| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Liar Liar | - | - | - | $70,890,025 | 2,909 | $181,410,615 | Mar 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | The Saint | - | - | - | $48,545,200 | 2,500 | $61,363,304 | Apr 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | Anaconda | - | - | - | $43,475,509 | 2,456 | $65,885,767 | Apr 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 4 | The Devil's Own | - | - | - | $19,138,726 | 2,504 | $42,868,348 | Mar 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | Grosse Pointe Blank | - | - | - | $18,496,200 | 1,242 | $28,084,357 | Apr 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Jungle 2 Jungle | - | - | - | $18,030,912 | 2,340 | $59,927,618 | Mar 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Murder at 1600 | - | - | - | $15,880,793 | 2,158 | $25,804,707 | Apr 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Volcano | - | - | - | $15,723,456 | 2,777 | $49,323,468 | Apr 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | That Old Feeling | - | - | - | $15,485,511 | 1,599 | $16,574,176 | Apr 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | Selena | - | - | - | $14,719,028 | 1,873 | $35,281,794 | Mar 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | The English Patient | - | - | - | $11,554,422 | 1,409 | $78,676,425 | Nov 15 | Miramax | false |
| 12 | Double Team | - | - | - | $11,438,337 | 2,203 | $11,438,337 | Apr 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 13 | The Sixth Man | - | - | - | $11,331,716 | 1,231 | $14,772,788 | Mar 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Sling Blade | - | - | - | $9,004,970 | 1,020 | $24,444,121 | Nov 29 | Miramax | false |
| 15 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1997 Special Edition | - | - | - | $8,873,614 | 2,111 | $45,470,437 | Mar 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | - | - | - | $8,169,906 | 1,607 | $29,235,353 | Apr 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Scream | - | - | - | $7,588,221 | 1,994 | $103,046,663 | Dec 20 | Dimension Films | false |
| 18 | Inventing the Abbotts | - | - | - | $5,936,344 | 898 | $5,936,344 | Apr 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 19 | Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie | - | - | - | $5,732,950 | 2,113 | $8,363,899 | Mar 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 20 | B*A*P*S | - | - | - | $5,044,415 | 1,204 | $7,246,735 | Mar 28 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 21 | Jerry Maguire | - | - | - | $4,246,511 | 2,531 | $153,952,592 | Dec 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 22 | Chasing Amy | - | - | - | $4,062,363 | 553 | $12,021,272 | Apr 4 | Miramax | false |
| 23 | McHale's Navy | - | - | - | $3,617,953 | 1,861 | $4,529,843 | Apr 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 24 | 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag | - | - | - | $3,602,884 | 1,553 | $3,602,884 | Apr 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 25 | When We Were Kings | - | - | - | $2,764,303 | 92 | $2,789,985 | Oct 25 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 26 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1997 Special Edition | - | - | - | $1,277,329 | 2,375 | $138,257,865 | Jan 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 27 | Evita | - | - | - | $881,771 | 1,045 | $50,047,179 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Das Boot 1997 Director's Cut | - | - | - | $572,426 | 29 | $572,426 | Apr 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 29 | Traveller | - | - | - | $534,010 | 6 | $534,010 | Apr 18 | October Films | false |
| 30 | Love and Other Catastrophes | - | - | - | $271,405 | 32 | $294,212 | Mar 28 | - | false |
| 31 | Shiloh | - | - | - | $130,080 | 70 | $1,007,822 | Apr 25 | - | false |
| 32 | Anna Karenina | - | - | - | $106,236 | 34 | $858,553 | Apr 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | Absolute Power | - | - | - | $104,136 | 2,568 | $50,068,310 | Feb 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 34 | Paradise Road | - | - | - | $62,518 | 350 | $2,007,100 | Apr 11 | - | false |
| 35 | Keys to Tulsa | - | - | - | $57,252 | 24 | $57,252 | Apr 11 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 36 | A Chef in Love | - | - | - | $42,404 | 34 | $686,704 | Apr 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 37 | A Brother's Kiss | - | - | - | $28,404 | 9 | $52,632 | Apr 25 | First Look International | false |
| 38 | Flamenco | - | - | - | $27,672 | 6 | $480,941 | Apr 25 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 39 | Hollow Reed | - | - | - | $20,356 | 7 | $265,732 | Apr 18 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 40 | Schizopolis | - | - | - | $10,580 | 2 | $10,580 | Apr 9 | Northern Arts Entertainment | false |
| 41 | Nothing Personal | - | - | - | $8,244 | 1 | $40,374 | Apr 25 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 42 | Childhood's End | - | - | - | $3,804 | 1 | $3,804 | Apr 4 | Plainview Pictures | false |
| 43 | Irma Vep | - | - | - | $3,228 | 6 | $282,310 | Apr 30 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 44 | Children of the Revolution | - | - | - | $3,138 | 59 | $838,368 | May 1 | Miramax | false |
