society	Drama	R	$6,325	1,378	$10,872
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,285,750,217
Total Tickets Sold					280,119,875
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,210,145,814

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.