Market Charts > 1997 > Genres > Thriller/Suspense
Box Office Performance for Thriller/Suspense Movies in 1997
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Theatrical
Distributor | MPAA
Rating | 1997 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Conspiracy Theory |
Aug 8, 1997 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$76,118,990 |
16,583,657 |
| 2 |
Dante’s Peak |
Feb 7, 1997 |
Universal |
PG-13 |
$67,163,857 |
14,632,648 |
| 3 |
Kiss the Girls |
Oct 3, 1997 |
Paramount Pictures |
R |
$59,757,672 |
13,019,100 |
| 4 |
The Jackal |
Nov 14, 1997 |
Universal |
R |
$53,153,666 |
11,580,319 |
| 5 |
Breakdown |
May 2, 1997 |
Paramount Pictures |
R |
$50,159,144 |
10,927,918 |
| 6 |
Absolute Power |
Feb 14, 1997 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$50,068,310 |
10,908,128 |
| 7 |
The Game |
Sep 12, 1997 |
Polygram |
R |
$48,265,581 |
10,515,377 |
| 8 |
The Devil's Own |
Mar 26, 1997 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$42,885,593 |
9,343,266 |
| 9 |
The Edge |
Sep 26, 1997 |
20th Century Fox |
R |
$27,799,255 |
6,056,482 |
| 10 |
Murder at 1600 |
Apr 18, 1997 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$25,842,024 |
5,630,070 |
| 11 |
Midnight in the Garden of G… |
Nov 21, 1997 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$23,616,463 |
5,145,198 |
| 12 |
Red Corner |
Oct 31, 1997 |
MGM |
R |
$22,290,435 |
4,856,303 |
| 13 |
Turbulence |
Jan 10, 1997 |
MGM |
R |
$11,532,774 |
2,512,586 |
| 14 |
Mad City |
Nov 7, 1997 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$10,523,865 |
2,292,781 |
| 15 |
Switchback |
Oct 31, 1997 |
Paramount Pictures |
R |
$6,504,442 |
1,417,089 |
| 16 |
One Eight Seven |
Jul 30, 1997 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$5,747,802 |
1,252,244 |
| 17 |
Dangerous Ground |
Feb 12, 1997 |
New Line |
R |
$5,102,151 |
1,111,579 |
| 18 |
Playing God |
Oct 17, 1997 |
Walt Disney |
R |
$4,166,918 |
907,825 |
| 19 |
Lost Highway |
Feb 21, 1997 |
October Films |
R |
$3,796,699 |
827,167 |
| 20 |
Crash |
Oct 4, 1996 |
Fine Line |
R |
$2,430,321 |
529,481 |
| 21 |
Smilla's Sense of Snow |
Feb 28, 1997 |
Fox Searchlight |
R |
$2,221,994 |
484,094 |
| 22 |
Shadow Conspiracy |
Jan 31, 1997 |
Walt Disney |
R |
$2,154,540 |
469,398 |
| 23 |
Blood and Wine |
Feb 21, 1997 |
Fox Searchlight |
R |
$1,083,350 |
236,023 |
| 24 |
Kiss or Kill |
Nov 14, 1997 |
October Films |
R |
$771,091 |
167,993 |
| 25 |
The Assignment |
Sep 26, 1997 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$600,843 |
130,902 |
| 26 |
Fargo |
Mar 8, 1996 |
Gramercy |
R |
$531,868 |
115,875 |
| 27 |
The Disappearance of Garcia… |
Sep 12, 1997 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$226,427 |
49,330 |
| 28 |
Le Samourï |
Jul 12, 1972 |
|
GP |
$39,481 |
8,601 |
| 29 |
The Winner |
Jul 25, 1997 |
Live Entertainment |
R |
$21,000 |
4,575 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $604,576,556 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 131,716,009 |
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 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
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Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
