Domestic 1997 Week 8
February 21-27, 1997
| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release | Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | $40,379,241 | +46% | 37.3% | 2 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1997 Special Edition | $27,075,078 | 67.1% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 1 | $24,147,890 | -37.3% | 22.3% | 6 | Absolute Power | $11,449,543 | 47.4% | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | 4 | $12,772,589 | -18.1% | 11.8% | 3 | Vegas Vacation | $7,963,756 | 62.4% | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 3 | $8,750,970 | -44.3% | 8.1% | 1 | Dante's Peak | $8,750,970 | 100% | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 5 | $6,702,891 | -48.5% | 6.2% | 4 | That Darn Cat | $4,224,415 | 63% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 6 | $5,377,546 | -25% | 5% | 4 | The English Patient | $3,808,417 | 70.8% | 15 | Miramax |
| 7 | 9 | $3,103,726 | -27.3% | 2.9% | 1 | Shine | $3,103,726 | 100% | 14 | Fine Line Features |
| 8 | 10 | $2,303,334 | -40.3% | 2.1% | 1 | Scream | $2,303,334 | 100% | 10 | Dimension Films |
| 9 | 7 | $2,166,420 | -60.1% | 2% | 2 | The Beautician and the Beast | $1,341,961 | 61.9% | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | 8 | $1,418,892 | -71% | 1.3% | 2 | Michael | $1,418,892 | 100% | 10 | New Line Cinema |
| 11 | 11 | $1,105,096 | +52.8% | 1% | 2 | Secrets & Lies | $807,680 | 73.1% | 22 | October Films |
