# | Weekend end date | Film | Total weekend gross | Notes | Ref |
1 | January 5, 1997 | Michael | $12,144,926 | | [2] |
2 | January 12, 1997 | The Relic | $9,064,143 | | [3] |
3 | January 19, 1997 | Beverly Hills Ninja | $12,220,920 | | [4] |
4 | January 26, 1997 | Jerry Maguire | $5,518,727 | Jerry Maguire reclaimed #1 in its sixth week of release. | [5] |
5 | February 2, 1997 | Star Wars (Special Edition) | $35,906,661 | Star Wars (Special Edition) broke 12 Monkeys' record ($13.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in January and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom's record ($33.9 million) for the highest weekend debut for a PG-rated film. | [6] |
6 | February 9, 1997 | $24,277,091 | In second place, Dante's Peak ($18.4 million) broke Wayne's World's record ($18.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in February. | [7] |
7 | February 16, 1997 | $21,370,589 | | [8] |
8 | February 23, 1997 | The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) | $21,975,993 | Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) broke Dante's Peak's record ($18.4 million) for the highest weekend debut in February (which had been set two weeks earlier). | [9] |
9 | March 2, 1997 | $13,145,852 | | [10] |
10 | March 9, 1997 | Private Parts | $14,616,333 | | [11] |
11 | March 16, 1997 | Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) | $16,293,531 | | [12] |
12 | March 23, 1997 | Liar Liar | $31,423,025 | Liar Liar broke Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles's record ($25.4 million) for the highest weekend debut in March and for the highest weekend debut for a spring release. | [13] |
13 | March 30, 1997 | $25,377,435 | | [14] |
14 | April 6, 1997 | $18,275,295 | | [15] |
15 | April 13, 1997 | Anaconda | $16,620,887 | | [16] |
16 | April 20, 1997 | $12,013,566 | | [17] |
17 | April 27, 1997 | Volcano | $14,581,740 | | [18] |
18 | May 4, 1997 | Breakdown | $12,307,128 | | [19] |
19 | May 11, 1997 | The Fifth Element | $17,031,345 | | [20] |
20 | May 18, 1997 | $11,410,863 | | [21] |
21 | May 25, 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | $72,132,785 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park had the widest release of all-time opening in 3,565 theaters and broke Batman Forever's records ($52.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut in the summer, for a PG-13 rated film, and of all time. It also broke Jurassic Park's record ($47.0 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a creature feature film and Mission: Impossible's records ($45.4 mil) for the highest weekend debut in May and for the Memorial Day weekend. The Lost World: Jurassic Park had the highest weekend debut in 1997. | [22] |
22 | June 1, 1997 | $34,116,390 | | [23] |
23 | June 8, 1997 | Con Air | $24,131,738 | | [24] |
24 | June 15, 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control | $16,158,942 | | [25] |
25 | June 22, 1997 | Batman & Robin | $42,872,605 | | [26] |
26 | June 29, 1997 | Face/Off | $23,387,530 | | [27] |
27 | July 6, 1997 | Men in Black | $51,068,455 | Men in Black broke Independence Day's records ($50.2 mil) for the highest weekend debut in July and the highest Fourth of July weekend debut. | [28] |
28 | July 13, 1997 | $30,062,317 | | [29] |
29 | July 20, 1997 | $19,029,928 | | [30] |
30 | July 27, 1997 | Air Force One | $37,132,505 | Air Force One broke Interview with the Vampire's record ($36.4 mil) for the highest weekend debut for an R-rated film. | [31] |
31 | August 3, 1997 | $25,731,622 | | [32] |
32 | August 8, 1997 | Conspiracy Theory | $19,313,566 | | [33] |
33 | August 17, 1997 | Cop Land | $13,510,482 | | [34] |
34 | August 24, 1997 | G.I. Jane | $11,094,241 | | [35] |
35 | August 31, 1997 | $8,183,861 | | [36] |
36 | September 7, 1997 | Fire Down Below | $6,073,094 | | [37] |
37 | September 14, 1997 | The Game | $14,337,029 | | [38] |
38 | September 21, 1997 | In & Out | $15,019,821 | | [39] |
39 | September 28, 1997 | The Peacemaker | $12,311,939 | | [40] |
40 | October 5, 1997 | Kiss the Girls | $13,215,167 | | [41] |
41 | October 12, 1997 | $11,122,441 | | [42] |
42 | October 19, 1997 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | $15,818,645 | I Know What You Did Last Summer broke Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare's record ($12.9 million) for highest weekend debut for a slasher film. | [43] |
43 | October 26, 1997 | $12,507,880 | | [44] |
44 | November 2, 1997 | $9,406,297 | | [45] |
45 | November 9, 1997 | Starship Troopers | $22,058,773 | | [46] |
46 | November 16, 1997 | The Jackal | $15,164,595 | | [47] |
47 | November 23, 1997 | Mortal Kombat Annihilation | $16,771,694 | | [48] |
48 | November 30, 1997 | Flubber | $26,725,207 | | [49] |
49 | December 7, 1997 | $11,292,933 | | [50] |
50 | December 14, 1997 | Scream 2 | $32,926,342 | Scream 2 broke Beavis and Butt-Head Do America's record ($20.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in December and I Know What You Did Last Summer's record ($15.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a slasher film. | [51] |
51 | December 21, 1997 | Titanic | $28,638,131 | Titanic held the record for the highest-grossing film of all time ($1.8 billion) until Avatar surpassed it on January 24, 2010. | [52] |
52 | December 28, 1997 | $35,455,673 | Titanic broke Scream 2's record ($32.9 mil) for the highest weekend gross in December (which had been set two weeks earlier). | [53] |