Weekly (Fri-Thu) Domestic Chart Starting on February 21, 1997
Register with The Numbers for free to see additional data and customize this chart.
| ← Previous Chart | Chart Index | Next Chart → |
| Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | %LW | Theaters | Theaters Change | Per Theater | Total Gross | Weeks In Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (-) | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | 20th Century… | $27,075,078 | 2,111 | $12,826 | $249,749,344 | 876 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | 20th Century… | $13,304,163 | -52% | 2,200 | +96 | $6,047 | $440,965,309 | 1,032 |
| 3 | (2) | Absolute Power | Sony Pictures | $11,449,543 | -42% | 2,568 | n/c | $4,459 | $31,135,340 | 2 |
| 4 | (3) | Dante’s Peak | Universal | $8,750,970 | -44% | 2,761 | +34 | $3,169 | $47,067,320 | 3 |
| 5 | (4) | Vegas Vacation | Warner Bros. | $7,963,756 | -46% | 2,070 | +16 | $3,847 | $22,694,505 | 2 |
| 6 | (5) | Fools Rush In | Sony Pictures | $6,771,026 | -39% | 1,701 | +27 | $3,981 | $17,817,208 | 2 |
| 7 | N | Rosewood | Warner Bros. | $4,267,471 | 991 | $4,306 | $4,267,471 | 1 | ||
| 8 | (6) | That Darn Cat | Walt Disney | $4,224,415 | -44% | 1,891 | n/c | $2,234 | $11,777,926 | 2 |
| 9 | (7) | Jerry Maguire | Sony Pictures | $3,951,808 | -35% | 1,506 | -224 | $2,624 | $132,525,309 | 11 |
| 10 | (8) | The English Patient | Miramax | $3,808,417 | -31% | 1,186 | +71 | $3,211 | $52,517,513 | 15 |
| 11 | (9) | Shine | Fine Line | $3,103,726 | -27% | 893 | +42 | $3,476 | $23,884,306 | 14 |
| 12 | (10) | Scream | Miramax | $2,303,334 | -40% | 1,212 | -219 | $1,900 | $82,009,862 | 10 |
| 13 | (12) | Evita | Walt Disney | $1,674,427 | -46% | 870 | -86 | $1,925 | $46,712,603 | 10 |
| 14 | (14) | Michael | New Line | $1,418,892 | -5% | 974 | +28 | $1,457 | $86,415,817 | 10 |
| 15 | (11) | The Beautician and the Beast | Paramount Pi… | $1,341,961 | -65% | 1,724 | -77 | $778 | $10,194,385 | 3 |
| 16 | (54) | Dangerous Ground | New Line | $1,267,584 | 807 | -1 | $1,571 | $4,661,804 | 3 | |
| 17 | (13) | Mother | Paramount Pi… | $824,459 | -49% | 551 | -184 | $1,496 | $17,910,785 | 10 |
| 18 | (22) | Secrets & Lies | October Films | $807,680 | +12% | 272 | +110 | $2,969 | $9,127,173 | 22 |
| 19 | (17) | Ransom | Walt Disney | $804,049 | -23% | 558 | -43 | $1,441 | $134,494,212 | 16 |
| 20 | (15) | Metro | Walt Disney | $556,740 | -57% | 441 | -440 | $1,262 | $30,908,073 | 6 |
| 21 | N | Blood and Wine | Fox Searchlight | $541,812 | 166 | $3,264 | $541,812 | 1 | ||
| 22 | (20) | Space Jam | Warner Bros. | $541,362 | -37% | 680 | -106 | $796 | $89,494,626 | 15 |
| 23 | (19) | Everyone Says I Love You | Miramax | $508,795 | -43% | 182 | -41 | $2,796 | $8,421,574 | 12 |
| 24 | (24) | Hamlet | Sony Pictures | $399,686 | -37% | 88 | -4 | $4,542 | $3,266,545 | 10 |
| 25 | (16) | Beverly Hills Ninja | Sony Pictures | $370,862 | -66% | 480 | -585 | $773 | $28,922,224 | 6 |
| 26 | (27) | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Sony Pictures | $370,589 | -25% | 484 | +258 | $766 | $19,853,230 | 10 |
| 27 | (-) | My Fellow Americans | Warner Bros. | $352,312 | 458 | $769 | $21,897,777 | 10 | ||
| 28 | (26) | One Fine Day | 20th Century… | $344,249 | -36% | 422 | -70 | $816 | $45,220,757 | 10 |
| 29 | (28) | Mars Attacks! | Warner Bros. | $315,543 | -29% | 379 | -27 | $833 | $37,278,330 | 11 |
| 30 | N | Lost Highway | October Films | $297,416 | 12 | $24,785 | $297,416 | 1 | ||
| 31 | (21) | In Love and War | New Line | $225,649 | -70% | 482 | -462 | $468 | $14,361,720 | 11 |
| 32 | (33) | Kolya | Miramax | $219,690 | -15% | 28 | n/c | $7,846 | $811,870 | 5 |
| 33 | (38) | Marvin's Room | Miramax | $204,515 | -10% | 26 | -2 | $7,866 | $2,129,900 | 11 |
| 34 | (25) | The Relic | Paramount Pi… | $202,930 | -67% | 310 | -330 | $655 | $32,480,319 | 7 |
| 35 | (36) | Breaking the Waves | October Films | $194,142 | -20% | 78 | +1 | $2,489 | $3,103,644 | 16 |
| 36 | (29) | Star Trek: First Contact | Paramount Pi… | $179,394 | -56% | 308 | -200 | $582 | $91,697,762 | 14 |
| 37 | (31) | 101 Dalmatians | Walt Disney | $155,023 | -52% | 242 | -127 | $641 | $133,228,936 | 14 |
| 38 | (39) | Across The Sea of Time | Sony Picture… | $150,673 | -7% | 5 | n/c | $30,135 | $8,616,276 | 71 |
| 39 | (30) | Zeus and Roxanne | MGM | $150,372 | -58% | 363 | -427 | $414 | $6,837,791 | 5 |
| 40 | (18) | The Pest | Sony/TriStar | $119,841 | -88% | 124 | -1,044 | $966 | $3,274,539 | 3 |
| 41 | (44) | When We Were Kings | Gramercy | $112,204 | +10% | 13 | +6 | $8,631 | $240,139 | 18 |
| 42 | (42) | Prisoner of the Mountains | Orion Classics | $109,880 | -6% | 27 | +7 | $4,070 | $342,652 | 4 |
| 43 | (32) | Fierce Creatures | Universal | $105,725 | -60% | 157 | -50 | $673 | $9,157,495 | 5 |
| 44 | (35) | Meet Wally Sparks | Trimark | $105,078 | -58% | 156 | -160 | $674 | $3,906,526 | 4 |
| 45 | (47) | Turbulence | MGM | $95,254 | -1% | 120 | -25 | $794 | $11,320,880 | 7 |
| 46 | (48) | Ridicule | Miramax | $89,596 | -1% | 32 | +2 | $2,800 | $2,335,587 | 13 |
| 47 | (49) | Waiting for Guffman | Sony Picture… | $85,795 | +14% | 9 | +3 | $9,533 | $279,872 | 4 |
| 48 | (43) | Set It Off | New Line | $80,823 | -29% | 87 | -13 | $929 | $36,016,370 | 17 |
| 49 | (45) | SubUrbia | Sony Picture… | $78,718 | -21% | 19 | -5 | $4,143 | $280,092 | 3 |
| 50 | (46) | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Sony Pictures | $69,482 | -30% | 83 | -38 | $837 | $41,225,081 | 15 |
| 51 | (41) | The Preacher’s Wife | Walt Disney | $56,667 | -54% | 86 | -55 | $659 | $46,096,083 | 11 |
| 51 | $112,503,576 |