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.

Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Weekend end date Film Total weekend gross Notes 1 Michael $12,144,926 2 The Relic $9,064,143 3 Beverly Hills Ninja $12,220,920 4 Jerry Maguire $5,518,727 Jerry Maguire reclaimed #1 in its sixth week of release. 5 Star Wars (Special Edition) $35,906,661 Star Wars (Special Edition) broke 12 Monkeys record ($13.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in January and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Dooms record ($33.9 million) for the highest weekend debut for a PG-rated film. 6 $24,277,091 In second place, Dante's Peak ($18.4 million) broke Wayne's Worlds record ($18.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in February. 7 $21,370,589 8 The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) $21,975,993 Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) broke Dante's Peaks record ($18.4 million) for the highest weekend debut in February (which had been set two weeks earlier). 9 $13,145,852 10 Private Parts $14,616,333 11 Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) $16,293,531 12 Liar Liar $31,423,025 Liar Liar broke Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtless record ($25.4 million) for the highest weekend debut in March and for the highest weekend debut for a spring release. 13 $25,377,435 14 $18,275,295 15 Anaconda $16,620,887 16 $12,013,566 17 Volcano $14,581,740 18 Breakdown $12,307,128 19 The Fifth Element $17,031,345 20 $11,410,863 21 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 Parks 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 $34,116,390 23 Con Air $24,131,738 24 Speed 2: Cruise Control $16,158,942 25 Batman & Robin $42,872,605 26 Face/Off $23,387,530 27 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 $30,062,317 29 $19,029,928 30 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 || || $25,731,622 || || |- | 32 || || Conspiracy Theory || $19,313,566 || || |- | 33 || || Cop Land || $13,510,482 || || |- | 34 || || rowspan="2" | G.I. Jane || $11,094,241 || || |- | 35 || || $8,183,861 || || |- | 36 || || Fire Down Below || $6,073,094 || || |- | 37 || || The Game || $14,337,029 || || |- | 38 || || In & Out || $15,019,821 || || |- | 39 || || The Peacemaker || $12,311,939 || || |- | 40 || || rowspan="2" | Kiss the Girls || $13,215,167 || || |- | 41 || || $11,122,441 || || |- | 42 || || rowspan="3" | I Know What You Did Last Summer || $15,818,645 || I Know What You Did Last Summer broke Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmares record ($12.9 million) for highest weekend debut for a slasher film. || |- | 43 || || $12,507,880 || || |- | 44 || || $9,406,297 || || |- | 45 || || Starship Troopers || $22,058,773 || || |- | 46 || || The Jackal || $15,164,595 || || |- | 47 || || Mortal Kombat Annihilation || $16,771,694 || || |- | 48 || || rowspan="2" | Flubber || $26,725,207 || || |- | 49 || || $11,292,933 || || |- | 50 || || 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 and I Know What You Did Last Summers record ($15.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a slasher film. || |- | 51 || || rowspan="2" | 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 || || $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).

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross Highest-grossing films of 1997 by Calendar Gross Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross 1. Men in Black Columbia Pictures Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tony Shalhoub and Rip Torn Barry Sonnenfeld $250,690,539 2. The Lost World: Jurassic ParkUniversal Pictures Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Arliss Howard, Vince Vaughn, Vanessa Lee Chester, Richard Schiff, Peter Stormare and Richard Attenborough Steven Spielberg $229,086,679 3. Liar Liar Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper, Jennifer Tilly, Cary Elwes, Amanda Donohoe, Jason Bernard, Swoosie Kurtz and Anne Haney Tom Shadyac $181,410,615 4. Air Force One Columbia Pictures Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Wendy Crewson, Paul Guilfoyle, William H. Macy, Liesel Matthews, Dean Stockwell and Glenn Close Wolfgang Petersen $171,482,545 5. Star Wars (Special Edition) 20th Century Fox Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhew George Lucas $137,690,767 6. My Best Friend's Wedding TriStar Pictures Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett and Philip Bosco P. J. Hogan $127,120,029 7. TitanicParamount Pictures Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, David Warner, Gloria Stuart, Suzy Amis and Bill Paxton James Cameron $112,594,173 8. Face/Off John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, Alessandro Nivola and Colm Feore John Woo $112,276,146 9. Batman & Robin Warner Bros. Pictures Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle and Elle Macpherson Joel Schumacher $107,325,195 10. George of the JungleWalt Disney Studios Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Holland Taylor, Richard Roundtree, John Cleese and Keith Scott Sam Weisman $105,263,257

In-Year Release + Highest-grossing films of 1997 by 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 (Special Edition) 20th Century Fox $138,257,865 9. My Best Friend's Wedding Sony $127,120,029 10. Tomorrow Never Dies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $125,304,276

+ Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1997 G Hercules PG Star Wars (Special Edition) PG-13 Titanic R Air Force One

See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films

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