This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 1997. Number one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. # Weekend End Date Film Box Office Notes Ref 1 Evita £2,068,488 Evita reached number one in its third week of release 2 £1,749,118 3 £1,412,412 4 £1,119,052 5 £838,500 6 Ransom£3,283,302Ransom reached number one in its second week of release. The nationwide opening set a record for February 7 £2,053,737 8 £1,382,489 9 Mars Attacks! £2,121,878 10 Jerry Maguire £1,529,748 11 £1,334,625 12 Star Wars (Special Edition) £3,702,720 The reissue of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope had a record opening for March surpassing Toy Storys £3,387,160 13 £2,406,795 14 £1,480,940 15 The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) £1,987,161 16 £1,265,879 17 Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) £1,681,159 18 Liar Liar£1,969,204 19 £1,749,272 20 £1,206,000 21 £909,257 22 Absolute Power £472,544 Absolute Power opening weekend gross included previews of £70,196. Excluding previews, Liar Liar retained the number one spot with a gross of £440,994 23 Con Air £1,339,155 24 The Fifth Element £1,483,043 The Fifth Element reached number one in its second week 25 £1,193,215 26 Batman & Robin £4,940,566 Batman & Robin had a record opening for Warner Bros. beating Batman Forevers £4,714,000 and a record opening for June 27 £2,214,719 28 £1,214,411 29 The Lost World: Jurassic Park £5,666,917 The Lost World: Jurassic Park had a record opening for United International Pictures and a record opening for July, beating Jurassic Parks £4,875,317 30 £3,794,948 31 Men in Black £7,066,748 Men in Black set the opening weekend record beating Independence Days £7,005,905 32 £3,388,263 33 £2,547,413 34 £2,438,822 35 £1,720,695 36 The Full Monty †£1,569,956The Full Monty reached number one in its second week of release 37 £1,839,950 38 £1,981,757 39 £1,993,426 40 £2,123,319 41 £1,914,537 42 £1,830,228 43 £1,722,755 44 £1,655,822 The Full Monty becomes the first film to top the box office for nine consecutive weekends 45 Face/Off£1,601,342 46 The Full Monty †£1,251,606 The Full Monty returned to number one in its twelfth week of release 47 £1,119,520 48 Alien: Resurrection £2,672,657 Alien: Resurrection set a record opening for November and for an 18-certificate film, the latter beating Bram Stoker's Dracula £2.64 million. 49 £1,095,607 50 Tomorrow Never Dies £3,656,746 Tomorrow Never Dies set a record opening for December beating 101 Dalmatianss £2,360,762 51 TBD 52 Spiceworld £4,777,124 Spiceworld set a record opening for a British production beating Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movies £2,278,390 (excluding previews)
Highest-grossing films Highest-grossing films 29 November 1996 to 30 November 1997 Rank Title Distributor Gross 1. The Full Monty20th Century Fox£40,817,733 2. Men in Black Columbia TriStar£35,801,983 3. The Lost World: Jurassic ParkUIP£25,799,961 4. 101 DalmatiansBuena Vista£20,380,347 5. BeanPolyGram£17,621,882 6. Star Wars (Special Edition)20th Century Fox£16,343,172 7. Batman & Robin Warner Bros.£14,676,429 8. EvitaEntertainment£14,218,510 9. Ransom Buena Vista£12,799,311 10. The English PatientBuena Vista£12,554,629
See also List of British films — British films by year References
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