| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1997 Special Edition | - | - | - | $126,676,586 | 2,375 | $138,257,865 | Jan 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | Jerry Maguire | - | - | - | $64,876,649 | 2,531 | $153,952,592 | Dec 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Scream | - | - | - | $54,600,221 | 1,994 | $103,046,663 | Dec 20 | Dimension Films | false |
| 4 | Dante's Peak | - | - | - | $53,577,945 | 2,761 | $67,127,760 | Feb 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | Michael | - | - | - | $47,086,542 | 2,325 | $95,318,203 | Dec 25 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 6 | Evita | - | - | - | $46,625,744 | 1,045 | $50,047,179 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1997 Special Edition | - | - | - | $43,691,337 | 2,322 | $67,597,694 | Feb 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | Absolute Power | - | - | - | $38,361,087 | 2,568 | $50,068,310 | Feb 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | The Relic | - | - | - | $33,956,608 | 2,128 | $33,956,608 | Jan 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | Metro | - | - | - | $32,000,301 | 2,005 | $32,000,301 | Jan 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Beverly Hills Ninja | - | - | - | $31,480,418 | 2,112 | $31,480,418 | Jan 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 12 | The English Patient | - | - | - | $30,266,186 | 1,409 | $78,676,425 | Nov 15 | Miramax | false |
| 13 | Vegas Vacation | - | - | - | $28,220,915 | 2,070 | $36,400,360 | Feb 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Fools Rush In | - | - | - | $22,285,860 | 1,701 | $29,481,428 | Feb 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 15 | Shine | - | - | - | $21,745,123 | 1,050 | $35,892,330 | Nov 22 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 16 | One Fine Day | - | - | - | $20,123,416 | 1,975 | $46,151,454 | Dec 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | - | - | - | $19,153,863 | 1,233 | $20,300,385 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 18 | Mother | - | - | - | $18,917,158 | 735 | $19,145,198 | Dec 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | 101 Dalmatians | - | - | - | $18,240,526 | 2,901 | $136,189,294 | Nov 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 20 | Donnie Brasco | - | - | - | $15,522,931 | 1,593 | $41,909,762 | Feb 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 21 | First Strike | - | - | - | $15,318,863 | 1,344 | $15,318,863 | Jan 10 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 22 | That Darn Cat | - | - | - | $14,725,202 | 1,891 | $18,301,610 | Feb 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | - | - | - | $14,724,384 | 2,417 | $63,118,386 | Dec 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 24 | In Love and War | - | - | - | $14,477,119 | 1,612 | $14,481,231 | Dec 18 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 25 | The Preacher's Wife | - | - | - | $14,372,753 | 2,008 | $48,102,795 | Dec 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 26 | Ghosts of Mississippi | - | - | - | $12,557,158 | 1,268 | $13,323,144 | Dec 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 27 | Turbulence | - | - | - | $11,538,235 | 2,094 | $11,538,235 | Jan 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 28 | The Beautician and the Beast | - | - | - | $11,486,880 | 1,801 | $11,486,880 | Feb 7 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 29 | Booty Call | - | - | - | $9,755,443 | 1,272 | $20,050,376 | Feb 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 30 | Everyone Says I Love You | - | - | - | $9,627,522 | 276 | $9,759,200 | Dec 6 | Miramax | false |
| 31 | Ransom | - | - | - | $9,573,597 | 2,768 | $136,492,681 | Nov 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 32 | Secrets & Lies | - | - | - | $9,494,899 | 296 | $13,417,292 | Sep 28 | October Films | false |
| 33 | Fierce Creatures | - | - | - | $9,381,260 | 1,620 | $9,381,260 | Jan 24 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 34 | Rosewood | - | - | - | $8,054,366 | 991 | $13,130,349 | Feb 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 35 | My Fellow Americans | - | - | - | $7,638,940 | 1,915 | $22,313,201 | Dec 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | Mars Attacks! | - | - | - | $7,424,830 | 1,955 | $37,771,017 | Dec 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 37 | Zeus and Roxanne | - | - | - | $7,233,324 | 1,745 | $7,233,324 | Jan 24 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 38 | Space Jam | - | - | - | $6,374,861 | 2,650 | $90,418,342 | Nov 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 39 | Marvin's Room | - | - | - | $6,143,118 | 1,158 | $12,803,305 | Dec 20 | Miramax | false |
| 40 | Daylight | - | - | - | $5,715,054 | 2,189 | $33,023,469 | Dec 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 41 | Gridlock'd | - | - | - | $5,571,205 | 743 | $5,571,205 | Jan 31 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 42 | Dangerous Ground | - | - | - | $5,303,931 | 808 | $5,303,931 | Feb 14 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 43 | Jingle All the Way | - | - | - | $4,955,031 | 2,404 | $60,592,389 | Nov 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 44 | The Evening Star | - | - | - | $4,915,118 | 1,268 | $12,767,815 | Dec 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 45 | Star Trek: First Contact | - | - | - | $4,659,700 | 2,812 | $92,027,888 | Nov 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 46 | Meet Wally Sparks | - | - | - | $4,073,582 | 1,552 | $4,073,582 | Jan 31 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 47 | The Crucible | - | - | - | $4,009,993 | 344 | $7,343,114 | Nov 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 48 | The Pest | - | - | - | $3,600,616 | 1,205 | $3,600,616 | Feb 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 49 | The Portrait of a Lady | - | - | - | $3,558,031 | 570 | $3,692,836 | Dec 27 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 50 | Sling Blade | - | - | - | $3,526,213 | 1,020 | $24,444,121 | Nov 29 | Miramax | false |
| 51 | Hamlet | - | - | - | $3,464,780 | 93 | $4,708,156 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 52 | Shadow Conspiracy | - | - | - | $2,312,463 | 837 | $2,312,463 | Jan 31 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 53 | Romeo + Juliet | - | - | - | $2,156,758 | 1,963 | $46,351,345 | Nov 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 54 | Lost Highway | - | - | - | $1,477,608 | 337 | $3,675,201 | Feb 21 | October Films | false |
| 55 | Blood and Wine | - | - | - | $1,094,668 | 166 | $1,094,668 | Feb 21 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 56 | SubUrbia | - | - | - | $656,747 | 24 | $656,747 | Feb 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 57 | Prefontaine | - | - | - | $589,304 | 201 | $589,304 | Jan 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 58 | Some Mother's Son | - | - | - | $475,893 | 35 | $671,437 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 59 | Touch | - | - | - | $387,069 | 51 | $387,069 | Feb 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 60 | The Whole Wide World | - | - | - | $363,194 | 20 | $375,757 | Dec 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 61 | Albino Alligator | - | - | - | $339,379 | 12 | $339,379 | Jan 17 | Miramax | false |
| 62 | The Graduate 1997 Re-release | - | - | - | $259,279 | 2 | $259,279 | Feb 14 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 63 | Hard Eight | - | - | - | $222,559 | 29 | $222,559 | Feb 28 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 64 | Unhook the Stars | - | - | - | $221,801 | 20 | $272,542 | Nov 1 | Miramax | false |
| 65 | Hotel de Love | - | - | - | $165,845 | 42 | $165,845 | Feb 7 | - | false |
| 66 | Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern | - | - | - | $140,000 | 8 | $140,000 | Jan 3 | Artistic License | false |
| 67 | Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love | - | - | - | $127,902 | 81 | $4,109,095 | Feb 28 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 68 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | - | - | - | $107,108 | 135 | $2,372,903 | Feb 28 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 69 | Waiting for Guffman | - | - | - | $55,700 | 59 | $2,923,982 | Jan 31 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 70 | Reggie's Prayer | - | - | - | $52,665 | 1 | $52,665 | Jan 24 | Arrow Releasing | false |
| 71 | Johns | - | - | - | $50,789 | 8 | $50,789 | Jan 31 | First Look International | false |
| 72 | Koyla | - | - | - | $37,795 | 3 | $37,795 | Jan 24 | Miramax | false |
| 73 | Fargo | - | - | - | $37,411 | 716 | $24,611,975 | Mar 8 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 74 | Follow Me Home | - | - | - | $26,074 | 3 | $52,155 | Feb 28 | - | false |
| 75 | Prisoner of the Mountains | - | - | - | $25,851 | 36 | $790,078 | Jan 31 | Orion Classics | false |
| 76 | Independence Day | - | - | - | $10,344 | 2,977 | $306,169,268 | Jul 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 77 | The Daytrippers | - | - | - | $8,940 | 52 | $2,099,677 | Mar 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 78 | Waco: The Rules of Engagement | - | - | - | $8,047 | 5 | $142,193 | Feb 28 | - | false |
