Domestic 1997 Weekend 1

January 3-5, 1997

Key:New This Week

RankLWRelease Gross%± LWTheatersChangeAverageTotal GrossWeeksDistributor
11Michael$12,144,926-30.3%2,181+40$5,568$52,733,5642New Line Cinema
22Jerry Maguire$12,030,145-14.2%2,531-$4,753$83,006,3554Sony Pictures Releasing
35Scream$10,015,810+10.4%1,737+287$5,766$39,084,4523Dimension Films
43101 Dalmatians$7,342,467-35.5%2,702-199$2,717$121,788,6256Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
56One Fine Day$6,218,887-22.5%1,968-7$3,160$32,246,9253Twentieth Century Fox
64Beavis and Butt-Head Do America$5,755,741-43.6%2,417+38$2,381$54,149,7433Paramount Pictures
720Ghosts of Mississippi$5,016,767+2,263.7%1,268+1,247$3,956$5,782,7533Sony Pictures Releasing
87The Preacher's Wife$4,925,287-33%2,001-7$2,461$38,655,3294Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
98Mars Attacks!$3,433,575-32.4%1,901-54$1,806$33,779,7624Warner Bros.
109My Fellow Americans$3,330,333-20.1%1,865-50$1,785$18,004,5943Warner Bros.
1114The English Patient$2,732,463+2.7%582-$4,694$28,007,1328Miramax
1210The Evening Star$2,277,110-31.1%1,268+3$1,795$10,129,8072Paramount Pictures
1313Ransom$2,218,662-17.3%1,076-95$2,061$129,137,7469Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
1412Daylight$1,825,515-32.5%1,217-490$1,500$29,133,9305Universal Pictures
1515Star Trek: First Contact$1,760,201-31.5%1,001-18$1,758$89,128,3897Paramount Pictures
1617Shine$1,614,152+0.7%207-$7,797$6,694,3607Fine Line Features
1711Jingle All the Way$1,557,418-46.8%1,405-318$1,108$57,194,7767Twentieth Century Fox
1816Space Jam$1,378,884-34.9%1,201-178$1,148$85,422,3658Warner Bros.
1918The Crucible$1,319,366+64.2%344+201$3,835$4,652,4876Twentieth Century Fox
2021Evita$1,064,660+445.7%22+20$48,393$2,225,7372Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
21-Romeo + Juliet$604,009-662-$912$44,798,59610Twentieth Century Fox
2219The People vs. Larry Flynt$597,692+14.2%16-$37,355$1,744,2142Sony Pictures Releasing
23-Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern$8,318-1-$8,318$8,3181Artistic License
2428Independence Day$8,116+22.8%21-2$386$306,167,04027Twentieth Century Fox