Box Office
Worldwide box office · 1997
The top-grossing releases of the year. Switch between worldwide, domestic, and international — every figure shown both as reported and adjusted for inflation, so films from any era are directly comparable.
| # | Title | Worldwide | Adjusted for inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Titanic | $1.84B | $3.79B |
| 2 | Bean | $251.2M | $516.5M |
| 3 | Men in Black | $250.7M | $515.4M |
| 4 | Batman & Robin | $238.2M | $489.8M |
| 5 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | $229.1M | $471.0M |
| 6 | Liar Liar | $181.4M | $373.0M |
| 7 | Air Force One | $173.0M | $355.6M |
| 8 | Speed 2: Cruise Control | $164.5M | $338.2M |
| 9 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1997 Special Edition | $160.7M | $330.4M |
| 10 | As Good as It Gets | $148.5M | $305.3M |
| 11 | Good Will Hunting | $138.8M | $285.3M |
| 12 | My Best Friend's Wedding | $127.1M | $261.4M |
| 13 | Tomorrow Never Dies | $125.3M | $257.6M |
| 14 | The Full Monty | $114.6M | $235.7M |
| 15 | Face/Off | $112.3M | $230.9M |
| 16 | George of the Jungle | $105.3M | $216.4M |
| 17 | Scream 2 | $101.4M | $208.4M |
| 18 | Con Air | $101.1M | $208.0M |
| 19 | Contact | $100.9M | $207.5M |
| 20 | Hercules | $99.1M | $203.8M |
| 21 | Flubber | $93.0M | $191.2M |
| 22 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1997 Special Edition | $89.4M | $183.8M |
| 23 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1997 Special | $78.4M | $161.2M |
| 24 | Conspiracy Theory | $76.0M | $156.2M |
| 25 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | $72.6M | $149.2M |
| 26 | Dante's Peak | $67.1M | $138.0M |
| 27 | Anaconda | $65.9M | $135.5M |
| 28 | L.A. Confid ential | $64.6M | $132.9M |
| 29 | In & Out | $63.9M | $131.3M |
| 30 | The Fifth Element | $63.9M | $131.3M |
| 31 | Mousehunt | $61.9M | $127.3M |
| 32 | The Saint | $61.4M | $126.2M |
| 33 | The Devil's Advocate | $60.9M | $125.3M |
| 34 | Kiss the Girls | $60.5M | $124.4M |
| 35 | Jungle 2 Jungle | $59.9M | $123.2M |
| 36 | Anastasia | $58.4M | $120.1M |
| 37 | The Jackal | $54.9M | $112.9M |
| 38 | Spawn | $54.9M | $112.8M |
| 39 | Starship Troopers | $54.8M | $112.7M |
| 40 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | $53.9M | $110.8M |
| 41 | Breakdown | $50.2M | $103.1M |
| 42 | Absolute Power | $50.1M | $102.9M |
| 43 | Volcano | $49.3M | $101.4M |
| 44 | The Game | $48.3M | $99.4M |
| 45 | G.I. Jane | $48.2M | $99.0M |
| 46 | Alien: Resurrection | $47.8M | $98.3M |
| 47 | The Rainmaker | $45.9M | $94.4M |
| 48 | Cop Land | $44.9M | $92.2M |
| 49 | Nothing to Lose | $44.5M | $91.5M |
| 50 | Amistad | $44.2M | $90.9M |
| 51 | Soul Food | $43.7M | $89.9M |
| 52 | Wag the Dog | $43.1M | $88.5M |
| 53 | The Devil's Own | $42.9M | $88.1M |
| 54 | Donnie Brasco | $41.9M | $86.2M |
| 55 | The Peacemaker | $41.3M | $84.8M |
| 56 | Private Parts | $41.2M | $84.8M |
| 57 | Money Talks | $40.9M | $84.1M |
| 58 | Jackie Brown | $39.7M | $81.6M |
| 59 | Seven Years in Tibet | $38.0M | $78.0M |
| 60 | Vegas Vacation | $36.4M | $74.8M |
| 61 | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | $35.9M | $73.9M |
| 62 | Selena | $35.3M | $72.5M |
| 63 | Addicted to Love | $34.7M | $71.3M |
| 64 | The Relic | $34.0M | $69.8M |
| 65 | Metro | $32.0M | $65.8M |
| 66 | For Richer or Poorer | $31.6M | $65.1M |
| 67 | Beverly Hills Ninja | $31.5M | $64.7M |
| 68 | Picture Perfect | $31.4M | $64.6M |
| 69 | Home Alone 3 | $30.9M | $63.5M |
| 70 | Fools Rush In | $29.5M | $60.6M |
| 71 | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | $29.2M | $60.1M |
| 72 | Out to Sea | $29.0M | $59.7M |
| 73 | Fathers' Day | $28.6M | $58.8M |
| 74 | Grosse Pointe Blank | $28.1M | $57.7M |
| 75 | The Edge | $27.9M | $57.3M |
| 76 | The Little Mermaid 1997 Re-release | $27.2M | $55.9M |
| 77 | Event Horizon | $26.7M | $54.8M |
| 78 | An American Werewolf in Paris | $26.6M | $54.6M |
| 79 | Boogie Nights | $26.4M | $54.3M |
| 80 | Murder at 1600 | $25.8M | $53.1M |
| 81 | Mimic | $25.5M | $52.4M |
| 82 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | $25.1M | $51.6M |
| 83 | Good Burger | $23.7M | $48.8M |
| 84 | Hoodlum | $23.5M | $48.3M |
| 85 | Air Bud | $23.1M | $47.6M |
| 86 | Red Corner | $22.5M | $46.2M |
| 87 | Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion | $22.3M | $45.9M |
| 88 | Mr. Magoo | $21.4M | $44.1M |
| 89 | Booty Call | $20.1M | $41.2M |
| 90 | The Apostle | $19.9M | $40.9M |
| 91 | Gone Fishin' | $19.7M | $40.6M |
| 92 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $18.8M | $38.7M |
| 93 | That Darn Cat | $18.3M | $37.6M |
| 94 | The Postman | $17.6M | $36.2M |
| 95 | That Old Feeling | $16.6M | $34.1M |
| 96 | Fire Down Below | $16.2M | $33.4M |
| 97 | Wishmaster | $15.7M | $32.4M |
| 98 | RocketMan | $15.4M | $31.8M |
| 99 | First Strike | $15.3M | $31.5M |
| 100 | Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth | $15.2M | $31.3M |
“Adjusted for inflation” restates each gross in today’s dollars using US CPI-U annual averages. Domestic and international views are re-ranked from the year’s top releases; some early years report domestic-only figures.