Domestic Box Office For February 1997
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1997 Special Edition | $67,597,694 | 2,322 | $21,975,993 | 32.5% | 2,111 | Feb 21 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | Dante's Peak | $67,127,760 | 2,761 | $18,479,435 | 27.5% | 2,657 | Feb 7 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | Absolute Power | $50,068,310 | 2,568 | $14,678,016 | 29.3% | 2,568 | Feb 14 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | Donnie Brasco | $41,909,762 | 1,593 | $11,660,216 | 27.8% | 1,503 | Feb 28 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | Vegas Vacation | $36,400,360 | 2,070 | $12,837,927 | 35.3% | 2,054 | Feb 14 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | Fools Rush In | $29,481,428 | 1,701 | $8,588,068 | 29.1% | 1,674 | Feb 14 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | Booty Call | $20,050,376 | 1,272 | $6,429,364 | 32.1% | 1,272 | Feb 28 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | That Darn Cat | $18,301,610 | 1,891 | $6,424,617 | 35.1% | 1,891 | Feb 14 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | Rosewood | $13,130,349 | 991 | $3,154,075 | 24% | 991 | Feb 21 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | The Beautician and the Beast | $11,486,880 | 1,801 | $4,080,222 | 35.5% | 1,801 | Feb 7 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | Dangerous Ground | $5,303,931 | 808 | $2,647,745 | 49.9% | 808 | Feb 14 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 12 | Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love | $4,109,095 | 81 | $53,499 | 1.3% | 10 | Feb 28 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 13 | Lost Highway | $3,675,201 | 337 | $212,710 | 5.8% | 12 | Feb 21 | - | October Films |
| 14 | The Pest | $3,600,616 | 1,205 | $1,817,278 | 50.5% | 1,205 | Feb 7 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | $2,372,903 | 135 | $107,108 | 4.5% | 8 | Feb 28 | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 16 | Blood and Wine | $1,094,668 | 166 | $420,993 | 38.5% | 166 | Feb 21 | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 17 | SubUrbia | $656,747 | 24 | $69,365 | 10.6% | 16 | Feb 7 | Oct 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 18 | Touch | $387,069 | 51 | $195,236 | 50.4% | 51 | Feb 14 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 19 | The Graduate 1997 Re-release | $259,279 | 2 | $37,948 | 14.6% | 2 | Feb 14 | - | Strand Releasing |
| 20 | Hard Eight | $222,559 | 29 | $69,486 | 31.2% | 29 | Feb 28 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 21 | Hotel de Love | $165,845 | 42 | $50,947 | 30.7% | 18 | Feb 7 | - | Live Entertainment |
| 22 | Waco: The Rules of Engagement | $142,193 | 5 | - | - | - | Feb 28 | - | SomFord Entertainment |
| 23 | Follow Me Home | $52,155 | 3 | $17,319 | 33.2% | 3 | Feb 28 | - | New Millennia Films LLC |
