Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Action	PG-13	$229,086,679	49,909,952	$343,380,470
2	Air Force One	Action	R	$172,144,501	37,504,249	$258,029,233
3	Face/Off	Action	R	$112,276,146	24,461,034	$168,291,914
4	Batman & Robin	Action	PG-13	$107,285,004	23,373,639	$160,810,636
5	Con Air	Action	R	$101,117,573	22,029,972	$151,566,207
6	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$92,408,204	20,132,506	$138,511,641
7	The Fifth Element	Action	PG-13	$63,570,862	13,849,861	$95,287,044
8	The Saint	Action	PG-13	$61,363,304	13,368,912	$91,978,115
9	Spawn	Action	PG-13	$54,979,992	11,978,212	$82,410,099
10	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$54,251,668	11,819,536	$81,318,408
11	Speed II: Cruise Control	Action	PG-13	$48,097,081	10,478,667	$72,093,229
12	Volcano	Action	PG-13	$47,546,796	10,358,779	$71,268,400
13	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$46,092,778	10,042,000	$69,088,960
14	The Peacemaker	Action	R	$41,263,140	8,989,791	$61,849,762
15	Money Talks	Action	R	$41,076,865	8,949,208	$61,570,551
16	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	Action	PG-13	$35,059,903	7,638,323	$52,551,662
17	Metro	Action	R	$32,017,895	6,975,576	$47,991,963
18	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$24,205,766
19	Jackie Chan's First Strike	Action	PG-13	$14,601,662	3,181,190	$21,886,587
20	The Postman	Action	R	$14,327,628	3,121,488	$21,475,837
21	Double Team	Action	R	$11,328,565	2,468,097	$16,980,507
22	Operation Condor	Action	PG-13	$10,461,161	2,279,120	$15,680,346
23	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	Action	PG	$8,363,899	1,822,200	$12,536,736
24	Ransom	Action	R	$7,354,935	1,602,382	$11,024,388
25	Switchback	Action	R	$6,504,442	1,417,090	$9,749,579
26	Warriors of Virtue	Action	PG	$6,448,817	1,404,971	$9,666,200
27	Most Wanted	Action	R	$6,343,015	1,381,920	$9,507,610
28	Kull The Conqueror	Action	PG-13	$6,086,891	1,326,120	$9,123,706
29	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$3,774,360	822,301	$5,657,431
30	Masterminds	Action	PG-13	$1,890,472	411,868	$2,833,652
31	Steel	Action	PG-13	$1,686,429	367,414	$2,527,808
32	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$794,630	173,122	$1,191,079
33	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$314,624	68,546	$471,596
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,456,068,827
Total Tickets Sold					317,226,326
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,182,517,123

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1997. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1997. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1996 will most likely earn money in 1996 and 1997. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.