Box Office Performance for Warner Bros. Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Batman & Robin	Action	PG-13	$107,285,004	23,373,639	$160,810,636
2	Contact	Drama	PG	$100,920,329	21,987,000	$151,270,560
3	Conspiracy Theory	Thriller/Suspense	R	$76,118,990	16,583,658	$114,095,567
4	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$88,538,754
5	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$57,402,764
6	Vegas Vacation	Comedy	PG	$36,470,465	7,945,635	$54,665,969
7	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,450,113	7,723,336	$53,136,552
8	Addicted To Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,673,095	7,554,051	$51,971,871
9	Father's Day	Comedy	PG-13	$28,681,080	6,248,601	$42,990,375
10	Murder at 1600	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,842,024	5,630,071	$38,734,888
11	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$35,398,969
12	Fire Down Below	Action	R	$16,148,906	3,518,280	$24,205,766
13	The Postman	Action	R	$14,327,628	3,121,488	$21,475,837
14	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$13,678,426	2,980,049	$20,502,737
15	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$19,642,469
16	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$15,767,075
17	Wild America	Adventure	PG	$7,365,417	1,604,666	$11,040,102
18	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,747,802	1,252,244	$8,615,439
19	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$5,041,169	1,098,294	$7,556,263
20	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$4,327,252	942,756	$6,486,161
21	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$3,991,255	869,554	$5,982,532
22	Cats Don't Dance	Musical	G	$3,588,602	781,831	$5,378,997
23	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Drama	PG	$3,519,178	766,705	$5,274,930
24	Steel	Action	PG-13	$1,686,429	367,414	$2,527,808
25	Anna Karenina	Drama	PG-13	$858,553	187,049	$1,286,897
26	Sleepers	Drama	R	$406,804	88,628	$609,761
27	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$166,313	36,234	$249,290
28	Day for Night (re-issue)			$17,808	3,880	$26,694
Total Gross of All Movies				$670,917,673
Total Tickets Sold					146,169,428
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,005,645,665

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.