Domestic 1997 Weekend 5
January 31-February 2, 1997
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1997 Special Edition | $35,906,661 | - | 2,104 | - | $17,065 | $35,906,661 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 1 | Jerry Maguire | $5,183,347 | -6.1% | 2,140 | -67 | $2,422 | $116,588,785 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | 6 | Scream | $4,505,137 | +11.5% | 1,835 | -159 | $2,455 | $70,363,067 | 7 | Dimension Films |
| 4 | 5 | Evita | $4,374,631 | -19.2% | 1,038 | +22 | $4,214 | $36,750,253 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 4 | Metro | $4,362,946 | -20.4% | 1,947 | -58 | $2,240 | $24,839,802 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 3 | Beverly Hills Ninja | $4,160,840 | -24.1% | 2,112 | - | $1,970 | $24,363,217 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 2 | In Love and War | $3,478,559 | -36.6% | 1,612 | +2 | $2,157 | $10,290,451 | 7 | New Line Cinema |
| 8 | 7 | The Relic | $2,833,256 | -29.3% | 1,719 | -409 | $1,648 | $29,335,180 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 9 | Michael | $2,702,201 | -13.7% | 1,881 | -325 | $1,436 | $80,319,432 | 6 | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | - | Gridlock'd | $2,678,372 | - | 743 | - | $3,604 | $3,603,049 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 11 | 11 | Mother | $2,654,377 | +2.6% | 730 | +109 | $3,636 | $12,455,263 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 8 | Fierce Creatures | $2,300,445 | -38.8% | 1,620 | +27 | $1,420 | $7,122,630 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | - | Meet Wally Sparks | $2,131,001 | - | 1,552 | - | $1,373 | $2,131,001 | 1 | Trimark Pictures |
| 14 | 13 | The English Patient | $1,853,099 | -3.2% | 655 | +40 | $2,829 | $39,205,217 | 12 | Miramax |
| 15 | 10 | Zeus and Roxanne | $1,792,626 | -34.9% | 1,745 | - | $1,027 | $5,051,339 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 16 | - | Shadow Conspiracy | $1,370,831 | - | 837 | - | $1,637 | $1,370,831 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | 14 | Shine | $1,367,537 | -5.1% | 314 | - | $4,355 | $14,536,416 | 11 | Fine Line Features |
| 18 | 18 | Everyone Says I Love You | $1,309,391 | +18.3% | 275 | +5 | $4,761 | $5,362,364 | 9 | Miramax |
| 19 | 12 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $1,165,521 | -44.5% | 966 | -267 | $1,206 | $17,816,628 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | 17 | One Fine Day | $694,306 | -37.4% | 768 | -316 | $904 | $43,620,819 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 21 | 16 | 101 Dalmatians | $691,318 | -40% | 802 | -447 | $861 | $132,193,980 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 22 | 15 | First Strike | $599,540 | -58% | 781 | -373 | $767 | $13,910,366 | 4 | New Line Cinema |
| 23 | 19 | Turbulence | $476,904 | -41.4% | 772 | -727 | $617 | $10,651,372 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 24 | 23 | Hamlet | $417,453 | -8.4% | 56 | - | $7,454 | $1,651,891 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | 20 | Jingle All the Way | $416,365 | -30.3% | 555 | -100 | $750 | $60,089,832 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 26 | - | Johns | $50,789 | - | 8 | - | $6,348 | $50,789 | 1 | First Look International |
| 27 | - | Waiting for Guffman | $37,990 | - | 3 | - | $12,663 | $37,990 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 28 | - | Prisoner of the Mountains | $17,205 | - | 3 | - | $5,735 | $17,205 | 1 | Orion Classics |
