Domestic Box Office For 1997

RankRelease GrossMax ThOpening% of Total Open ThOpenCloseDistributor
303Trojan War$3091$21770.2%1Sep 26Oct 2Warner Bros.
299Cold Around the Heart$5,1711$55210.7%1Nov 7-Twentieth Century Fox
298Brothers in Trouble$8,0001$1,59620%1May 14-First Run
302Beyond Barbed Wire$3,1091$1,66853.7%1Jul 18--
288Forgotten Silver$26,4591$1,7406.6%1Oct 3-First Run
227The Education of Little Tree$323,41152$1,8170.6%1Dec 25Apr 23Paramount Pictures
300Guy$4,1341$2,13251.6%1Dec 17Dec 25Gramercy Pictures (I)
301Childhood's End$3,8041$2,55667.2%1Apr 4Apr 10Plainview Pictures
294Breaking Up$11,6902$4,49338.4%2Oct 17-Warner Bros.
287Gray's Anatomy$29,0901$4,69016.1%1Mar 19-Northern Arts Entertainment
263Reggie's Prayer$52,6651$5,1209.7%1Jan 24-Arrow Releasing
277Nothing Personal$40,3741$5,56313.8%1Apr 25Jun 12Trimark Pictures
295Schizopolis$10,5802$6,02356.9%2Apr 9-Northern Arts Entertainment
293Hugo Pool$13,3304$6,30547.3%4Dec 12Dec 25Northern Arts Entertainment
253For Roseanna$123,3306$6,5805.3%1Jun 18-Fine Line Features
252Twin Town$127,92318$6,8275.3%1May 9Jun 26Gramercy Pictures (I)
271Hamsun$50,0001$7,52915.1%1Aug 6-First Run
250Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern$140,0008$8,3185.9%1Jan 3-Artistic License
276Mandela$42,0568$8,41320%8Mar 21-Palm Pictures
190Guantanamera$903,84012$8,8511%3Jul 4Feb 19Lionsgate Films
292I Love You, I Love You Not$20,6776$10,58751.2%6Oct 31-Lionsgate Films
260The Long Way Home$60,5097$10,60617.5%7Sep 17-Seventh Art Releasing
266Will It Snow for Christmas?$51,9502$10,78620.8%2Dec 17-Zeitgeist Films
229Telling Lies in America$318,80960$11,4703.6%2Oct 17Jan 8Banner Entertainment
284Head Above Water$32,21210$11,58936%10Jun 25-Fine Line Features
235Irma Vep$282,3106$11,8524.2%1Apr 30-Zeitgeist Films
291Trojan Eddie$21,2642$11,86755.8%2Aug 29Sep 18Castle Hill Productions
269Fall$51,2663$12,04523.5%1Jun 20Jul 10-
289The Winner$26,0043$12,63948.6%3Jul 25-Artisan Entertainment
272The Last Time I Committed Suicide$46,3624$12,83627.7%4Jun 20-Roxie Releasing
262Intimate Relations$53,66210$12,91824.1%6Jun 6--
237Hollow Reed$265,7327$13,2845%1Apr 18Sep 4Lionsgate Films
2514 Little Girls$130,1464$13,52810.4%1Jul 9Oct 2-
247Paperback Romance$151,06828$13,9399.2%4Aug 15-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
286Soul in the Hole$30,6976$14,07745.9%6Aug 8--
177Washington Square$1,851,76135$14,3520.8%1Oct 5Apr 16Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
219The Eighth Day$416,4015$14,3973.5%3Mar 7May 8Gramercy Pictures (I)
273Red Cherry$44,8463$16,20836.1%3Jun 6Jun 26-
196Prisoner of the Mountains$790,07836$17,2052.2%3Jan 31-Orion Classics
265Follow Me Home$52,1553$17,31933.2%3Feb 28--
280Drunks$38,2682$17,58145.9%2Mar 14Apr 24Northern Arts Entertainment
278The Locusts$40,15812$17,78744.3%12Oct 3-Orion Pictures
256Truth or Consequences, N.M.$109,2617$19,52817.9%7May 2-Sony Pictures Releasing
186The Tango Lesson$1,080,1922$19,7521.8%2Nov 14-Sony Pictures Classics
268This World, Then the Fireworks$51,6185$19,90638.6%5Jul 11-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
192The Winter Guest$870,29021$20,5332.4%3Dec 25Apr 16Fine Line Features
255Going All the Way$113,06917$20,79618.4%4Sep 19Oct 30Gramercy Pictures (I)
275Wedding Bell Blues$44,05211$22,00249.9%11Jun 13--
218Flamenco$480,9416$22,1064.6%2Apr 25Mar 18New Yorker Films
274Bandwagon$44,54412$22,18949.8%12Sep 12Sep 25Lionsgate Films
232Love and Other Catastrophes$294,21232$22,8077.8%3Mar 28--
198The Van$712,09525$23,3663.3%3May 16--
191Fast, Cheap & Out of Control$878,96040$23,6652.7%2Oct 3Feb 26Sony Pictures Classics
243Latin Boys Go to Hell$199,0333$24,33512.2%2Sep 5Feb 12Strand Releasing
264A Brother's Kiss$52,6329$25,80049%9Apr 25May 15First Look International
244Nowhere$194,2016$27,35414.1%2May 9-Fine Line Features
261Keys to Tulsa$57,25224$28,31849.5%24Apr 11Apr 24Gramercy Pictures (I)
230Lilies$301,5487$28,7819.5%4Oct 10Jan 28Turbulent Arts
89The Apostle$19,868,354751$29,3960.1%4Dec 19-October Films
214The Myth of Fingerprints$523,02550$30,5335.8%3Sep 17Jan 8Sony Pictures Classics
211Traveller$534,0106$30,8555.8%6Apr 18Jun 5October Films
160The Sweet Hereafter$3,263,58570$31,1491%2Oct 10-Fine Line Features
194Children of the Revolution$838,36859$31,5623.8%6May 1Jul 10Miramax
209Dream with the Fishes$543,70832$31,7775.8%7Jun 20Dec 18Sony Pictures Classics
173The Daytrippers$2,099,67752$35,9881.7%2Mar 5Sep 4Sony Pictures Releasing
200A Chef in Love$686,70434$36,6285.3%6Apr 23Dec 25Sony Pictures Classics
281Koyla$37,7953$37,795100%3Jan 24-Miramax
238The Graduate
1997 Re-release
$259,2792$37,94814.6%2Feb 14-Strand Releasing
162Waiting for Guffman$2,923,98259$37,9901.3%3Jan 31Dec 11Sony Pictures Classics
279Good Luck$39,962106$39,962100%106Mar 7--
241Critical Care$221,19334$43,38019.6%10Oct 31Dec 25Artisan Entertainment
166Afterglow$2,465,960353$50,0522%7Dec 26May 21Sony Pictures Classics
79Boogie Nights$26,400,6401,003$50,1680.2%2Oct 10-New Line Cinema
236The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain$273,64497$50,20818.3%97Jul 18--
270Johns$50,7898$50,789100%8Jan 31-First Look International
246Hotel de Love$165,84542$50,94730.7%18Feb 7--
110Chasing Amy$12,021,272553$52,4460.4%3Apr 4-Miramax
165Brassed Off$2,576,331231$52,5342%12May 23Aug 14Miramax
231Different for Girls$300,64516$52,81617.6%14Sep 12Dec 18First Look International
249Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
1997 Re-release
$141,62623$53,11137.5%23Aug 29-Lionsgate Films
150Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love$4,109,09581$53,4991.3%10Feb 28-Trimark Pictures
233Bliss$294,06412$54,54718.5%11Jun 6-Triumph Releasing Corporation
257The Ride$86,30753$55,33264.1%53Dec 5-R.S. Entertainment
285The Substance of Fire$31,63811$56,211177.7%11Mar 14-Miramax
212Boys Life 2$532,6546$56,22410.6%4Mar 7-Strand Releasing
239Rough Magic$247,20230$59,02623.9%28May 30-The Samuel Goldwyn Company
216Pippi Longstocking$505,33573$62,19612.3%73Aug 22Oct 30-
174Paradise Road$2,007,100350$62,5183.1%9Apr 11--
203The House of Yes$626,05754$63,26610.1%4Oct 10Nov 20Miramax
201Star Maps$661,46539$63,4779.6%5Jul 23--
184Temptress Moon$1,100,78846$66,4716%5Jun 13Aug 14Miramax
224Welcome to Sarajevo$334,31915$66,92020%5Nov 26Jan 29Miramax
207Das Boot
1997 Director's Cut
$572,42629$68,36911.9%13Apr 4-Sony Pictures Releasing
202SubUrbia$656,74724$69,36510.6%16Feb 7Oct 23Sony Pictures Classics
240Hard Eight$222,55929$69,48631.2%29Feb 28-The Samuel Goldwyn Company
143Kundun$5,684,789439$72,0951.3%2Dec 25-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
126The Ice Storm$8,038,061230$75,1830.9%3Sep 27--
193Anna Karenina$858,55334$75,2688.8%5Apr 4-Warner Bros.
172Ma vie en rose$2,162,04363$76,2123.5%14Dec 26May 21Sony Pictures Classics
122Mrs. Brown$9,229,808432$76,2680.8%6Jul 18-Miramax
138The Boxer$5,980,578523$86,0971.4%3Dec 31-Universal Pictures
123Ulee's Gold$9,161,691350$89,5631%7Jun 13-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
52Wag the Dog$43,061,9451,752$92,0790.2%3Dec 25-New Line Cinema
167Career Girls$2,416,734148$93,3033.9%8Aug 8Oct 30October Films
163In the Company of Men$2,804,473108$100,0063.6%8Aug 1Jan 8Sony Pictures Classics
223Albino Alligator$339,37912$101,17629.8%12Jan 17Feb 13Miramax
168Smilla's Sense of Snow$2,372,903135$107,1084.5%8Feb 28--
217Bent$496,05912$109,24322%12Nov 26-The Samuel Goldwyn Company
187Shiloh$1,007,82270$115,71011.5%70Apr 25Jul 17-
225The Assignment$332,59734$117,60835.4%34Sep 26-Sony Pictures Releasing
32Anastasia$58,406,3472,511$120,5410.2%1Nov 14-Twentieth Century Fox
222The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo$346,056101$157,04945.4%101May 16-TriStar Pictures
215Dirty Dancing
1997 Re-release
$507,89254$162,37832%54Aug 22--
44The Full Monty$45,950,122783$176,5850.4%6Aug 15May 14-
105The Wings of the Dove$13,692,848261$183,6101.3%7Nov 7-Miramax
220Touch$387,06951$195,23650.4%51Feb 14-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
152Lost Highway$3,675,201337$212,7105.8%12Feb 21-October Films
183The Godfather
1997 Re-release
$1,267,49040$229,93218.1%40Mar 21-Paramount Pictures
17Hercules$99,112,1012,930$249,5670.3%1Jun 15-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
7Good Will Hunting$138,433,4352,203$272,9120.2%7Dec 5-Miramax
206Prefontaine$589,304201$311,25352.8%201Jan 24-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
208Commandments$548,561269$312,43757%269May 2-Gramercy Pictures (I)
115Deconstructing Harry$10,686,841445$356,4763.3%10Dec 12-Fine Line Features
185Blood and Wine$1,094,668166$420,99338.5%166Feb 21--
146Les Boys$4,602,34152$436,1749.5%52Dec 12-Lionsgate Films
180City of Industry$1,568,258441$803,81151.3%441Mar 14-Orion Pictures
179Rhyme & Reason$1,608,277280$853,58953.1%280Mar 7-Miramax
178Steel$1,710,9721,260$870,06850.9%1,260Aug 15-Warner Bros.
155Cats Don't Dance$3,566,6371,252$939,78126.3%1,252Mar 28-Warner Bros.
164One Night Stand$2,642,983407$978,81937%407Nov 14-New Line Cinema
157Free Willy 3: The Rescue$3,446,5391,258$992,65128.8%1,258Aug 8-Warner Bros.
175Masterminds$1,935,5391,186$1,014,60652.4%1,186Aug 22-Sony Pictures Releasing
159A Smile Like Yours$3,330,352582$1,163,57634.9%582Aug 22-Paramount Pictures
156'Til There Was You$3,525,125753$1,315,44537.3%753May 30-Paramount Pictures
170Shadow Conspiracy$2,312,463837$1,370,83159.3%837Jan 31-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
158The MatchMaker$3,392,080705$1,378,93040.7%705Oct 3-Gramercy Pictures (I)
129Wild America$7,342,9231,812$1,810,58624.7%1,812Jul 4-Warner Bros.
154The Pest$3,600,6161,205$1,817,27850.5%1,205Feb 7-Sony Pictures Releasing
149Playing God$4,166,9181,479$1,937,37446.5%1,479Oct 17-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
148A Life Less Ordinary$4,366,7221,208$2,007,27946%1,207Oct 24-Twentieth Century Fox
1538 Heads in a Duffel Bag$3,602,8841,553$2,024,51656.2%1,553Apr 18-Orion Pictures
147McHale's Navy$4,529,8431,861$2,128,56547%1,858Apr 18-Universal Pictures
151Meet Wally Sparks$4,073,5821,552$2,131,00152.3%1,552Jan 31-Trimark Pictures
142One Eight Seven$5,727,1301,121$2,222,98438.8%1,121Jul 30-Warner Bros.
47Bean$45,319,4232,015$2,255,2335%242Oct 17-Gramercy Pictures (I)
139Inventing the Abbotts$5,936,344898$2,301,13838.8%898Apr 4-Twentieth Century Fox
140Gang Related$5,906,7731,260$2,443,23741.4%1,260Oct 10Jan 29Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
128Sprung$7,575,028780$2,487,70232.8%780May 16-Trimark Pictures
145Dangerous Ground$5,303,931808$2,647,74549.9%808Feb 14-New Line Cinema
144Gridlock'd$5,571,205743$2,678,37248.1%743Jan 31-Gramercy Pictures (I)
135Switchback$6,492,6601,128$2,704,56841.7%1,128Oct 31-Paramount Pictures
133U Turn$6,682,0981,311$2,730,44040.9%1,230Oct 3-Sony Pictures Releasing
125A Simple Wish$8,345,0561,699$2,732,88032.7%1,676Jul 11-Universal Pictures
131B*A*P*S$7,246,7351,204$2,742,67937.8%1,204Mar 28-New Line Cinema
132Zeus and Roxanne$7,233,3241,745$2,755,38238.1%1,745Jan 24-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
136Most Wanted$6,391,9462,098$2,836,49044.4%2,098Oct 10-New Line Cinema
127A Thousand Acres$7,936,7801,228$2,931,76236.9%1,208Sep 19-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
119Night Falls on Manhattan$9,889,670758$2,933,25529.7%758May 16-Paramount Pictures
130She's So Lovely$7,281,450844$3,020,01541.5%824Aug 27-Miramax
107Rosewood$13,130,349991$3,154,07524%991Feb 21-Warner Bros.
114Leave It to Beaver$10,925,0601,885$3,252,45029.8%1,880Aug 22-Universal Pictures
134Warriors of Virtue$6,524,6202,101$3,277,08450.2%2,101May 2-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
99Eve's Bayou$14,842,388672$3,287,84622.2%659Nov 7-Trimark Pictures
124Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie$8,363,8992,113$3,301,13539.5%2,113Mar 28-Twentieth Century Fox
137Kull the Conqueror$6,112,6132,091$3,450,14556.4%2,091Aug 29-Universal Pictures
118Buddy$10,113,4002,113$3,504,67134.7%2,113Jun 6-Sony Pictures Releasing
102FairyTale: A True Story$14,059,0771,286$3,515,32325%1,058Oct 24-Paramount Pictures
121Fierce Creatures$9,381,2601,620$3,759,48040.1%1,593Jan 24-Universal Pictures
109Love Jones$12,479,335821$3,908,72531.3%820Mar 14-New Line Cinema
112The Beautician and the Beast$11,486,8801,801$4,080,22235.5%1,801Feb 7-Paramount Pictures
100The Sixth Man$14,772,7881,231$4,128,17827.9%1,227Mar 28-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
103How to Be a Player$14,009,368756$4,206,65630%751Aug 8-Gramercy Pictures (I)
108Gattaca$12,532,7771,279$4,320,20234.5%1,279Oct 24-Sony Pictures Releasing
111Turbulence$11,538,2352,094$4,464,00838.7%2,094Jan 10-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
97RocketMan$15,448,0431,867$4,472,93729%1,836Oct 10-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
50Amistad$44,229,4411,019$4,573,52310.3%322Dec 10May 14DreamWorks Distribution
104The Man Who Knew Too Little$13,717,0392,039$4,604,81933.6%2,036Nov 14-Warner Bros.
116Mad City$10,541,5232,194$4,649,74244.1%2,194Nov 7-Warner Bros.
117Armour of God 2: Operation Condor$10,405,3941,532$4,731,75145.5%1,532Jul 18-Miramax
85Air Bud$23,144,4991,795$4,878,63221.1%1,795Aug 1-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
106Trial and Error$13,602,8312,298$4,903,52936%2,298May 30-New Line Cinema
113Double Team$11,438,3372,203$5,034,91444%2,203Apr 4-Sony Pictures Releasing
69Home Alone 3$30,882,5152,261$5,085,48216.5%2,147Dec 12-Twentieth Century Fox
94That Old Feeling$16,574,1761,599$5,103,07530.8%1,575Apr 4-Universal Pictures
24L.A. Confidential$64,616,9401,625$5,211,1988.1%769Sep 19-Warner Bros.
87Mr. Magoo$21,437,1921,857$5,233,63124.4%1,857Dec 25-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
82Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil$25,105,2551,312$5,233,65820.8%824Nov 21-Warner Bros.
93The Postman$17,626,2342,207$5,260,32429.8%2,207Dec 25-Warner Bros.
98First Strike$15,318,8631,344$5,778,93337.7%1,344Jan 10-New Line Cinema
90Gone Fishin'$19,745,9221,846$5,784,12329.3%1,841May 30-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
72Out to Sea$29,022,2521,736$5,887,67520.3%1,736Jul 4-Twentieth Century Fox
66For Richer or Poorer$31,642,9951,954$6,015,97019%1,904Dec 12-Universal Pictures
96Wishmaster$15,738,7692,502$6,038,51638.4%2,502Sep 19--
27Mousehunt$61,917,3892,233$6,062,9229.8%2,152Dec 19Jul 1DreamWorks Distribution
95Fire Down Below$16,228,4482,350$6,073,09437.4%2,336Sep 5-Warner Bros.
101Excess Baggage$14,515,4902,211$6,309,58343.5%2,211Aug 29-Sony Pictures Releasing
92That Darn Cat$18,301,6101,891$6,424,61735.1%1,891Feb 14-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
88Booty Call$20,050,3761,272$6,429,36432.1%1,272Feb 28-Sony Pictures Releasing
74Grosse Pointe Blank$28,084,3571,242$6,870,39724.5%1,227Apr 11-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
83Good Burger$23,712,9931,893$7,058,33329.8%1,887Jul 25-Paramount Pictures