Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Liar Liar	Comedy	PG-13	$181,410,615	39,523,010	$271,918,309
2	Air Force One	Action	R	$172,144,501	37,504,249	$258,029,233
3	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	Adventure	PG	$138,195,515	30,107,955	$207,142,730
4	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$126,768,249	27,618,355	$190,014,282
5	Face/Off	Action	R	$112,276,146	24,461,034	$168,291,914
6	Con Air	Action	R	$101,117,573	22,029,972	$151,566,207
7	Conspiracy Theory	Thriller/Suspense	R	$76,118,990	16,583,658	$114,095,567
8	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$70,946,237	15,456,697	$106,342,075
9	Dante's Peak	Drama	PG-13	$67,163,857	14,632,649	$100,672,625
10	Anaconda	Horror	PG-13	$65,598,907	14,291,701	$98,326,903
11	Scream	Horror	R	$63,962,211	13,935,122	$95,873,639
12	The Fifth Element	Action	PG-13	$63,570,862	13,849,861	$95,287,044
13	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$63,417,425	13,816,432	$95,057,052
14	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Comedy	PG-13	$53,883,989	11,739,431	$80,767,285
15	Breakdown	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,159,144	10,927,918	$75,184,076
16	The Game	Thriller/Suspense	R	$48,265,581	10,515,377	$72,345,794
17	G.I.Jane	Drama	R	$48,169,156	10,494,369	$72,201,259
18	Volcano	Action	PG-13	$47,546,796	10,358,779	$71,268,400
19	Cop Land	Drama	R	$44,906,632	9,783,580	$67,311,030
20	Nothing To Lose	Comedy	R	$44,480,039	9,690,640	$66,671,603
21	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$43,198,792	9,411,502	$64,751,134
22	Michael	Comedy	PG	$42,636,436	9,288,984	$63,908,210
23	Money Talks	Action	R	$41,076,865	8,949,208	$61,570,551
24	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,722,657	8,872,039	$61,039,628
25	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$40,021,527	8,719,287	$59,988,695
26	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$35,338,724	7,699,068	$52,969,588
27	Addicted To Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,673,095	7,554,051	$51,971,871
28	Metro	Action	R	$32,017,895	6,975,576	$47,991,963
29	Picture Perfect	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,301,775	6,819,559	$46,918,566
30	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy	PG-13	$31,245,344	6,807,264	$46,833,976
31	Fools Rush In	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$29,299,524	6,383,339	$43,917,372
32	Out to Sea	Comedy	PG-13	$28,985,323	6,314,885	$43,446,409
33	Grosse Point Blank	Black Comedy	R	$28,084,357	6,118,596	$42,095,940
34	The Edge	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,799,255	6,056,483	$41,668,603
35	Event Horizon	Horror	R	$26,673,242	5,811,164	$39,980,808
36	Murder at 1600	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,842,024	5,630,071	$38,734,888
37	Air Bud	Comedy	PG	$24,646,936	5,369,703	$36,943,557
38	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$24,453,915	5,327,650	$36,654,232
39	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$23,816,064	5,188,685	$35,698,153
40	Hoodlum	Drama	R	$23,489,997	5,117,646	$35,209,404
41	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,282,785	4,854,637	$33,399,903
42	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,066,917	4,371,877	$30,078,514
43	Gone Fishin'	Comedy	PG	$19,745,922	4,301,944	$29,597,375
44	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$18,651,878	4,063,590	$27,957,499
45	That Old Feeling	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,408,534	3,574,844	$24,594,927
46	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$24,205,766
47	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Horror	R	$15,719,109	3,424,642	$23,561,537
48	Rocket Man	Comedy	PG	$15,448,043	3,365,587	$23,155,239
49	The Sixth Man	Comedy	PG-13	$14,763,020	3,216,344	$22,128,447
50	Jackie Chan's First Strike	Action	PG-13	$14,601,662	3,181,190	$21,886,587
51	Excess Baggage	Comedy	PG-13	$14,351,432	3,126,674	$21,511,517
52	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	R	$14,010,363	3,052,367	$21,000,285
53	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$13,922,738	3,033,276	$20,868,939
54	Trial And Error	Comedy	PG-13	$13,602,831	2,963,580	$20,389,430
55	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$13,475,192	2,935,772	$20,198,111
56	Love Jones	Drama	R	$12,554,569	2,735,200	$18,818,176
57	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$12,275,272	2,674,351	$18,399,535
58	Chasing Amy	Romantic Comedy	R	$12,006,514	2,615,798	$17,996,690
59	Turbulence	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,532,774	2,512,587	$17,286,599
60	The Beautician and the Beast	Romantic Comedy	PG	$11,486,880	2,502,588	$17,217,805
61	Double Team	Action	R	$11,328,565	2,468,097	$16,980,507
62	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$15,767,075
63	Operation Condor	Action	PG-13	$10,461,161	2,279,120	$15,680,346
64	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,517,621	2,073,556	$14,266,065
65	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$9,452,725	2,059,417	$14,168,789
66	Fierce Creatures	Comedy	PG-13	$9,254,184	2,016,162	$13,871,195
67	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$8,637,027	1,881,705	$12,946,130
68	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$8,451,663	1,841,321	$12,668,288
69	A Simple Wish	Comedy	PG	$8,165,213	1,778,914	$12,238,928
70	Sprung	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,553,105	1,645,557	$11,321,432
71	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$7,510,617	1,636,300	$11,257,744
72	Wild America	Adventure	PG	$7,365,417	1,604,666	$11,040,102
73	Ransom	Action	R	$7,354,935	1,602,382	$11,024,388
74	She's So Lovely	Drama	R	$7,281,450	1,586,373	$10,914,246
75	*BAPS**	Comedy	PG-13	$7,246,735	1,578,809	$10,862,206
76	Zeus and Roxanne	Comedy	PG	$7,183,046	1,564,934	$10,766,746
77	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$7,180,054	1,564,282	$10,762,260
78	Switchback	Action	R	$6,504,442	1,417,090	$9,749,579
79	Warriors of Virtue	Action	PG	$6,448,817	1,404,971	$9,666,200
80	Most Wanted	Action	R	$6,343,015	1,381,920	$9,507,610
81	Inventing the Abbots	Drama	R	$5,926,128	1,291,095	$8,882,734
82	Gang Related	Drama	R	$5,906,773	1,286,879	$8,853,728
83	Kolya	Comedy	PG-13	$5,770,254	1,257,136	$8,649,096
84	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,747,802	1,252,244	$8,615,439
85	Gridlock'd	Black Comedy	R	$5,573,929	1,214,364	$8,354,824
86	Dangerous Ground	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,102,151	1,111,580	$7,647,670
87	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$5,041,169	1,098,294	$7,556,263
88	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,904,940	1,068,614	$7,352,064
89	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$4,866,837	1,060,313	$7,294,953
90	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$4,327,252	942,756	$6,486,161
91	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy	R	$4,287,595	934,117	$6,426,725
92	Playing God	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,166,918	907,825	$6,245,836
93	Kama Sutra	Drama	R	$4,109,095	895,228	$6,159,169
94	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy	R	$4,073,582	887,491	$6,105,938
95	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$3,991,255	869,554	$5,982,532
96	Lost Highway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,796,699	827,168	$5,690,916
97	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$3,774,360	822,301	$5,657,431
98	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Black Comedy	R	$3,602,884	784,942	$5,400,401
99	Cats Don't Dance	Musical	G	$3,588,602	781,831	$5,378,997
100	The Pest	Comedy	PG-13	$3,533,790	769,889	$5,296,836
101	Til There Was You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,525,125	768,001	$5,283,847
102	The MatchMaker	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,398,083	740,323	$5,093,422
103	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$3,397,613	740,221	$5,092,720
104	A Smile Like Yours	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,317,930	722,861	$4,973,284
105	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	R	$2,922,988	636,817	$4,381,301
106	Dirty Dancing	Drama	PG-13	$2,868,135	624,866	$4,299,078
107	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$2,712,685	590,999	$4,066,073
108	One Night Stand	Drama	R	$2,642,718	575,756	$3,961,201
109	Brassed Off	Comedy	R	$2,589,188	564,093	$3,880,960
110	Career Girls	Comedy	R	$2,506,039	545,978	$3,756,329
111	Shadow Conspiracy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,154,540	469,399	$3,229,465
112	The Daytrippers	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,096,256	456,701	$3,142,103
113	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy	R	$1,916,898	417,625	$2,873,260
114	Masterminds	Action	PG-13	$1,890,472	411,868	$2,833,652
115	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$1,865,734	406,478	$2,796,569
116	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,851,655	403,411	$2,775,468
117	When The Cat's Away	Comedy	R	$1,652,472	360,016	$2,476,910
118	City of Industry	Drama	R	$1,554,338	338,636	$2,329,816
119	Set It Off	Drama	R	$1,410,047	307,200	$2,113,536
120	Ponette	Drama	Not Rated	$1,351,319	294,405	$2,025,506
121	Temptress Moon	Drama	R	$1,084,532	236,281	$1,625,613
122	Blood and Wine	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,083,350	236,024	$1,623,845
123	Ridicule	Drama	R	$921,283	200,715	$1,380,919
124	Children of the Revolution	Comedy	R	$845,391	184,181	$1,267,165
125	Kiss or Kill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$771,091	167,994	$1,155,799
126	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$751,478	163,721	$1,126,400
127	Box of Moon Light	Comedy	R	$720,717	157,019	$1,080,291
128	A Chef in Love	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$686,121	149,482	$1,028,436
129	Big Night	Drama	R	$667,023	145,321	$999,808
130	The Assignment	Thriller/Suspense	R	$600,843	130,903	$900,613
131	Star Maps	Comedy	R	$592,573	129,101	$888,215
132	Love Serenade	Comedy	R	$579,337	126,217	$868,373
133	Commandments	Comedy	R	$548,562	119,512	$822,243
134	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$514,897	112,178	$771,785
135	Broken English	Drama	PG-13	$476,070	103,719	$713,587
136	In Search of a Dream	Drama		$461,661	100,580	$691,990
137	Swingers	Comedy	R	$417,670	90,996	$626,052
138	Albino Alligator	Drama	R	$353,480	77,011	$529,836
139	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$314,624	68,546	$471,596
140	Indian Summer	Comedy	R	$294,467	64,154	$441,380
141	All Over Me	Drama	R	$281,175	61,258	$421,455
142	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$279,723	60,942	$419,281
143	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$265,120	57,760	$397,389
144	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$244,717	53,315	$366,807
145	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$237,415	51,724	$355,861
146	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$224,670	48,948	$336,762
147	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$214,477	46,727	$321,482
148	Bliss	Drama	R	$207,751	45,262	$311,403
149	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$172,503	37,582	$258,564
150	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$142,749	31,100	$213,968
151	Hard Eight	Drama		$142,356	31,014	$213,376
152	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$111,963	24,393	$167,824
153	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$101,064	22,018	$151,484
154	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$63,076	13,742	$94,545
155	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$50,052	10,905	$75,026
156	Lone Star	Drama	R	$41,901	9,129	$62,808
157	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$40,969	8,926	$61,411
158	Catherine's Grove	Drama	R	$26,641	5,804	$39,932
159	Bandwagon	Comedy		$22,189	4,834	$33,258
160	Hugo Pool	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,620	789	$5,428
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,897,515,879
Total Tickets Sold					631,267,081
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,343,117,517

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.