| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Liar Liar | - | - | - | $145,629,150 | 2,909 | $181,410,615 | Mar 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | Jungle 2 Jungle | - | - | - | $59,927,618 | 2,340 | $59,927,618 | Mar 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Saint | - | - | - | $49,435,482 | 2,500 | $61,363,304 | Apr 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Anaconda | - | - | - | $44,736,011 | 2,456 | $65,885,767 | Apr 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1997 Special Edition | - | - | - | $43,354,257 | 2,111 | $45,470,437 | Mar 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | The Devil's Own | - | - | - | $42,868,348 | 2,504 | $42,868,348 | Mar 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | Private Parts | - | - | - | $41,230,799 | 2,217 | $41,230,799 | Mar 7 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Selena | - | - | - | $35,281,794 | 1,873 | $35,281,794 | Mar 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | Donnie Brasco | - | - | - | $26,386,831 | 1,593 | $41,909,762 | Feb 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 10 | The English Patient | - | - | - | $23,135,570 | 1,409 | $78,676,425 | Nov 15 | Miramax | false |
| 11 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1997 Special Edition | - | - | - | $22,671,829 | 2,322 | $67,597,694 | Feb 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Sling Blade | - | - | - | $20,881,264 | 1,020 | $24,444,121 | Nov 29 | Miramax | false |
| 13 | Grosse Pointe Blank | - | - | - | $19,069,930 | 1,242 | $28,084,357 | Apr 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Volcano | - | - | - | $18,344,036 | 2,777 | $49,323,468 | Apr 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 15 | Murder at 1600 | - | - | - | $16,784,782 | 2,158 | $25,804,707 | Apr 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | That Old Feeling | - | - | - | $16,574,176 | 1,599 | $16,574,176 | Apr 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 17 | The Sixth Man | - | - | - | $14,772,788 | 1,231 | $14,772,788 | Mar 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 18 | Jerry Maguire | - | - | - | $14,013,517 | 2,531 | $153,952,592 | Dec 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 19 | Dante's Peak | - | - | - | $13,549,815 | 2,761 | $67,127,760 | Feb 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 20 | Love Jones | - | - | - | $12,479,335 | 821 | $12,479,335 | Mar 14 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 21 | Double Team | - | - | - | $11,438,337 | 2,203 | $11,438,337 | Apr 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 22 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1997 Special Edition | - | - | - | $10,901,676 | 2,375 | $138,257,865 | Jan 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | Booty Call | - | - | - | $10,294,933 | 1,272 | $20,050,376 | Feb 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 24 | Absolute Power | - | - | - | $10,042,124 | 2,568 | $50,068,310 | Feb 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 25 | Scream | - | - | - | $9,788,015 | 1,994 | $103,046,663 | Dec 20 | Dimension Films | false |
| 26 | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | - | - | - | $9,531,557 | 1,607 | $29,235,353 | Apr 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Shine | - | - | - | $9,066,999 | 1,050 | $35,892,330 | Nov 22 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 28 | Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie | - | - | - | $8,363,899 | 2,113 | $8,363,899 | Mar 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 29 | Vegas Vacation | - | - | - | $8,179,445 | 2,070 | $36,400,360 | Feb 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | Michael | - | - | - | $7,643,023 | 2,325 | $95,318,203 | Dec 25 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 31 | B*A*P*S | - | - | - | $7,246,735 | 1,204 | $7,246,735 | Mar 28 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 32 | Fools Rush In | - | - | - | $7,195,568 | 1,701 | $29,481,428 | Feb 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 33 | Marvin's Room | - | - | - | $6,490,430 | 1,158 | $12,803,305 | Dec 20 | Miramax | false |
| 34 | Inventing the Abbotts | - | - | - | $5,936,344 | 898 | $5,936,344 | Apr 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 35 | Rosewood | - | - | - | $5,075,983 | 991 | $13,130,349 | Feb 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | McHale's Navy | - | - | - | $4,529,843 | 1,861 | $4,529,843 | Apr 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 37 | Chasing Amy | - | - | - | $4,282,660 | 553 | $12,021,272 | Apr 4 | Miramax | false |
| 38 | Kolya | - | - | - | $3,982,870 | 128 | $5,770,254 | Jan 17 | Miramax | false |
| 39 | 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag | - | - | - | $3,602,884 | 1,553 | $3,602,884 | Apr 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 40 | That Darn Cat | - | - | - | $3,576,408 | 1,891 | $18,301,610 | Feb 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 41 | Cats Don't Dance | - | - | - | $3,566,637 | 1,252 | $3,566,637 | Mar 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 42 | Secrets & Lies | - | - | - | $3,545,461 | 296 | $13,417,292 | Sep 28 | October Films | false |
| 43 | 101 Dalmatians | - | - | - | $3,502,610 | 2,901 | $136,189,294 | Nov 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 44 | When We Were Kings | - | - | - | $2,764,303 | 92 | $2,789,985 | Oct 25 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 45 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | - | - | - | $2,265,903 | 135 | $2,372,903 | Feb 28 | - | false |
| 46 | Evita | - | - | - | $2,230,038 | 1,045 | $50,047,179 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 47 | Lost Highway | - | - | - | $2,197,593 | 337 | $3,675,201 | Feb 21 | October Films | false |
| 48 | Crash | - | - | - | $1,926,473 | 339 | $2,664,812 | Oct 4 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 49 | Rhyme & Reason | - | - | - | $1,608,277 | 280 | $1,608,277 | Mar 7 | Miramax | false |
| 50 | City of Industry | - | - | - | $1,568,258 | 441 | $1,568,258 | Mar 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 51 | The Godfather 1997 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,267,490 | 40 | $1,267,490 | Mar 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 52 | Hamlet | - | - | - | $1,096,055 | 93 | $4,708,156 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 53 | Prisoner of the Mountains | - | - | - | $764,227 | 36 | $790,078 | Jan 31 | Orion Classics | false |
| 54 | Das Boot 1997 Director's Cut | - | - | - | $572,426 | 29 | $572,426 | Apr 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 55 | Traveller | - | - | - | $534,010 | 6 | $534,010 | Apr 18 | October Films | false |
| 56 | Fargo | - | - | - | $491,246 | 716 | $24,611,975 | Mar 8 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 57 | Love and Other Catastrophes | - | - | - | $294,212 | 32 | $294,212 | Mar 28 | - | false |
| 58 | Shiloh | - | - | - | $151,760 | 70 | $1,007,822 | Apr 25 | - | false |
| 59 | Anna Karenina | - | - | - | $106,236 | 34 | $858,553 | Apr 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 60 | Boys Life 2 | - | - | - | $86,603 | 6 | $532,654 | Mar 7 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 61 | The Eighth Day | - | - | - | $74,080 | 5 | $416,401 | Mar 7 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 62 | Paradise Road | - | - | - | $62,518 | 350 | $2,007,100 | Apr 11 | - | false |
| 63 | Keys to Tulsa | - | - | - | $57,252 | 24 | $57,252 | Apr 11 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 64 | The Substance of Fire | - | - | - | $56,211 | 11 | $31,638 | Mar 14 | Miramax | false |
| 65 | The Daytrippers | - | - | - | $50,490 | 52 | $2,099,677 | Mar 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 66 | A Chef in Love | - | - | - | $48,791 | 34 | $686,704 | Apr 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 67 | Mandela | - | - | - | $42,056 | 8 | $42,056 | Mar 21 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 68 | Good Luck | - | - | - | $39,962 | 106 | $39,962 | Mar 7 | - | false |
| 69 | Drunks | - | - | - | $38,268 | 2 | $38,268 | Mar 14 | Northern Arts Entertainment | false |
| 70 | A Brother's Kiss | - | - | - | $33,144 | 9 | $52,632 | Apr 25 | First Look International | false |
| 71 | Flamenco | - | - | - | $32,289 | 6 | $480,941 | Apr 25 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 72 | Gray's Anatomy | - | - | - | $29,090 | 1 | $29,090 | Mar 19 | Northern Arts Entertainment | false |
| 73 | Follow Me Home | - | - | - | $26,081 | 3 | $52,155 | Feb 28 | - | false |
| 74 | Hollow Reed | - | - | - | $20,356 | 7 | $265,732 | Apr 18 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 75 | Schizopolis | - | - | - | $10,580 | 2 | $10,580 | Apr 9 | Northern Arts Entertainment | false |
| 76 | Nothing Personal | - | - | - | $9,624 | 1 | $40,374 | Apr 25 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 77 | Childhood's End | - | - | - | $3,804 | 1 | $3,804 | Apr 4 | Plainview Pictures | false |
| 78 | Irma Vep | - | - | - | $3,766 | 6 | $282,310 | Apr 30 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 79 | Children of the Revolution | - | - | - | $3,665 | 59 | $838,368 | May 1 | Miramax | false |
