Box Office Performance for Warner Bros. Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Batman & Robin	Action	PG-13	$107,308,328	23,378,721	$184,458,109
2	Contact	Drama	PG	$100,769,177	21,954,069	$173,217,604
3	Conspiracy Theory	Thriller/Suspense	R	$76,081,498	16,575,490	$130,780,616
4	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$101,536,449
5	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$65,829,623
6	Vegas Vacation	Comedy	PG	$36,429,528	7,936,716	$62,620,689
7	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,422,828	7,717,392	$60,890,223
8	Addicted To Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,656,904	7,550,524	$59,573,634
9	Father's Day	Comedy	PG-13	$28,659,604	6,243,922	$49,264,545
10	Murder at 1600	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,826,788	5,626,751	$44,395,065
11	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$40,595,620
12	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$27,759,229
13	The Postman	Action	R	$14,327,628	3,121,488	$24,628,540
14	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$23,512,587
15	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$22,526,029
16	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$12,123,355	2,641,254	$20,839,494
17	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$11,907,700	2,594,270	$20,468,790
18	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$18,081,718
19	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$8,517,269	1,855,614	$14,640,794
20	Wild America	Adventure	PG	$7,324,662	1,595,787	$12,590,759
21	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,716,080	1,245,333	$9,825,677
22	Cats Don't Dance	Musical	G	$3,562,749	776,198	$6,124,202
23	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Drama	PG	$3,519,178	766,705	$6,049,302
24	Steel	Action	PG-13	$1,686,429	367,414	$2,898,896
25	Sleepers	Drama	R	$880,394	191,807	$1,513,357
26	Anna Karenina	Drama	PG-13	$791,830	172,512	$1,361,120
27	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$178,189	38,821	$306,298
28	Breaking Up		R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
29	Trojan War	Comedy		$217	47	$371
Total Gross of All Movies				$690,127,698
Total Tickets Sold					150,354,618
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,186,297,936

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.