Domestic Box Office For 1997

RankRelease GrossTheatersTotal GrossRelease DateDistributor
310Trojan War$3091$309Sep 26Warner Bros.
309Beyond Barbed Wire$3,1091$3,109Jul 18-
308Childhood's End$3,8041$3,804Apr 4Plainview Pictures
307Guy$4,1341$4,134Dec 17Gramercy Pictures (I)
306The Education of Little Tree$4,69252$323,411Dec 25Paramount Pictures
305Cold Around the Heart$5,1711$5,171Nov 7Twentieth Century Fox
304Brothers in Trouble$8,0001$8,000May 14First Run
303Waco: The Rules of Engagement$8,0475$142,193Feb 28-
302Schizopolis$10,5802$10,580Apr 9Northern Arts Entertainment
301Breaking Up$11,6902$11,690Oct 17Warner Bros.
300Intimate Relations$12,91810$53,662Jun 6-
299Independence Day$13,1782,977$306,169,268Jul 3Twentieth Century Fox
298Hugo Pool$13,3304$13,330Dec 12Northern Arts Entertainment
297I Love You, I Love You Not$20,6776$20,677Oct 31Lionsgate Films
296Trojan Eddie$21,2642$21,264Aug 29Castle Hill Productions
295The Winner$26,0043$26,004Jul 25Artisan Entertainment
294Forgotten Silver$26,4591$26,459Oct 3First Run
293Gray's Anatomy$29,0901$29,090Mar 19Northern Arts Entertainment
292Soul in the Hole$30,6976$30,697Aug 8-
291Head Above Water$32,21210$32,212Jun 25Fine Line Features
290The Boxer$37,554523$5,980,578Dec 31Universal Pictures
289Koyla$37,7953$37,795Jan 24Miramax
288Drunks$38,2682$38,268Mar 14Northern Arts Entertainment
287Good Luck$39,962106$39,962Mar 7-
286The Locusts$40,15812$40,158Oct 3Orion Pictures
285Nothing Personal$40,3741$40,374Apr 25Trimark Pictures
284The Apostle$40,969751$19,868,354Dec 19October Films
283Mandela$42,0568$42,056Mar 21Palm Pictures
282Wedding Bell Blues$44,05211$44,052Jun 13-
281Bandwagon$44,54412$44,544Sep 12Lionsgate Films
280Red Cherry$44,8463$44,846Jun 6-
279The Last Time I Committed Suicide$46,3624$46,362Jun 20Roxie Releasing
278Hamsun$50,0001$50,000Aug 6First Run
277Johns$50,7898$50,789Jan 31First Look International
276Fall$51,2663$51,266Jun 20-
275This World, Then the Fireworks$51,6185$51,618Jul 11Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
274Will It Snow for Christmas?$51,9502$51,950Dec 17Zeitgeist Films
273Follow Me Home$52,1553$52,155Feb 28-
272A Brother's Kiss$52,6329$52,632Apr 25First Look International
271Reggie's Prayer$52,6651$52,665Jan 24Arrow Releasing
270The Winter Guest$53,40521$870,290Dec 25Fine Line Features
269The Substance of Fire$56,21111$31,638Mar 14Miramax
268Keys to Tulsa$57,25224$57,252Apr 11Gramercy Pictures (I)
267The Long Way Home$60,5097$60,509Sep 17Seventh Art Releasing
266Paradise Road$62,518350$2,007,100Apr 11-
265Star Maps$63,47739$661,465Jul 23-
264Afterglow$79,542353$2,465,960Dec 26Sony Pictures Classics
263The Ride$86,30753$86,307Dec 5R.S. Entertainment
262Truth or Consequences, N.M.$109,2617$109,261May 2Sony Pictures Releasing
261Going All the Way$113,06917$113,069Sep 19Gramercy Pictures (I)
260Welcome to Sarajevo$116,75815$334,319Nov 26Miramax
259For Roseanna$123,3306$123,330Jun 18Fine Line Features
258Twin Town$127,92318$127,923May 9Gramercy Pictures (I)
2574 Little Girls$130,1464$130,146Jul 9-
256Ma vie en rose$130,24863$2,162,043Dec 26Sony Pictures Classics
255Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern$140,0008$140,000Jan 3Artistic License
254Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
1997 Re-release
$141,62623$141,626Aug 29Lionsgate Films
253Kundun$150,201439$5,684,789Dec 25Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
252Paperback Romance$151,06828$151,068Aug 15Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
251The Sweet Hereafter$153,89070$3,263,585Oct 10Fine Line Features
250Hotel de Love$165,84542$165,845Feb 7-
249Washington Square$186,19735$1,851,761Oct 5Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
248Nowhere$194,2016$194,201May 9Fine Line Features
247Latin Boys Go to Hell$199,0333$199,033Sep 5Strand Releasing
246Wag the Dog$203,4021,752$43,061,945Dec 25New Line Cinema
245Critical Care$221,19334$221,193Oct 31Artisan Entertainment
244Unhook the Stars$221,80120$272,542Nov 1Miramax
243Hard Eight$222,55929$222,559Feb 28The Samuel Goldwyn Company
242Citizen Ruth$245,42023$285,112Dec 13Miramax
241Rough Magic$247,20230$247,202May 30The Samuel Goldwyn Company
240The Graduate
1997 Re-release
$259,2792$259,279Feb 14Strand Releasing
239Hollow Reed$265,7327$265,732Apr 18Lionsgate Films
238The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain$273,64497$273,644Jul 18-
237Irma Vep$282,3106$282,310Apr 30Zeitgeist Films
236Bliss$294,06412$294,064Jun 6Triumph Releasing Corporation
235Love and Other Catastrophes$294,21232$294,212Mar 28-
234Different for Girls$300,64516$300,645Sep 12First Look International
233Lilies$301,5487$301,548Oct 10Turbulent Arts
232Telling Lies in America$318,80960$318,809Oct 17Banner Entertainment
231Happy Together$320,3199$320,319Oct 10Kino International
230The Assignment$332,59734$332,597Sep 26Sony Pictures Releasing
229Albino Alligator$339,37912$339,379Jan 17Miramax
228The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo$346,056101$346,056May 16TriStar Pictures
227The Whole Wide World$363,19420$375,757Dec 20Sony Pictures Classics
226Touch$387,06951$387,069Feb 14Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
225The Eighth Day$416,4015$416,401Mar 7Gramercy Pictures (I)
224Flamenco$480,9416$480,941Apr 25New Yorker Films
223Bent$496,05912$496,059Nov 26The Samuel Goldwyn Company
222Pippi Longstocking$505,33573$505,335Aug 22-
221Dirty Dancing
1997 Re-release
$507,89254$507,892Aug 22-
220The Myth of Fingerprints$523,02550$523,025Sep 17Sony Pictures Classics
219Some Mother's Son$525,18135$671,437Dec 27Sony Pictures Releasing
218Fargo$528,657716$24,611,975Mar 8Gramercy Pictures (I)
217Boys Life 2$532,6546$532,654Mar 7Strand Releasing
216Traveller$534,0106$534,010Apr 18October Films
215Dream with the Fishes$543,70832$543,708Jun 20Sony Pictures Classics
214Commandments$548,561269$548,561May 2Gramercy Pictures (I)
213Das Boot
1997 Director's Cut
$572,42629$572,426Apr 4Sony Pictures Releasing
212Prefontaine$589,304201$589,304Jan 24Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
211The House of Yes$596,82254$626,057Oct 10Miramax
210SubUrbia$656,74724$656,747Feb 7Sony Pictures Classics
209A Chef in Love$686,70434$686,704Apr 23Sony Pictures Classics
208The Van$712,09525$712,095May 16-
207Prisoner of the Mountains$790,07836$790,078Jan 31Orion Classics
206Children of the Revolution$838,36859$838,368May 1Miramax
205Anna Karenina$858,55334$858,553Apr 4Warner Bros.
204Fast, Cheap & Out of Control$878,96040$878,960Oct 3Sony Pictures Classics
203Guantanamera$903,84012$903,840Jul 4Lionsgate Films
202Shiloh$1,007,82270$1,007,822Apr 25-
201The Tango Lesson$1,080,1922$1,080,192Nov 14Sony Pictures Classics
200Blood and Wine$1,094,668166$1,094,668Feb 21-
199Temptress Moon$1,100,78846$1,100,788Jun 13Miramax
198The Godfather
1997 Re-release
$1,267,49040$1,267,490Mar 21Paramount Pictures
197City of Industry$1,568,258441$1,568,258Mar 14Orion Pictures
196Rhyme & Reason$1,608,277280$1,608,277Mar 7Miramax
195Brassed Off$1,637,595231$2,576,331May 23Miramax
194Steel$1,710,9721,260$1,710,972Aug 15Warner Bros.
193Crash$1,926,473339$2,664,812Oct 4Fine Line Features
192Masterminds$1,935,5391,186$1,935,539Aug 22Sony Pictures Releasing
191The Daytrippers$2,099,67752$2,099,677Mar 5Sony Pictures Releasing
190Shadow Conspiracy$2,312,463837$2,312,463Jan 31Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
189Smilla's Sense of Snow$2,373,011135$2,372,903Feb 28-
188Career Girls$2,416,734148$2,416,734Aug 8October Films
187Deconstructing Harry$2,420,000445$10,686,841Dec 12Fine Line Features
186In the Company of Men$2,515,902108$2,804,473Aug 1Sony Pictures Classics
185One Night Stand$2,642,983407$2,642,983Nov 14New Line Cinema
184When We Were Kings$2,764,30392$2,789,985Oct 25Gramercy Pictures (I)
183Waiting for Guffman$2,923,98259$2,923,982Jan 31Sony Pictures Classics
182A Smile Like Yours$3,330,352582$3,330,352Aug 22Paramount Pictures
181The MatchMaker$3,392,080705$3,392,080Oct 3Gramercy Pictures (I)
180Free Willy 3: The Rescue$3,446,5391,258$3,446,539Aug 8Warner Bros.
179'Til There Was You$3,525,125753$3,525,125May 30Paramount Pictures
178The Portrait of a Lady$3,558,031570$3,692,836Dec 27Gramercy Pictures (I)
177Cats Don't Dance$3,566,6371,252$3,566,637Mar 28Warner Bros.
176The Pest$3,600,6161,205$3,600,616Feb 7Sony Pictures Releasing
1758 Heads in a Duffel Bag$3,602,8841,553$3,602,884Apr 18Orion Pictures
174Lost Highway$3,675,201337$3,675,201Feb 21October Films
173Kolya$3,982,870128$5,770,254Jan 17Miramax
172Meet Wally Sparks$4,073,5821,552$4,073,582Jan 31Trimark Pictures
171Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love$4,153,99781$4,109,095Feb 28Trimark Pictures
170Playing God$4,166,9181,479$4,166,918Oct 17Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
169A Life Less Ordinary$4,366,7221,208$4,366,722Oct 24Twentieth Century Fox
168Good Will Hunting$4,402,8772,203$138,433,435Dec 5Miramax
167The Crucible$4,523,171344$7,343,114Nov 29Twentieth Century Fox
166McHale's Navy$4,529,8431,861$4,529,843Apr 18Universal Pictures
165Hamlet$4,560,83593$4,708,156Dec 27Sony Pictures Releasing
164Les Boys$4,602,34152$4,602,341Dec 12Lionsgate Films
163Romeo + Juliet$4,683,2621,963$46,351,345Nov 1Twentieth Century Fox
162Dangerous Ground$5,303,931808$5,303,931Feb 14New Line Cinema
161Gridlock'd$5,571,205743$5,571,205Jan 31Gramercy Pictures (I)
160One Eight Seven$5,727,1301,121$5,727,130Jul 30Warner Bros.
159Gang Related$5,906,7731,260$5,906,773Oct 10Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
158Inventing the Abbotts$5,936,344898$5,936,344Apr 4Twentieth Century Fox
157Star Trek: First Contact$6,035,9042,812$92,027,888Nov 22Paramount Pictures
156Kull the Conqueror$6,112,6132,091$6,112,613Aug 29Universal Pictures
155Most Wanted$6,391,9462,098$6,391,946Oct 10New Line Cinema
154Jingle All the Way$6,492,5132,404$60,592,389Nov 22Twentieth Century Fox
153Switchback$6,492,6601,128$6,492,660Oct 31Paramount Pictures
152Warriors of Virtue$6,524,6202,101$6,524,620May 2Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
151The Evening Star$6,597,0301,268$12,767,815Dec 27Paramount Pictures
150U Turn$6,682,0981,311$6,682,098Oct 3Sony Pictures Releasing
149Daylight$7,153,1302,189$33,023,469Dec 6Universal Pictures
148Zeus and Roxanne$7,233,3241,745$7,233,324Jan 24Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
147B*A*P*S$7,246,7351,204$7,246,735Mar 28New Line Cinema
146She's So Lovely$7,281,450844$7,281,450Aug 27Miramax
145Wild America$7,342,9231,812$7,342,923Jul 4Warner Bros.
144Sprung$7,575,028780$7,575,028May 16Trimark Pictures
143Space Jam$7,584,5012,650$90,418,342Nov 15Warner Bros.
142A Thousand Acres$7,936,7801,228$7,936,780Sep 19Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
141The Ice Storm$8,038,061230$8,038,061Sep 27-
140A Simple Wish$8,345,0561,699$8,345,056Jul 11Universal Pictures
139Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie$8,363,8992,113$8,363,899Mar 28Twentieth Century Fox
138Mrs. Brown$9,020,166432$9,229,808Jul 18Miramax
137Ulee's Gold$9,161,691350$9,161,691Jun 13Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
136Fierce Creatures$9,381,2601,620$9,381,260Jan 24Universal Pictures
135The Postman$9,473,7372,207$17,626,234Dec 25Warner Bros.
134Everyone Says I Love You$9,627,522276$9,759,200Dec 6Miramax
133Night Falls on Manhattan$9,889,670758$9,889,670May 16Paramount Pictures
132Mr. Magoo$10,045,1141,857$21,437,192Dec 25Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
131Buddy$10,113,4002,113$10,113,400Jun 6Sony Pictures Releasing
130My Fellow Americans$10,116,0541,915$22,313,201Dec 20Warner Bros.
129Mars Attacks!$10,160,7261,955$37,771,017Dec 13Warner Bros.
128Armour of God 2: Operation Condor$10,405,3941,532$10,405,394Jul 18Miramax
127Mad City$10,541,5232,194$10,541,523Nov 7Warner Bros.
126Leave It to Beaver$10,925,0601,885$10,925,060Aug 22Universal Pictures
125Ransom$10,990,6312,768$136,492,681Nov 8Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
124Double Team$11,438,3372,203$11,438,337Apr 4Sony Pictures Releasing
123The Beautician and the Beast$11,486,8801,801$11,486,880Feb 7Paramount Pictures
122Turbulence$11,538,2352,094$11,538,235Jan 10Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
121Chasing Amy$11,987,354553$12,021,272Apr 4Miramax
120Love Jones$12,479,335821$12,479,335Mar 14New Line Cinema
119Gattaca$12,532,7771,279$12,532,777Oct 24Sony Pictures Releasing
118Marvin's Room$12,633,5481,158$12,803,305Dec 20Miramax
117Ghosts of Mississippi$12,782,8121,268$13,323,144Dec 20Sony Pictures Releasing
116Secrets & Lies$13,040,360296$13,417,292Sep 28October Films
115Rosewood$13,130,349991$13,130,349Feb 21Warner Bros.
114Trial and Error$13,602,8312,298$13,602,831May 30New Line Cinema
113The Wings of the Dove$13,678,836261$13,692,848Nov 7Miramax
112The Man Who Knew Too Little$13,717,0392,039$13,717,039Nov 14Warner Bros.
111An American Werewolf in Paris$13,867,3131,731$26,570,463Dec 25Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures