Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
---|
1 | Men in Black | - | - | - | $235,057,188 | 3,180 | $250,690,539 | Jul 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
2 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | - | - | - | $227,881,749 | 3,565 | $229,086,679 | May 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
3 | Air Force One | - | - | - | $154,240,266 | 2,981 | $172,956,409 | Jul 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
4 | My Best Friend's Wedding | - | - | - | $118,440,186 | 2,376 | $127,120,029 | Jun 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
5 | Face/Off | - | - | - | $112,276,146 | 2,851 | $112,276,146 | Jun 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
6 | Batman & Robin | - | - | - | $106,712,335 | 2,942 | $107,325,195 | Jun 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
7 | Con Air | - | - | - | $99,104,846 | 2,941 | $101,117,573 | Jun 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
8 | George of the Jungle | - | - | - | $93,878,247 | 2,616 | $105,263,257 | Jul 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
9 | Contact | - | - | - | $93,022,252 | 2,314 | $100,920,329 | Jul 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
10 | Hercules | - | - | - | $86,820,878 | 2,930 | $99,112,101 | Jun 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
11 | The Fifth Element | - | - | - | $63,820,180 | 2,500 | $63,820,180 | May 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
12 | Conspiracy Theory | - | - | - | $60,633,286 | 2,806 | $75,982,834 | Aug 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
13 | Spawn | - | - | - | $54,870,175 | 2,604 | $54,870,175 | Aug 1 | New Line Cinema | false |
14 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | - | - | - | $53,883,989 | 2,187 | $53,883,989 | May 2 | New Line Cinema | false |
15 | Breakdown | - | - | - | $50,159,144 | 2,348 | $50,159,144 | May 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
16 | Speed 2: Cruise Control | - | - | - | $48,608,066 | 2,625 | $48,608,066 | Jun 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
17 | Nothing to Lose | - | - | - | $44,480,039 | 1,888 | $44,480,039 | Jul 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
18 | Liar Liar | - | - | - | $34,922,820 | 2,909 | $181,410,615 | Mar 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
19 | Addicted to Love | - | - | - | $34,673,095 | 2,021 | $34,673,095 | May 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
20 | Cop Land | - | - | - | $34,180,642 | 2,233 | $44,862,187 | Aug 15 | Miramax | false |
21 | Picture Perfect | - | - | - | $31,407,873 | 1,727 | $31,407,873 | Aug 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
22 | Volcano | - | - | - | $30,979,432 | 2,777 | $49,323,468 | Apr 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
23 | Out to Sea | - | - | - | $29,022,252 | 1,736 | $29,022,252 | Jul 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
24 | Fathers' Day | - | - | - | $28,598,376 | 2,507 | $28,598,376 | May 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
25 | Good Burger | - | - | - | $23,712,993 | 1,893 | $23,712,993 | Jul 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
26 | G.I. Jane | - | - | - | $22,997,079 | 2,043 | $48,169,156 | Aug 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
27 | Event Horizon | - | - | - | $21,571,532 | 2,328 | $26,673,242 | Aug 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
28 | Anaconda | - | - | - | $21,149,756 | 2,456 | $65,885,767 | Apr 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
29 | Air Bud | - | - | - | $20,851,238 | 1,795 | $23,144,499 | Aug 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
30 | Money Talks | - | - | - | $20,359,420 | 2,033 | $40,922,619 | Aug 22 | New Line Cinema | false |
31 | Gone Fishin' | - | - | - | $19,745,922 | 1,846 | $19,745,922 | May 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
32 | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | - | - | - | $19,703,796 | 1,607 | $29,235,353 | Apr 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
33 | Mimic | - | - | - | $14,878,645 | 2,255 | $25,480,490 | Aug 22 | Miramax | false |
34 | How to Be a Player | - | - | - | $14,009,368 | 756 | $14,009,368 | Aug 8 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
35 | Trial and Error | - | - | - | $13,602,831 | 2,298 | $13,602,831 | May 30 | New Line Cinema | false |
36 | The Saint | - | - | - | $11,927,822 | 2,500 | $61,363,304 | Apr 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
37 | Armour of God 2: Operation Condor | - | - | - | $10,405,394 | 1,532 | $10,405,394 | Jul 18 | Miramax | false |
38 | Buddy | - | - | - | $10,113,400 | 2,113 | $10,113,400 | Jun 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
39 | Night Falls on Manhattan | - | - | - | $9,889,670 | 758 | $9,889,670 | May 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
40 | Ulee's Gold | - | - | - | $9,161,691 | 350 | $9,161,691 | Jun 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
41 | Murder at 1600 | - | - | - | $9,019,925 | 2,158 | $25,804,707 | Apr 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
42 | Grosse Pointe Blank | - | - | - | $9,014,427 | 1,242 | $28,084,357 | Apr 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
43 | A Simple Wish | - | - | - | $8,345,056 | 1,699 | $8,345,056 | Jul 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
44 | Chasing Amy | - | - | - | $7,704,694 | 553 | $12,021,272 | Apr 4 | Miramax | false |
45 | Hoodlum | - | - | - | $7,639,666 | 2,020 | $23,499,102 | Aug 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
46 | Sprung | - | - | - | $7,575,028 | 780 | $7,575,028 | May 16 | Trimark Pictures | false |
47 | Wild America | - | - | - | $7,342,923 | 1,812 | $7,342,923 | Jul 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
48 | Leave It to Beaver | - | - | - | $6,567,378 | 1,885 | $10,925,060 | Aug 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
49 | Warriors of Virtue | - | - | - | $6,524,620 | 2,101 | $6,524,620 | May 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
50 | One Eight Seven | - | - | - | $5,727,130 | 1,121 | $5,727,130 | Jul 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
51 | Scream | - | - | - | $5,674,222 | 1,994 | $103,046,663 | Dec 20 | Dimension Films | false |
52 | Excess Baggage | - | - | - | $4,102,520 | 2,211 | $14,515,490 | Aug 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
53 | Jerry Maguire | - | - | - | $4,086,216 | 2,531 | $153,952,592 | Dec 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
54 | Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love | - | - | - | $4,026,095 | 81 | $4,109,095 | Feb 28 | Trimark Pictures | false |
55 | 'Til There Was You | - | - | - | $3,525,125 | 753 | $3,525,125 | May 30 | Paramount Pictures | false |
56 | Free Willy 3: The Rescue | - | - | - | $3,446,539 | 1,258 | $3,446,539 | Aug 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
57 | A Smile Like Yours | - | - | - | $3,330,352 | 582 | $3,330,352 | Aug 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
58 | Waiting for Guffman | - | - | - | $2,868,282 | 59 | $2,923,982 | Jan 31 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
59 | Kull the Conqueror | - | - | - | $2,268,812 | 2,091 | $6,112,613 | Aug 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
60 | She's So Lovely | - | - | - | $2,040,434 | 844 | $7,281,450 | Aug 27 | Miramax | false |
61 | The Daytrippers | - | - | - | $2,040,247 | 52 | $2,099,677 | Mar 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
62 | Masterminds | - | - | - | $1,935,539 | 1,186 | $1,935,539 | Aug 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
63 | Steel | - | - | - | $1,710,972 | 1,260 | $1,710,972 | Aug 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
64 | Absolute Power | - | - | - | $1,665,099 | 2,568 | $50,068,310 | Feb 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
65 | Brassed Off | - | - | - | $1,637,595 | 231 | $2,576,331 | May 23 | Miramax | false |
66 | Temptress Moon | - | - | - | $1,100,788 | 46 | $1,100,788 | Jun 13 | Miramax | false |
67 | Shiloh | - | - | - | $856,062 | 70 | $1,007,822 | Apr 25 | - | false |
68 | Mrs. Brown | - | - | - | $839,767 | 432 | $9,229,808 | Jul 18 | Miramax | false |
69 | Children of the Revolution | - | - | - | $834,703 | 59 | $838,368 | May 1 | Miramax | false |
70 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1997 Special Edition | - | - | - | $771,229 | 2,111 | $45,470,437 | Mar 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
71 | Anna Karenina | - | - | - | $752,317 | 34 | $858,553 | Apr 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
72 | In the Company of Men | - | - | - | $739,419 | 108 | $2,804,473 | Aug 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
73 | The Van | - | - | - | $712,095 | 25 | $712,095 | May 16 | - | false |
74 | A Chef in Love | - | - | - | $637,913 | 34 | $686,704 | Apr 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
75 | Commandments | - | - | - | $548,561 | 269 | $548,561 | May 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
76 | Dream with the Fishes | - | - | - | $543,708 | 32 | $543,708 | Jun 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
77 | Dirty Dancing 1997 Re-release | - | - | - | $507,892 | 54 | $507,892 | Aug 22 | - | false |
78 | Pippi Longstocking | - | - | - | $505,335 | 73 | $505,335 | Aug 22 | - | false |
79 | The Full Monty | - | - | - | $489,142 | 783 | $45,950,122 | Aug 15 | - | false |
80 | Boys Life 2 | - | - | - | $446,051 | 6 | $532,654 | Mar 7 | Strand Releasing | false |
81 | The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo | - | - | - | $346,056 | 101 | $346,056 | May 16 | TriStar Pictures | false |
82 | The Eighth Day | - | - | - | $342,321 | 5 | $416,401 | Mar 7 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
83 | Bliss | - | - | - | $294,064 | 12 | $294,064 | Jun 6 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
84 | Irma Vep | - | - | - | $278,544 | 6 | $282,310 | Apr 30 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
85 | The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain | - | - | - | $273,644 | 97 | $273,644 | Jul 18 | - | false |
86 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1997 Special Edition | - | - | - | $270,717 | 2,322 | $67,597,694 | Feb 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
87 | Rough Magic | - | - | - | $247,202 | 30 | $247,202 | May 30 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
88 | Citizen Ruth | - | - | - | $245,420 | 23 | $285,112 | Dec 13 | Miramax | false |
89 | Hollow Reed | - | - | - | $245,376 | 7 | $265,732 | Apr 18 | Lionsgate | false |
90 | Nowhere | - | - | - | $194,201 | 6 | $194,201 | May 9 | Fine Line Features | false |
91 | Career Girls | - | - | - | $153,199 | 148 | $2,416,734 | Aug 8 | October Films | false |
92 | Paperback Romance | - | - | - | $151,068 | 28 | $151,068 | Aug 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
93 | Twin Town | - | - | - | $127,923 | 18 | $127,923 | May 9 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
94 | For Roseanna | - | - | - | $123,330 | 6 | $123,330 | Jun 18 | Fine Line Features | false |
95 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1997 Special Edition | - | - | - | $112,505 | 2,375 | $138,257,865 | Jan 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
96 | Truth or Consequences, N.M. | - | - | - | $109,261 | 7 | $109,261 | May 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
97 | Star Maps | - | - | - | $63,477 | 39 | $661,465 | Jul 23 | - | false |
98 | Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation 1997 Re-release | - | - | - | $53,111 | 23 | $141,626 | Aug 29 | Lionsgate | false |
99 | This World, Then the Fireworks | - | - | - | $51,618 | 5 | $51,618 | Jul 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
100 | Fall | - | - | - | $51,266 | 3 | $51,266 | Jun 20 | - | false |
101 | Hamsun | - | - | - | $50,000 | 1 | $50,000 | Aug 6 | First Run | false |
102 | The Last Time I Committed Suicide | - | - | - | $46,362 | 4 | $46,362 | Jun 20 | Roxie Releasing | false |
103 | Red Cherry | - | - | - | $44,846 | 3 | $44,846 | Jun 6 | - | false |
104 | Wedding Bell Blues | - | - | - | $44,052 | 11 | $44,052 | Jun 13 | - | false |
105 | Head Above Water | - | - | - | $32,212 | 10 | $32,212 | Jun 25 | Fine Line Features | false |
106 | 4 Little Girls | - | - | - | $31,751 | 4 | $130,146 | Jul 9 | - | false |
107 | Nothing Personal | - | - | - | $30,750 | 1 | $40,374 | Apr 25 | Trimark Pictures | false |
108 | Soul in the Hole | - | - | - | $30,697 | 6 | $30,697 | Aug 8 | - | false |
109 | Evita | - | - | - | $30,320 | 1,045 | $50,047,179 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
110 | The Winner | - | - | - | $26,004 | 3 | $26,004 | Jul 25 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
111 | A Brother's Kiss | - | - | - | $19,488 | 9 | $52,632 | Apr 25 | First Look International | false |
112 | Intimate Relations | - | - | - | $12,918 | 10 | $53,662 | Jun 6 | - | false |
113 | Guantanamera | - | - | - | $11,604 | 12 | $903,840 | Jul 4 | Lionsgate | false |
114 | Trojan Eddie | - | - | - | $8,244 | 2 | $21,264 | Aug 29 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
115 | Brothers in Trouble | - | - | - | $8,000 | 1 | $8,000 | May 14 | First Run | false |
116 | Beyond Barbed Wire | - | - | - | $3,109 | 1 | $3,109 | Jul 18 | - | false |