Domestic Box Office For President's Day Weekend 1997
President's Day Weekend 1997 is February 14-17.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1997 Special Edition | $21,370,589 | 2,375 | $138,257,865 | Jan 31 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | Absolute Power | $16,770,220 | 2,568 | $50,068,310 | Feb 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | Dante's Peak | $13,662,270 | 2,761 | $67,127,760 | Feb 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | Vegas Vacation | $12,837,927 | 2,070 | $36,400,360 | Feb 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Fools Rush In | $9,714,940 | 1,701 | $29,481,428 | Feb 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | That Darn Cat | $6,424,617 | 1,891 | $18,301,610 | Feb 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | Jerry Maguire | $5,205,845 | 2,531 | $153,952,592 | Dec 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | The English Patient | $4,585,551 | 1,409 | $78,676,425 | Nov 15 | Miramax |
| 9 | Shine | $3,515,584 | 1,050 | $35,892,330 | Nov 22 | Fine Line Features |
| 10 | Scream | $3,261,988 | 1,994 | $103,046,663 | Dec 20 | Dimension Films |
| 11 | The Beautician and the Beast | $3,184,165 | 1,801 | $11,486,880 | Feb 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | Dangerous Ground | $2,647,745 | 808 | $5,303,931 | Feb 14 | New Line Cinema |
| 13 | Evita | $2,524,722 | 1,045 | $50,047,179 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | Mother | $1,323,578 | 735 | $19,145,198 | Dec 27 | Paramount Pictures |
| 15 | Michael | $1,235,622 | 2,325 | $95,318,203 | Dec 25 | New Line Cinema |
| 16 | Metro | $1,082,570 | 2,005 | $32,000,301 | Jan 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | Beverly Hills Ninja | $942,115 | 2,112 | $31,480,418 | Jan 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 18 | Ransom | $863,418 | 2,768 | $136,492,681 | Nov 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 19 | The Pest | $827,341 | 1,205 | $3,600,616 | Feb 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | Space Jam | $771,666 | 2,650 | $90,418,342 | Nov 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | Everyone Says I Love You | $740,497 | 276 | $9,759,200 | Dec 6 | Miramax |
| 22 | In Love and War | $632,460 | 1,612 | $14,481,231 | Dec 18 | New Line Cinema |
| 23 | Sling Blade | $559,532 | 1,020 | $24,444,121 | Nov 29 | Miramax |
| 24 | Secrets & Lies | $550,999 | 296 | $13,417,292 | Sep 28 | October Films |
| 25 | The Relic | $527,374 | 2,128 | $33,956,608 | Jan 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 26 | Hamlet | $526,300 | 93 | $4,708,156 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 27 | Touch | $195,236 | 51 | $387,069 | Feb 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 28 | The Graduate 1997 Re-release | $37,948 | 2 | $259,279 | Feb 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 29 | Fargo | $28,504 | 716 | $24,611,975 | Mar 8 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
