List of 1997 box office number-one films in the United States
This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1997.[1]
Number-one films
# | Weekend end date | Film | Total weekend gross | Notes | Ref |
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1 | January 5, 1997 | Michael | $12,144,926 | [2] | |
2 | January 12, 1997 | The Relic | $9,064,143 | [3] | |
3 | January 19, 1997 | Beverly Hills Ninja | $12,220,920 | [4] | |
4 | January 26, 1997 | Jerry Maguire | $5,518,727 | Jerry Maguire reclaimed #1 in its sixth week of release. | [5] |
5 | February 2, 1997 | Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (Special Edition) | $35,906,661 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (Special Edition) held the record for the highest weekend debut in January and the highest weekend for a reissue. | [6] |
6 | February 9, 1997 | $24,277,091 | In second place, Dante's Peak ($18.4 million) broke Wayne's World's record ($18.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in February. | [7] | |
7 | February 16, 1997 | $21,370,589 | [8] | ||
8 | February 23, 1997 | Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) | $21,975,993 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) broke Dante's Peak's record ($18.4 million) for the highest weekend debut in February (which had been set two weeks earlier). | [9] |
9 | March 2, 1997 | $13,145,852 | [10] | ||
10 | March 9, 1997 | Private Parts | $14,616,333 | [11] | |
11 | March 16, 1997 | Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) | $16,293,531 | [12] | |
12 | March 23, 1997 | Liar Liar | $31,423,025 | Liar Liar broke Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles's record ($25.4 million) for the highest weekend debut in March and for the highest weekend debut for a spring release. | [13] |
13 | March 30, 1997 | $25,377,435 | [14] | ||
14 | April 6, 1997 | $18,275,295 | [15] | ||
15 | April 13, 1997 | Anaconda | $16,620,887 | [16] | |
16 | April 20, 1997 | $12,013,566 | [17] | ||
17 | April 27, 1997 | Volcano | $14,581,740 | [18] | |
18 | May 4, 1997 | Breakdown | $12,307,128 | [19] | |
19 | May 11, 1997 | The Fifth Element | $17,031,345 | [20] | |
20 | May 18, 1997 | $11,410,863 | [21] | ||
21 | May 25, 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | $72,132,785 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park had the widest release of all time opening in 3,565 theaters and broke Batman Forever's records ($52.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut in the summer, for a PG-13 rated film, and of all time. It also broke Jurassic Park's record ($47.0 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a creature feature film and Mission: Impossible's records ($45.4 mil) for the highest weekend debut in May and for the Memorial Day weekend. The Lost World: Jurassic Park had the highest weekend debut in 1997. | [22] |
22 | June 1, 1997 | $34,116,390 | [23] | ||
23 | June 8, 1997 | Con Air | $24,131,738 | [24] | |
24 | June 15, 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control | $16,158,942 | [25] | |
25 | June 22, 1997 | Batman & Robin | $42,872,605 | [26] | |
26 | June 29, 1997 | Face/Off | $23,387,530 | [27] | |
27 | July 6, 1997 | Men in Black | $51,068,455 | Men in Black broke Independence Day's records ($50.2 mil) for the highest weekend debut in July and the highest Fourth of July weekend debut. | [28] |
28 | July 13, 1997 | $30,062,317 | [29] | ||
29 | July 20, 1997 | $19,029,928 | [30] | ||
30 | July 27, 1997 | Air Force One | $37,132,505 | Air Force One broke Interview with the Vampire's record ($36.4 mil) for the highest weekend debut for an R-rated film. | [31] |
31 | August 3, 1997 | $25,731,622 | [32] | ||
32 | August 10, 1997 | Conspiracy Theory | $19,313,566 | [33] | |
33 | August 17, 1997 | Cop Land | $13,510,482 | [34] | |
34 | August 24, 1997 | G.I. Jane | $11,094,241 | [35] | |
35 | August 31, 1997 | $8,183,861 | [36] | ||
36 | September 7, 1997 | Fire Down Below | $6,073,094 | [37] | |
37 | September 14, 1997 | The Game | $14,337,029 | [38] | |
38 | September 21, 1997 | In & Out | $15,019,821 | [39] | |
39 | September 28, 1997 | The Peacemaker | $12,311,939 | [40] | |
40 | October 5, 1997 | Kiss the Girls | $13,215,167 | [41] | |
41 | October 12, 1997 | $11,122,441 | [42] | ||
42 | October 19, 1997 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | $15,818,645 | I Know What You Did Last Summer broke Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare's record ($12.9 million) for highest weekend debut for a slasher film. | [43] |
43 | October 26, 1997 | $12,507,880 | [44] | ||
44 | November 2, 1997 | $9,406,297 | [45] | ||
45 | November 9, 1997 | Starship Troopers | $22,058,773 | [46] | |
46 | November 16, 1997 | The Jackal | $15,164,595 | [47] | |
47 | November 23, 1997 | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | $16,771,694 | [48] | |
48 | November 30, 1997 | Flubber | $26,725,207 | [49] | |
49 | December 7, 1997 | $11,292,933 | [50] | ||
50 | December 14, 1997 | Scream 2 | $32,926,342 | Scream 2 broke Beavis and Butt-Head Do America's record ($20.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in December, I Know What You Did Last Summer's record ($15.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a slasher film and Pocahontas' record ($29.5 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. | [51] |
51 | December 21, 1997 | Titanic | $28,638,131 | Titanic held the record for the highest-grossing film of all time ($1.8 billion) until Avatar surpassed it on January 24, 2010. | [52] |
52 | December 28, 1997 | $35,455,673 | Titanic broke Scream 2's record ($32.9 mil) for the highest weekend gross in December (which had been set two weeks earlier). | [53] | |
Highest-grossing films
Calendar Gross
Highest-grossing films of 1997 by Calendar Gross[54]
In-Year Release
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Titanic | Paramount | $600,788,188 |
2. | Men in Black | Sony | $250,690,539 |
3. | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Universal | $229,086,679 |
4. | Liar Liar | $181,410,615 | |
5. | Air Force One | Sony | $172,956,409 |
6. | As Good as It Gets | $148,478,011 | |
7. | Good Will Hunting | Miramax | $138,433,435 |
8. | Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (Special Edition) | Fox | $138,257,865 |
9. | My Best Friend's Wedding | Sony | $127,120,029 |
10. | Tomorrow Never Dies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $125,304,276 |
G | Hercules |
PG | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (Special Edition) |
PG-13 | Titanic |
R | Air Force One |
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References
- "Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1997". Box Office Mojo.
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- "Domestic Box Office For 1997". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- "Domestic Box Office For 1997 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
See also
- List of American films — American films by year
- Lists of box office number-one films
Preceded by 1996 |
1997 | Succeeded by 1998 |
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