Weekly (Fri-Thu) Domestic Chart Starting on March 14, 1997
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| Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | %LW | Theaters | Theaters Change | Per Theater | Total Gross | Weeks In Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (-) | Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi | 20th Century… | $19,882,431 | 2,111 | $9,418 | $283,718,171 | 722 | ||
| 2 | (2) | Jungle 2 Jungle | Walt Disney | $13,305,241 | -18% | 2,323 | +7 | $5,728 | $29,575,315 | 2 |
| 3 | (1) | Private Parts | Paramount Pi… | $11,138,624 | -41% | 2,138 | n/c | $5,210 | $30,045,223 | 2 |
| 4 | (4) | Donnie Brasco | Sony Pictures | $7,087,347 | -31% | 1,593 | n/c | $4,449 | $32,943,488 | 3 |
| 5 | (3) | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | 20th Century… | $6,512,979 | -39% | 2,322 | +206 | $2,805 | $283,602,670 | 879 |
| 6 | (53) | Marvin's Room | Miramax | $5,079,468 | 1,158 | n/c | $4,386 | $11,392,343 | 14 | |
| 7 | N | Love Jones | New Line | $4,959,312 | 820 | $6,048 | $4,959,312 | 1 | ||
| 8 | (15) | Sling Blade | Miramax | $4,161,258 | +133% | 951 | +683 | $4,376 | $9,507,506 | 18 |
| 9 | (7) | Absolute Power | Sony Pictures | $3,114,779 | -35% | 1,605 | -511 | $1,941 | $46,255,679 | 5 |
| 10 | (6) | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | 20th Century… | $2,900,390 | -43% | 1,430 | -609 | $2,028 | $457,379,107 | 1,035 |
| 11 | (12) | The English Patient | Miramax | $2,723,151 | -5% | 948 | -56 | $2,873 | $61,139,700 | 18 |
| 12 | (5) | Booty Call | Sony Pictures | $2,722,049 | -48% | 1,154 | -118 | $2,359 | $17,662,805 | 4 |
| 13 | (8) | Dante’s Peak | Universal | $2,572,575 | -39% | 1,618 | -661 | $1,590 | $60,379,410 | 6 |
| 14 | (11) | Jerry Maguire | Sony Pictures | $2,467,078 | -15% | 977 | -197 | $2,525 | $141,218,333 | 14 |
| 15 | (9) | Vegas Vacation | Warner Bros. | $2,005,397 | -35% | 1,534 | -339 | $1,307 | $33,333,953 | 5 |
| 16 | (13) | Shine | Fine Line | $1,918,632 | -26% | 912 | -79 | $2,104 | $31,350,284 | 17 |
| 17 | (10) | Fools Rush In | Sony Pictures | $1,907,188 | -38% | 1,263 | -438 | $1,510 | $27,258,007 | 5 |
| 18 | (-) | Secrets & Lies | October Films | $1,619,370 | 212 | $7,639 | $11,199,891 | 25 | ||
| 19 | (14) | Rosewood | Warner Bros. | $1,321,472 | -44% | 616 | -225 | $2,145 | $11,752,974 | 4 |
| 20 | (18) | Michael | New Line | $982,975 | -9% | 911 | -96 | $1,079 | $89,735,325 | 13 |
| 21 | (16) | Scream | Miramax | $830,729 | -36% | 658 | -148 | $1,263 | $85,806,919 | 13 |
| 22 | (20) | Lost Highway | October Films | $736,837 | -21% | 302 | -35 | $2,440 | $3,147,901 | 4 |
| 23 | (17) | That Darn Cat | Walt Disney | $583,335 | -53% | 993 | -650 | $587 | $16,544,359 | 5 |
| 24 | (21) | The Preacher’s Wife | Walt Disney | $508,147 | -26% | 551 | -27 | $922 | $47,326,447 | 14 |
| 25 | (35) | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Fox Searchlight | $402,253 | +208% | 52 | +44 | $7,736 | $683,400 | 3 |
| 26 | (24) | Kama Sutra | Trimark | $386,172 | -2% | 46 | +6 | $8,395 | $908,803 | 3 |
| 27 | (22) | Evita | Walt Disney | $360,869 | -33% | 326 | -74 | $1,107 | $48,683,721 | 13 |
| 28 | (36) | Kolya | Miramax | $345,044 | +173% | 52 | +12 | $6,635 | $1,493,262 | 8 |
| 29 | (23) | Ransom | Walt Disney | $327,150 | -35% | 401 | -114 | $816 | $135,946,026 | 19 |
| 30 | (30) | Waiting for Guffman | Sony Picture… | $298,418 | +33% | 35 | +3 | $8,526 | $898,853 | 7 |
| 31 | (19) | Rhyme & Reason | Miramax | $272,164 | -74% | 238 | -42 | $1,144 | $1,555,791 | 3 |
| 32 | (40) | 101 Dalmatians | Walt Disney | $257,405 | +188% | 211 | +99 | $1,220 | $133,676,896 | 17 |
| 33 | (52) | Breaking the Waves | October Films | $240,175 | +1,057% | 77 | +2 | $3,119 | $3,533,752 | 19 |
| 34 | (26) | Everyone Says I Love You | Miramax | $225,316 | -30% | 99 | -4 | $2,276 | $9,352,572 | 15 |
| 35 | N | J'en Suis | $213,454 | 36 | $5,929 | $213,454 | 1 | |||
| 36 | (27) | Hamlet | Sony Pictures | $206,466 | -29% | 71 | -16 | $2,908 | $4,107,339 | 13 |
| 37 | (28) | One Fine Day | 20th Century… | $202,115 | -25% | 223 | -77 | $906 | $46,044,246 | 13 |
| 38 | (25) | Space Jam | Warner Bros. | $189,569 | -42% | 473 | -90 | $401 | $90,418,342 | 18 |
| 39 | (33) | When We Were Kings | Gramercy | $179,519 | +32% | 22 | +3 | $8,160 | $737,268 | 21 |
| 40 | (29) | Mother | Paramount Pi… | $177,160 | -23% | 324 | -78 | $547 | $18,687,682 | 13 |
| 41 | (50) | Blood and Wine | Fox Searchlight | $174,575 | +369% | 61 | +43 | $2,862 | $965,519 | 4 |
| 42 | (31) | The Beautician and the Beast | Paramount Pi… | $79,577 | -50% | 241 | -288 | $330 | $10,828,375 | 6 |
| 43 | (44) | Prisoner of the Mountains | Orion Classics | $69,740 | -5% | 36 | +5 | $1,937 | $568,514 | 7 |
| 44 | (-) | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Paramount Pi… | $66,982 | 92 | $728 | $62,319,855 | 13 | ||
| 45 | (38) | The Pest | Sony/TriStar | $66,327 | -36% | 140 | -134 | $474 | $3,475,525 | 6 |
| 46 | (37) | Zeus and Roxanne | MGM | $66,187 | -37% | 203 | -91 | $326 | $7,163,957 | 8 |
| 47 | (43) | Metro | Walt Disney | $63,818 | -19% | 59 | -60 | $1,082 | $31,230,455 | 9 |
| 48 | (46) | The Daytrippers | Lionsgate | $61,062 | +3% | 4 | +2 | $15,266 | $120,492 | 3 |
| 49 | (41) | Boys Life 2 | Strand Relea… | $49,758 | -43% | 4 | n/c | $12,440 | $136,361 | 2 |
| 50 | (49) | Ridicule | Miramax | $48,124 | +2% | 22 | +4 | $2,187 | $2,480,186 | 16 |
| 51 | (42) | Beverly Hills Ninja | Sony Pictures | $38,160 | -52% | 134 | -82 | $285 | $29,261,148 | 9 |
| 51 | $106,108,323 |