Box Office Performance for R Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Air Force One	Action	R	$172,144,501	37,504,249	$258,029,233
2	Face/Off	Action	R	$112,276,146	24,461,034	$168,291,914
3	Con Air	Action	R	$101,117,573	22,029,972	$151,566,207
4	Scream 2	Horror	R	$85,492,042	18,625,717	$128,144,933
5	Conspiracy Theory	Thriller/Suspense	R	$76,118,990	16,583,658	$114,095,567
6	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$70,946,237	15,456,697	$106,342,075
7	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$70,396,279	15,336,880	$105,517,734
8	Scream	Horror	R	$63,962,211	13,935,122	$95,873,639
9	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$59,721,359	13,011,189	$89,516,980
10	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$88,538,754
11	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$54,251,668	11,819,536	$81,318,408
12	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$53,107,285	11,570,215	$79,603,079
13	The English Patient	Drama	R	$50,709,242	11,047,765	$76,008,623
14	Breakdown	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,159,144	10,927,918	$75,184,076
15	Absolute Power	Thriller/Suspense	R	$50,068,310	10,908,129	$75,047,928
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	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$46,092,778	10,042,000	$69,088,960
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	The Devil's Own	Thriller/Suspense	R	$42,885,593	9,343,266	$64,281,670
23	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$62,886,791
24	The Peacemaker	Action	R	$41,263,140	8,989,791	$61,849,762
25	Private Parts	Comedy	R	$41,198,146	8,975,631	$61,752,341
26	Money Talks	Action	R	$41,076,865	8,949,208	$61,570,551
27	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$57,402,764
28	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$35,338,724	7,699,068	$52,969,588
29	Addicted To Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,673,095	7,554,051	$51,971,871
30	The Relic	Horror	R	$33,956,608	7,397,954	$50,897,924
31	Metro	Action	R	$32,017,895	6,975,576	$47,991,963
32	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Comedy	R	$29,235,353	6,369,358	$43,821,183
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	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$27,164,883	5,918,275	$40,717,732
36	Amistad	Drama	R	$26,714,127	5,820,071	$40,042,088
37	Event Horizon	Horror	R	$26,673,242	5,811,164	$39,980,808
38	Murder at 1600	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,842,024	5,630,071	$38,734,888
39	Mimic	Horror	R	$25,514,166	5,558,642	$38,243,457
40	Sling Blade	Drama	R	$24,475,416	5,332,335	$36,686,465
41	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$23,816,064	5,188,685	$35,698,153
42	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$35,398,969
43	Hoodlum	Drama	R	$23,489,997	5,117,646	$35,209,404
44	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,282,785	4,854,637	$33,399,903
45	Booty Call	Comedy	R	$20,066,917	4,371,877	$30,078,514
46	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$20,056,331	4,369,571	$30,062,648
47	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$18,480,626	4,026,280	$27,700,806
48	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$24,205,766
49	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Horror	R	$15,719,109	3,424,642	$23,561,537
50	The Postman	Action	R	$14,327,628	3,121,488	$21,475,837
51	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	R	$14,010,363	3,052,367	$21,000,285
52	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$13,475,192	2,935,772	$20,198,111
53	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$19,642,469
54	Love Jones	Drama	R	$12,554,569	2,735,200	$18,818,176
55	Chasing Amy	Romantic Comedy	R	$12,006,514	2,615,798	$17,996,690
56	Turbulence	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,532,774	2,512,587	$17,286,599
57	Boot, Das	Drama	R	$11,452,283	2,495,051	$17,165,951
58	Double Team	Action	R	$11,328,565	2,468,097	$16,980,507
59	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,889,670	2,154,612	$14,823,731
60	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$9,452,725	2,059,417	$14,168,789
61	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$8,698,249	1,895,043	$13,037,896
62	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$8,637,027	1,881,705	$12,946,130
63	A Thousand Acres	Drama	R	$7,928,412	1,727,323	$11,883,982
64	Sprung	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,553,105	1,645,557	$11,321,432
65	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$7,510,617	1,636,300	$11,257,744
66	Ransom	Action	R	$7,354,935	1,602,382	$11,024,388
67	She's So Lovely	Drama	R	$7,281,450	1,586,373	$10,914,246
68	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$7,238,051	1,576,917	$10,849,189
69	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$7,180,054	1,564,282	$10,762,260
70	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$9,942,873
71	Switchback	Action	R	$6,504,442	1,417,090	$9,749,579
72	Most Wanted	Action	R	$6,343,015	1,381,920	$9,507,610
73	Inventing the Abbots	Drama	R	$5,926,128	1,291,095	$8,882,734
74	Gang Related	Drama	R	$5,906,773	1,286,879	$8,853,728
75	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,747,802	1,252,244	$8,615,439
76	Gridlock'd	Black Comedy	R	$5,573,929	1,214,364	$8,354,824
77	Dangerous Ground	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,102,151	1,111,580	$7,647,670
78	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,904,940	1,068,614	$7,352,064
79	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy	R	$4,287,595	934,117	$6,426,725
80	Playing God	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,166,918	907,825	$6,245,836
81	Kama Sutra	Drama	R	$4,109,095	895,228	$6,159,169
82	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy	R	$4,073,582	887,491	$6,105,938
83	Lost Highway	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,796,699	827,168	$5,690,916
84	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Black Comedy	R	$3,602,884	784,942	$5,400,401
85	The MatchMaker	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,398,083	740,323	$5,093,422
86	A Smile Like Yours	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,317,930	722,861	$4,973,284
87	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Drama	R	$2,936,611	639,785	$4,401,721
88	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	R	$2,922,988	636,817	$4,381,301
89	In the Company of Men	Drama	R	$2,883,661	628,249	$4,322,353
90	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$2,712,685	590,999	$4,066,073
91	One Night Stand	Drama	R	$2,642,718	575,756	$3,961,201
92	Crash	Drama	R	$2,618,985	570,585	$3,925,625
93	Brassed Off	Comedy	R	$2,589,188	564,093	$3,880,960
94	Career Girls	Comedy	R	$2,506,039	545,978	$3,756,329
95	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,221,994	484,095	$3,330,574
96	Shadow Conspiracy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,154,540	469,399	$3,229,465
97	The Daytrippers	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,096,256	456,701	$3,142,103
98	Paradise Road	Drama	R	$1,990,257	433,607	$2,983,216
99	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy	R	$1,916,898	417,625	$2,873,260
100	When The Cat's Away	Comedy	R	$1,652,472	360,016	$2,476,910
101	Rhyme & Reason	Documentary	R	$1,591,687	346,773	$2,385,798
102	City of Industry	Drama	R	$1,554,338	338,636	$2,329,816
103	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$1,427,164	310,929	$2,139,192
104	Set It Off	Drama	R	$1,410,047	307,200	$2,113,536
105	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$1,387,966	302,389	$2,080,436
106	Temptress Moon	Drama	R	$1,084,532	236,281	$1,625,613
107	Blood and Wine	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,083,350	236,024	$1,623,845
108	Ridicule	Drama	R	$921,283	200,715	$1,380,919
109	Female Perversions	Drama	R	$883,973	192,587	$1,324,999
110	Children of the Revolution	Comedy	R	$845,391	184,181	$1,267,165
111	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$794,630	173,122	$1,191,079
112	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama	R	$790,078	172,130	$1,184,254
113	Kiss or Kill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$771,091	167,994	$1,155,799
114	SubUrbia	Comedy	R	$726,207	158,215	$1,088,519
115	Box of Moon Light	Comedy	R	$720,717	157,019	$1,080,291
116	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$692,005	150,764	$1,037,256
117	Big Night	Drama	R	$667,023	145,321	$999,808
118	The Van	Comedy	R	$621,093	135,314	$930,960
119	The House of Yes	Comedy	R	$617,403	134,510	$925,429
120	The Assignment	Thriller/Suspense	R	$600,843	130,903	$900,613
121	Star Maps	Comedy	R	$592,573	129,101	$888,215
122	Love Serenade	Comedy	R	$579,337	126,217	$868,373
123	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$552,072	120,277	$827,506
124	Commandments	Comedy	R	$548,562	119,512	$822,243
125	Margaret's Museum		R	$524,963	114,371	$786,872
126	The Myth of Fingerprints		R	$505,828	110,202	$758,190
127	Traveller		R	$500,649	109,074	$750,429
128	Kissed		R	$465,417	101,398	$697,618
129	Swingers	Comedy	R	$417,670	90,996	$626,052
130	Sleepers	Drama	R	$406,804	88,628	$609,761
131	The End of Violence		R	$386,673	84,242	$579,585
132	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$386,350	84,172	$579,103
133	Thinner	Horror	R	$364,078	79,320	$545,722
134	Albino Alligator	Drama	R	$353,480	77,011	$529,836
135	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$349,040	76,044	$523,183
136	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$314,624	68,546	$471,596
137	Unhook the Stars		R	$301,888	65,771	$452,504
138	Indian Summer	Comedy	R	$294,467	64,154	$441,380
139	Different for Girls		R	$281,764	61,386	$422,336
140	All Over Me	Drama	R	$281,175	61,258	$421,455
141	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$244,717	53,315	$366,807
142	Hollow Reed		R	$244,337	53,232	$366,236
143	Year of the Horse		R	$243,094	52,962	$364,379
144	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Thriller/Suspense	R	$226,427	49,331	$339,397
145	Critical Care		R	$220,175	47,968	$330,020
146	Love and Other Catastrophes	Comedy	R	$212,285	46,249	$318,193
147	Bliss	Drama	R	$207,751	45,262	$311,403
148	Johns		R	$177,605	38,694	$266,215
149	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$166,313	36,234	$249,290
150	Welcome to Sarajevo		R	$155,009	33,771	$232,344
151	Hotel de Love		R	$152,720	33,272	$228,911
152	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$134,512	29,305	$201,618
153	Kicked in the Head		R	$102,739	22,383	$153,995
154	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$87,508	19,065	$131,167
155	Gummo		R	$87,403	19,042	$131,009
156	Going All the Way		R	$86,175	18,775	$129,172
157	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$50,052	10,905	$75,026
158	Lone Star	Drama	R	$41,901	9,129	$62,808
159	The Locusts		R	$37,888	8,254	$56,788
160	Office Killer		R	$37,446	8,158	$56,127
161	The Substance of Fire		R	$31,638	6,893	$47,424
162	Catherine's Grove	Drama	R	$26,641	5,804	$39,932
163	Wedding Bell Blues		R	$22,002	4,793	$32,976
164	The Winner		R	$21,000	4,575	$31,476
165	This World, Then the Fireworks		R	$19,906	4,337	$29,839
166	The Last Time I Committed Suicide		R	$12,836	2,797	$19,243
167	Nick and Jane		R	$11,251	2,451	$16,863
168	Hugo Pool	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,620	789	$5,428
169	Cold Around the Heart		R	$552	120	$826
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,562,915,173
Total Tickets Sold					558,369,322
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,841,580,935

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.