Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story 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	Contact	Drama	PG	$100,920,329	21,987,000	$151,270,560
3	Hercules	Adventure	G	$99,112,101	21,593,050	$148,560,184
4	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$70,396,279	15,336,880	$105,517,734
5	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$59,721,359	13,011,189	$89,516,980
6	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$88,538,754
7	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$54,251,668	11,819,536	$81,318,408
8	Anastasia	Musical	G	$53,042,286	11,556,054	$79,505,652
9	The English Patient	Drama	R	$50,709,242	11,047,765	$76,008,623
10	Absolute Power	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,068,310	10,908,129	$75,047,928
11	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$44,417,226	9,676,956	$66,577,457
12	The Devil's Own	Thriller/Suspense	R	$42,885,593	9,343,266	$64,281,670
13	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$57,402,764
14	The Relic	Horror	R	$33,956,608	7,397,954	$50,897,924
15	The Little Mermaid	Adventure	G	$29,678,678	6,465,943	$44,485,688
16	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$27,164,883	5,918,275	$40,717,732
17	Mimic	Horror	R	$25,514,166	5,558,642	$38,243,457
18	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$35,398,969
19	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$14,477,119	3,154,056	$21,699,905
20	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$14,400,669	3,137,401	$21,585,319
21	The Postman	Action	R	$14,327,628	3,121,488	$21,475,837
22	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$20,502,737
23	Boot, Das	Drama	R	$11,452,283	2,495,051	$17,165,951
24	Buddy	Comedy	PG	$10,067,104	2,193,269	$15,089,691
25	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,889,670	2,154,612	$14,823,731
26	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$9,447,466	2,058,271	$14,160,904
27	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$8,698,249	1,895,043	$13,037,896
28	A Thousand Acres	Drama	R	$7,928,412	1,727,323	$11,883,982
29	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$7,238,051	1,576,917	$10,849,189
30	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$9,942,873
31	Kull The Conqueror	Action	PG-13	$6,086,891	1,326,120	$9,123,706
32	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$3,342,678	728,252	$5,010,374
33	Crash	Drama	R	$2,618,985	570,585	$3,925,625
34	The Pillow Book	Drama	Not Rated	$2,372,744	516,938	$3,556,533
35	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,221,994	484,095	$3,330,574
36	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$1,683,826	366,847	$2,523,907
37	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$1,427,164	310,929	$2,139,192
38	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$1,387,966	302,389	$2,080,436
39	Shiloh	Adventure	PG	$1,002,175	218,339	$1,502,172
40	Female Perversions	Drama	R	$883,973	192,587	$1,324,999
41	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$863,975	188,230	$1,295,022
42	Anna Karenina	Drama	PG-13	$858,553	187,049	$1,286,897
43	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama	R	$790,078	172,130	$1,184,254
44	The Van	Comedy	R	$621,093	135,314	$930,960
45	Pippi Longstocking	Musical	G	$478,113	104,164	$716,648
46	Sleepers	Drama	R	$406,804	88,628	$609,761
47	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$388,132	84,560	$581,773
48	Thinner	Horror	R	$364,078	79,320	$545,722
49	La cérémonie	Drama	Not Rated	$356,284	77,622	$534,039
50	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Thriller/Suspense	R	$226,427	49,331	$339,397
51	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$134,512	29,305	$201,618
52	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Adventure	G	$21,248	4,629	$31,848
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,248,683,091
Total Tickets Sold					272,044,248
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,871,664,426

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.