Domestic 1997 Week 5
January 31-February 6, 1997
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1997 Special Edition | $46,481,438 | - | 2,104 | - | $22,091 | $46,481,438 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 3 | Jerry Maguire | $6,296,780 | -11.8% | 2,140 | -67 | $2,942 | $117,702,218 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | 1 | Evita | $5,617,179 | -23.3% | 1,038 | +22 | $5,411 | $37,992,801 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 6 | Scream | $5,587,266 | +5.3% | 1,835 | -159 | $3,044 | $71,445,196 | 7 | Dimension Films |
| 5 | 2 | Metro | $5,442,436 | -24.6% | 1,947 | -58 | $2,795 | $25,919,292 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 5 | Beverly Hills Ninja | $4,833,799 | -28% | 2,112 | - | $2,288 | $25,036,176 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 4 | In Love and War | $4,265,389 | -37.3% | 1,612 | +2 | $2,646 | $11,077,281 | 8 | New Line Cinema |
| 8 | 7 | The Relic | $3,499,598 | -33.2% | 1,719 | -409 | $2,035 | $30,001,522 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 9 | Michael | $3,496,125 | -14.6% | 1,881 | -325 | $1,858 | $81,113,356 | 7 | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | 10 | Mother | $3,427,238 | -2.5% | 730 | +109 | $4,694 | $13,228,124 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | - | Gridlock'd | $3,163,315 | - | 743 | - | $4,257 | $4,087,992 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 12 | 8 | Fierce Creatures | $2,850,885 | -40.9% | 1,620 | +27 | $1,759 | $7,673,070 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | - | Meet Wally Sparks | $2,753,203 | - | 1,552 | - | $1,773 | $2,753,203 | 1 | Trimark Pictures |
| 14 | 13 | The English Patient | $2,423,694 | -6.5% | 655 | +40 | $3,700 | $39,775,812 | 12 | Miramax |
| 15 | 11 | Zeus and Roxanne | $2,075,151 | -36.3% | 1,745 | - | $1,189 | $5,333,864 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 16 | 14 | Shine | $1,792,957 | -9.3% | 314 | - | $5,710 | $14,961,836 | 11 | Fine Line Features |
| 17 | - | Shadow Conspiracy | $1,770,434 | - | 837 | - | $2,115 | $1,770,434 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | 16 | Everyone Says I Love You | $1,688,691 | +12.6% | 275 | +5 | $6,140 | $5,741,664 | 9 | Miramax |
| 19 | 12 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $1,526,746 | -46.2% | 966 | -267 | $1,580 | $18,177,853 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | 17 | One Fine Day | $892,045 | -37% | 768 | -316 | $1,161 | $43,818,558 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 21 | 18 | 101 Dalmatians | $788,885 | -42.7% | 802 | -447 | $983 | $132,291,547 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 22 | 22 | Hamlet | $542,553 | -13.5% | 56 | - | $9,688 | $1,776,991 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 23 | - | Waiting for Guffman | $55,700 | - | 3 | - | $18,566 | $55,700 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 24 | - | Prisoner of the Mountains | $25,851 | - | 3 | - | $8,617 | $25,851 | 1 | Orion Classics |
