Market Charts > 1997 > Sources > Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Box Office Performance for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies in 1997
Rank | Movie | Release Date |
Genre | MPAA Rating | 1997 Gross | Tickets Sold |
1 |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
May 22, 1997 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$229,086,679 |
49,909,951 |
2 |
Contact |
Jul 11, 1997 |
Drama |
PG |
$100,920,329 |
21,986,999 |
3 |
Tomorrow Never Dies |
Dec 19, 1997 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$92,433,154 |
20,137,942 |
4 |
Flubber |
Nov 26, 1997 |
Comedy |
PG |
$83,134,090 |
18,112,002 |
5 |
I Know What You Did Last Su… |
Oct 17, 1997 |
Horror |
R |
$70,426,975 |
15,343,567 |
6 |
Kiss the Girls |
Oct 3, 1997 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$59,757,672 |
13,019,100 |
7 |
Devil’s Advocate |
Oct 17, 1997 |
Horror |
R |
$59,092,127 |
12,874,101 |
8 |
Starship Troopers |
Nov 7, 1997 |
Action |
R |
$54,320,555 |
11,834,543 |
9 |
The English Patient |
Nov 15, 1996 |
Drama |
R |
$50,644,298 |
11,033,616 |
10 |
Absolute Power |
Feb 14, 1997 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$50,068,310 |
10,908,128 |
11 |
The Rainmaker |
Nov 21, 1997 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$45,182,594 |
9,843,702 |
12 |
The Devil's Own |
Mar 26, 1997 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$42,885,593 |
9,343,266 |
13 |
L.A. Confidential |
Sep 19, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$38,296,320 |
8,343,424 |
14 |
The Relic |
Jan 10, 1997 |
Horror |
R |
$33,956,608 |
7,397,953 |
15 |
The Little Mermaid |
Nov 15, 1989 |
Adventure |
G |
$29,678,678 |
6,465,942 |
16 |
Jackie Brown |
Dec 25, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$27,190,450 |
5,923,845 |
17 |
Mimic |
Aug 22, 1997 |
Horror |
R |
$25,514,166 |
5,558,641 |
18 |
Midnight in the Garden of G… |
Nov 21, 1997 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$23,616,463 |
5,145,198 |
19 |
That Darn Cat |
Feb 14, 1997 |
Adventure |
PG |
$18,301,828 |
3,987,326 |
20 |
In Love and War |
Dec 18, 1996 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$14,462,242 |
3,150,815 |
21 |
101 Dalmatians |
Nov 27, 1996 |
Adventure |
G |
$14,393,536 |
3,135,846 |
22 |
The Postman |
Dec 25, 1997 |
Action |
R |
$14,384,941 |
3,133,974 |
23 |
The Man Who Knew Too Little |
Nov 14, 1997 |
Comedy |
PG |
$13,678,426 |
2,980,049 |
24 |
Das Boot |
Apr 4, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$11,397,741 |
2,483,167 |
25 |
Night Falls On Manhattan |
May 16, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$9,889,670 |
2,154,612 |
26 |
The Preacher’s Wife |
Dec 13, 1996 |
Drama |
PG |
$9,437,882 |
2,056,183 |
27 |
The Wings of the Dove |
Nov 7, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$9,176,835 |
1,999,310 |
28 |
A Thousand Acres |
Sep 19, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$7,928,412 |
1,727,322 |
29 |
The Ice Storm |
Sep 26, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$7,438,480 |
1,620,583 |
30 |
U-Turn |
Oct 3, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$6,645,225 |
1,447,761 |
31 |
Kull The Conqueror |
Aug 29, 1997 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$6,086,891 |
1,326,120 |
32 |
Inventing the Abbotts |
Apr 4, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$5,926,128 |
1,291,095 |
33 |
The Portrait of a Lady |
Dec 24, 1996 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$3,328,809 |
725,230 |
34 |
The Evening Star |
Dec 25, 1996 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$2,617,435 |
570,247 |
35 |
Crash |
Oct 4, 1996 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$2,430,321 |
529,481 |
36 |
The Pillow Book |
Jun 6, 1997 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$2,372,744 |
516,937 |
37 |
Smilla's Sense of Snow |
Feb 28, 1997 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$2,221,994 |
484,094 |
38 |
Washington Square |
Oct 5, 1997 |
Drama |
PG |
$1,683,826 |
366,846 |
39 |
Wag the Dog |
Dec 25, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$1,462,110 |
318,542 |
40 |
The Sweet Hereafter |
Oct 10, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$1,387,966 |
302,389 |
41 |
The Godfather |
Mar 15, 1972 |
Drama |
R |
$1,366,411 |
297,693 |
42 |
Shiloh |
Apr 25, 1997 |
Adventure |
PG |
$1,002,175 |
218,338 |
43 |
Female Perversions |
Apr 25, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$883,973 |
192,586 |
44 |
Anna Karenina |
Apr 4, 1997 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$858,553 |
187,048 |
45 |
The First Wives Club |
Sep 20, 1996 |
Comedy |
PG |
$819,191 |
178,472 |
46 |
Prisoner of the Mountains |
Jan 31, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$790,078 |
172,130 |
47 |
The Van |
May 16, 1997 |
Comedy |
R |
$621,093 |
135,314 |
48 |
Le Mépris |
Mar 14, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$528,428 |
115,125 |
49 |
Margaret's Museum |
Feb 7, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$524,963 |
114,371 |
50 |
Pippi Longstocking |
Aug 22, 1997 |
Musical |
G |
$478,113 |
104,164 |
51 |
Sleepers |
Oct 18, 1996 |
Drama |
R |
$406,804 |
88,628 |
52 |
The Associate |
Oct 25, 1996 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$388,132 |
84,560 |
53 |
Thinner |
Oct 25, 1996 |
Horror |
R |
$364,078 |
79,319 |
54 |
La cérémonie |
Dec 18, 1996 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$356,284 |
77,621 |
55 |
Oscar and Lucinda |
Jan 2, 1998 |
Drama |
R |
$241,431 |
52,599 |
56 |
The Disappearance of Garcia… |
Sep 12, 1997 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$226,427 |
49,330 |
57 |
Critical Care |
Oct 31, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$220,175 |
47,968 |
58 |
Garden of the Finzi-Continis |
Nov 8, 1996 |
Drama |
R |
$134,512 |
29,305 |
59 |
Going All the Way |
Sep 19, 1997 |
Drama |
R |
$86,175 |
18,774 |
60 |
The Graduate |
Dec 21, 1967 |
Comedy |
PG |
$75,702 |
16,492 |
61 |
The Call of the Wild: Dog o… |
Jan 12, 1997 |
Adventure |
PG |
$5,000 |
1,089 |
Total Gross of All Movies | $1,293,236,201 | |
Total Tickets Sold | 281,750,775 |
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