Domestic 1997 Week 8
February 21-27, 1997
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | - | Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love | $30,000 | - | - | - | - | $30,000 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 24 | - | Lost Highway | $297,416 | - | 12 | - | $24,784 | $297,416 | 1 | October Films |
| 23 | 23 | Hamlet | $399,686 | -37.1% | 88 | -4 | $4,541 | $3,266,545 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 22 | 19 | Everyone Says I Love You | $508,795 | -43.5% | 182 | -41 | $2,795 | $8,421,574 | 12 | Miramax |
| 21 | 20 | Space Jam | $541,362 | -37.2% | 680 | -106 | $796 | $89,494,626 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 18 | Ransom | $804,049 | -23.3% | 558 | -43 | $1,440 | $134,494,212 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 19 | 21 | Secrets & Lies | $807,680 | +11.7% | 272 | +110 | $2,969 | $9,127,173 | 22 | October Films |
| 18 | 14 | Mother | $824,459 | -49% | 551 | -184 | $1,496 | $17,910,785 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 | 22 | Sling Blade | $1,060,334 | +48.9% | 122 | +59 | $8,691 | $2,328,607 | 13 | Miramax |
| 16 | 11 | The Beautician and the Beast | $1,341,961 | -64.8% | 1,724 | -77 | $778 | $10,194,385 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 15 | 15 | Michael | $1,418,892 | -4.9% | 974 | +28 | $1,456 | $86,415,817 | 10 | New Line Cinema |
| 14 | - | Booty Call | $1,575,828 | - | - | - | - | $1,575,828 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | 13 | Evita | $1,674,427 | -46.4% | 870 | -86 | $1,924 | $46,712,603 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 10 | Scream | $2,303,334 | -40.3% | 1,212 | -219 | $1,900 | $82,009,862 | 10 | Dimension Films |
| 11 | 9 | Shine | $3,103,726 | -27.3% | 893 | +42 | $3,475 | $23,884,306 | 14 | Fine Line Features |
| 10 | 8 | The English Patient | $3,808,417 | -31.5% | 1,186 | +71 | $3,211 | $52,517,513 | 15 | Miramax |
| 9 | 7 | Jerry Maguire | $3,951,808 | -34.9% | 1,506 | -224 | $2,624 | $132,525,309 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 6 | That Darn Cat | $4,224,415 | -44.1% | 1,891 | - | $2,233 | $11,777,926 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | - | Rosewood | $4,267,471 | - | 991 | - | $4,306 | $4,267,471 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 5 | Fools Rush In | $6,771,025 | -38.7% | 1,701 | +27 | $3,980 | $17,817,207 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 4 | Vegas Vacation | $7,963,756 | -45.9% | 2,070 | +16 | $3,847 | $22,694,505 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 3 | Dante's Peak | $8,750,970 | -44.3% | 2,761 | +34 | $3,169 | $47,067,320 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Absolute Power | $11,449,543 | -41.8% | 2,568 | - | $4,458 | $31,135,340 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | 1 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1997 Special Edition | $13,304,163 | -51.9% | 2,200 | +96 | $6,047 | $118,225,167 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 1 | - | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1997 Special Edition | $27,075,078 | - | 2,111 | - | $12,825 | $27,075,078 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
