Domestic Box Office For January 1997
Wide releases are those released in at least 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1997 Special Edition | $138,257,865 | 2,375 | $35,906,661 | 26% | 2,104 | Jan 31 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | Evita | $50,047,179 | 1,045 | $195,085 | 0.4% | 2 | Jan 10 | May 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | The Relic | $33,956,608 | 2,128 | $9,064,143 | 26.7% | 2,095 | Jan 10 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | Metro | $32,000,301 | 2,005 | $11,411,107 | 35.7% | 2,001 | Jan 17 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | Beverly Hills Ninja | $31,480,418 | 2,112 | $12,220,920 | 38.8% | 2,112 | Jan 17 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $20,300,385 | 1,233 | $523,295 | 2.6% | 16 | Jan 10 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | Mother | $19,145,198 | 735 | $137,701 | 0.7% | 6 | Jan 24 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | First Strike | $15,318,863 | 1,344 | $5,778,933 | 37.7% | 1,344 | Jan 10 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 9 | In Love and War | $14,481,231 | 1,612 | $2,515 | <0.1% | 1 | Jan 24 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | Ghosts of Mississippi | $13,323,144 | 1,268 | $168,012 | 1.3% | 21 | Jan 3 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | Turbulence | $11,538,235 | 2,094 | $4,464,008 | 38.7% | 2,094 | Jan 10 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 12 | Fierce Creatures | $9,381,260 | 1,620 | $3,759,480 | 40.1% | 1,593 | Jan 24 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | Zeus and Roxanne | $7,233,324 | 1,745 | $2,755,382 | 38.1% | 1,745 | Jan 24 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 14 | Gridlock'd | $5,571,205 | 743 | $2,678,372 | 48.1% | 743 | Jan 31 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 15 | Meet Wally Sparks | $4,073,582 | 1,552 | $2,131,001 | 52.3% | 1,552 | Jan 31 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 16 | Shadow Conspiracy | $2,312,463 | 837 | $1,370,831 | 59.3% | 837 | Jan 31 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
