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Summer 1997 is May 2-September 1.
Data as of May 3, 11:50 PDT
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Max Theaters
Total Gross
% of Total
Release Date
Distributor
1
Breakdown
-
-
-
$2,223,352
2,348
$50,159,144
4.4%
May 2, 1997
Paramount Pictures
2
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
-
-
-
$1,775,987
2,187
$53,883,989
3.3%
May 2, 1997
New Line Cinema
3
Liar Liar
-
-
-
$1,645,130
2,909
$181,410,615
0.9%
Mar 21, 1997
Universal Pictures
4
Volcano
-
-
-
$1,608,744
2,777
$49,323,468
3.3%
Apr 25, 1997
Twentieth Century Fox
5
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
-
-
-
$954,803
1,607
$29,235,353
3.3%
Apr 25, 1997
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
6
Shiloh
-
-
-
$856,062
70
$1,007,822
84.9%
Apr 25, 1997
Legacy Releasing Corporation
7
Anaconda
-
-
-
$811,247
2,456
$65,885,767
1.2%
Apr 11, 1997
Sony Pictures Releasing
8
Warriors of Virtue
-
-
-
$549,540
2,101
$6,524,620
8.4%
May 2, 1997
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
9
The Saint
-
-
-
$545,527
2,500
$61,363,304
0.9%
Apr 4, 1997
Paramount Pictures
10
Murder at 1600
-
-
-
$512,890
2,158
$25,804,707
2%
Apr 18, 1997
Warner Bros.
11
Grosse Pointe Blank
-
-
-
$381,984
1,242
$28,084,357
1.4%
Apr 11, 1997
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
12
Jerry Maguire
-
-
-
$163,952
2,531
$153,952,592
0.1%
Dec 13, 1996
Sony Pictures Releasing
13
Commandments
-
-
-
$58,499
269
$548,561
10.7%
May 2, 1997
Gramercy Pictures (I)
14
Nothing Personal
-
-
-
$30,750
1
$40,374
76.2%
Apr 25, 1997
Trimark Pictures
15
A Brother's Kiss
-
-
-
$19,488
9
$52,632
37%
Apr 25, 1997
First Look International
16
Children of the Revolution
-
-
-
$6,406
59
$838,368
0.8%
May 1, 1997
Miramax
17
Evita
-
-
-
$4,331
1,045
$50,047,179
<0.1%
Dec 25, 1996
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
18
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
-
-
-
$4,193
7
$109,261
3.8%
May 2, 1997
Sony Pictures Releasing
19
Irma Vep
-
-
-
$2,714
6
$282,310
1%
Apr 30, 1997
Zeitgeist Films
20
The Eighth Day
-
-
-
$706
5
$416,401
0.2%
Mar 7, 1997
Gramercy Pictures (I)