| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1997 Special Edition | - | - | - | $112,792,304 | 2,375 | $138,257,865 | Jan 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | Dante's Peak | - | - | - | $47,997,409 | 2,761 | $67,127,760 | Feb 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Absolute Power | - | - | - | $32,657,188 | 2,568 | $50,068,310 | Feb 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 4 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1997 Special Edition | - | - | - | $29,448,829 | 2,322 | $67,597,694 | Feb 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 5 | Vegas Vacation | - | - | - | $23,483,992 | 2,070 | $36,400,360 | Feb 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Jerry Maguire | - | - | - | $20,360,741 | 2,531 | $153,952,592 | Dec 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | Fools Rush In | - | - | - | $18,917,850 | 1,701 | $29,481,428 | Feb 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 8 | Scream | - | - | - | $15,590,746 | 1,994 | $103,046,663 | Dec 20 | Dimension Films | false |
| 9 | The English Patient | - | - | - | $15,251,059 | 1,409 | $78,676,425 | Nov 15 | Miramax | false |
| 10 | Evita | - | - | - | $13,412,323 | 1,045 | $50,047,179 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | That Darn Cat | - | - | - | $12,198,965 | 1,891 | $18,301,610 | Feb 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Shine | - | - | - | $10,879,432 | 1,050 | $35,892,330 | Nov 22 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 13 | Metro | - | - | - | $10,745,949 | 2,005 | $32,000,301 | Jan 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Beverly Hills Ninja | - | - | - | $10,587,494 | 2,112 | $31,480,418 | Jan 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 15 | The Beautician and the Beast | - | - | - | $10,194,385 | 1,801 | $11,486,880 | Feb 7 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | Secrets & Lies | - | - | - | $8,856,620 | 296 | $13,417,292 | Sep 28 | October Films | false |
| 17 | Michael | - | - | - | $8,479,046 | 2,325 | $95,318,203 | Dec 25 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 18 | Mother | - | - | - | $7,620,291 | 735 | $19,145,198 | Dec 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | In Love and War | - | - | - | $7,059,996 | 1,612 | $14,481,231 | Dec 18 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 20 | The Relic | - | - | - | $6,954,738 | 2,128 | $33,956,608 | Jan 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 21 | Dangerous Ground | - | - | - | $5,303,931 | 808 | $5,303,931 | Feb 14 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 22 | Rosewood | - | - | - | $4,808,456 | 991 | $13,130,349 | Feb 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | Gridlock'd | - | - | - | $4,194,625 | 743 | $5,571,205 | Jan 31 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 24 | Fierce Creatures | - | - | - | $4,151,804 | 1,620 | $9,381,260 | Jan 24 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 25 | Everyone Says I Love You | - | - | - | $4,127,356 | 276 | $9,759,200 | Dec 6 | Miramax | false |
| 26 | Space Jam | - | - | - | $4,072,261 | 2,650 | $90,418,342 | Nov 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | Ransom | - | - | - | $3,768,448 | 2,768 | $136,492,681 | Nov 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Meet Wally Sparks | - | - | - | $3,680,263 | 1,552 | $4,073,582 | Jan 31 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 29 | Zeus and Roxanne | - | - | - | $3,678,160 | 1,745 | $7,233,324 | Jan 24 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 30 | The Pest | - | - | - | $3,600,616 | 1,205 | $3,600,616 | Feb 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 31 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | - | - | - | $3,431,168 | 1,233 | $20,300,385 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 32 | One Fine Day | - | - | - | $3,097,506 | 1,975 | $46,151,454 | Dec 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 33 | Booty Call | - | - | - | $2,744,344 | 1,272 | $20,050,376 | Feb 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 34 | Marvin's Room | - | - | - | $2,557,710 | 1,158 | $12,803,305 | Dec 20 | Miramax | false |
| 35 | Sling Blade | - | - | - | $2,468,284 | 1,020 | $24,444,121 | Nov 29 | Miramax | false |
| 36 | Donnie Brasco | - | - | - | $2,217,561 | 1,593 | $41,909,762 | Feb 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 37 | Shadow Conspiracy | - | - | - | $2,059,543 | 837 | $2,312,463 | Jan 31 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 38 | Hamlet | - | - | - | $2,003,961 | 93 | $4,708,156 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 39 | First Strike | - | - | - | $1,408,497 | 1,344 | $15,318,863 | Jan 10 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 40 | Blood and Wine | - | - | - | $1,094,668 | 166 | $1,094,668 | Feb 21 | - | false |
| 41 | 101 Dalmatians | - | - | - | $1,071,319 | 2,901 | $136,189,294 | Nov 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 42 | Turbulence | - | - | - | $886,863 | 2,094 | $11,538,235 | Jan 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 43 | SubUrbia | - | - | - | $656,747 | 24 | $656,747 | Feb 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 44 | Jingle All the Way | - | - | - | $502,557 | 2,404 | $60,592,389 | Nov 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 45 | Some Mother's Son | - | - | - | $475,893 | 35 | $671,437 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 46 | Lost Highway | - | - | - | $466,014 | 337 | $3,675,201 | Feb 21 | October Films | false |
| 47 | Touch | - | - | - | $387,069 | 51 | $387,069 | Feb 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 48 | The Whole Wide World | - | - | - | $363,194 | 20 | $375,757 | Dec 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 49 | The Graduate 1997 Re-release | - | - | - | $259,279 | 2 | $259,279 | Feb 14 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 50 | Hotel de Love | - | - | - | $165,845 | 42 | $165,845 | Feb 7 | - | false |
| 51 | Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern | - | - | - | $124,476 | 8 | $140,000 | Jan 3 | Artistic License | false |
| 52 | Johns | - | - | - | $50,789 | 8 | $50,789 | Jan 31 | First Look International | false |
| 53 | Waiting for Guffman | - | - | - | $47,742 | 59 | $2,923,982 | Jan 31 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 54 | Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love | - | - | - | $43,986 | 81 | $4,109,095 | Feb 28 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 55 | Fargo | - | - | - | $37,411 | 716 | $24,611,975 | Mar 8 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 56 | Prisoner of the Mountains | - | - | - | $22,158 | 36 | $790,078 | Jan 31 | Orion Classics | false |
| 57 | Follow Me Home | - | - | - | $3,724 | 3 | $52,155 | Feb 28 | - | false |
| 58 | The Daytrippers | - | - | - | $1,277 | 52 | $2,099,677 | Mar 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 59 | Waco: The Rules of Engagement | - | - | - | $1,149 | 5 | $142,193 | Feb 28 | - | false |
