Domestic 1997 Week 5
January 31-February 6, 1997
| Rank | Release | Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1997 Special Edition | $46,481,438 | $35,906,661 | 77.2% | $10,574,777 | 22.8% | 2,104 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | Jerry Maguire | $6,296,780 | $5,183,347 | 82.3% | $1,113,433 | 17.7% | 2,140 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | Evita | $5,617,179 | $4,374,631 | 77.9% | $1,242,548 | 22.1% | 1,038 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | Scream | $5,587,266 | $4,505,137 | 80.6% | $1,082,129 | 19.4% | 1,835 | 7 | Dimension Films |
| 5 | Metro | $5,442,436 | $4,362,946 | 80.2% | $1,079,490 | 19.8% | 1,947 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | Beverly Hills Ninja | $4,833,799 | $4,160,840 | 86.1% | $672,959 | 13.9% | 2,112 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | In Love and War | $4,265,389 | $3,478,559 | 81.6% | $786,830 | 18.4% | 1,612 | 8 | New Line Cinema |
| 8 | The Relic | $3,499,598 | $2,833,256 | 81% | $666,342 | 19% | 1,719 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | Michael | $3,496,125 | $2,702,201 | 77.3% | $793,924 | 22.7% | 1,881 | 7 | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | Mother | $3,427,238 | $2,654,377 | 77.4% | $772,861 | 22.6% | 730 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | Gridlock'd | $3,163,315 | $2,678,372 | 84.7% | $484,943 | 15.3% | 743 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 12 | Fierce Creatures | $2,850,885 | $2,300,445 | 80.7% | $550,440 | 19.3% | 1,620 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | Meet Wally Sparks | $2,753,203 | $2,131,001 | 77.4% | $622,202 | 22.6% | 1,552 | 1 | Trimark Pictures |
| 14 | The English Patient | $2,423,694 | $1,853,099 | 76.5% | $570,595 | 23.5% | 655 | 12 | Miramax |
| 15 | Zeus and Roxanne | $2,075,151 | $1,792,626 | 86.4% | $282,525 | 13.6% | 1,745 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 16 | Shine | $1,792,957 | $1,367,537 | 76.3% | $425,420 | 23.7% | 314 | 11 | Fine Line Features |
| 17 | Shadow Conspiracy | $1,770,434 | $1,370,831 | 77.4% | $399,603 | 22.6% | 837 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | Everyone Says I Love You | $1,688,691 | $1,309,391 | 77.5% | $379,300 | 22.5% | 275 | 9 | Miramax |
| 19 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $1,526,746 | $1,165,521 | 76.3% | $361,225 | 23.7% | 966 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | One Fine Day | $892,045 | $694,306 | 77.8% | $197,739 | 22.2% | 768 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 21 | 101 Dalmatians | $788,885 | $691,318 | 87.6% | $97,567 | 12.4% | 802 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 22 | Hamlet | $542,553 | $417,453 | 76.9% | $125,100 | 23.1% | 56 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 23 | Waiting for Guffman | $55,700 | $37,990 | 68.2% | $17,710 | 31.8% | 3 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 24 | Prisoner of the Mountains | $25,851 | $17,205 | 66.6% | $8,646 | 33.4% | 3 | 1 | Orion Classics |
| - | Some Mother's Son | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| - | Jingle All the Way | - | $416,365 | - | - | - | - | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| - | Space Jam | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| - | Turbulence | - | $476,904 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| - | First Strike | - | $599,540 | - | - | - | - | 4 | New Line Cinema |
