Weekly (Fri-Thu) Domestic Chart Starting on March 28, 1997

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  Movie TitleDistributorGross%LWTheatersTheaters
Change
Per
Theater
Total
Gross
Weeks In
Release
1 (1) Liar Liar Universal $36,833,960 -19% 2,853 +8 $12,911 $82,410,885 2
2 (-) The Devil's Own Sony Pictures $22,574,814   2,504   $9,016 $22,574,814 2
3 (2) Selena Warner Bros. $8,685,544 -44% 1,873 +23 $4,637 $24,285,142 2
4 (4) Jungle 2 Jungle Walt Disney $6,884,617 -18% 2,283 -57 $3,016 $44,847,254 4
5 (3) Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi 20th Century… $6,547,624 -37% 1,832 -279 $3,574 $300,623,278 724
6 N The Sixth Man Walt Disney $6,021,876   1,227   $4,908 $6,021,876 1
7 N Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie 20th Century… $4,604,160   2,113   $2,179 $4,604,160 1
8 (8) The English Patient Miramax $4,448,412 +29% 1,409 +407 $3,157 $69,028,464 20
9 N B*A*P*S New Line $3,854,057   1,204   $3,201 $3,854,057 1
10 (5) Private Parts Paramount Pi… $3,110,793 -45% 1,848 -369 $1,683 $38,858,480 4
11 (7) Sling Blade Miramax $3,031,347 -28% 992 -28 $3,056 $16,738,298 20
12 (6) Donnie Brasco Sony Pictures $2,447,921 -44% 1,413 -180 $1,732 $39,790,482 5
13 (11) Jerry Maguire Sony Pictures $2,211,388 -14% 830 -79 $2,664 $146,006,778 16
14 (-) Cats Don't Dance Warner Bros. $1,996,543   1,252   $1,595 $1,996,543 2
15 (10) Love Jones New Line $1,542,732 -53% 645 -176 $2,392 $9,786,429 3
16 (9) Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back 20th Century… $1,371,683 -59% 591 -1,132 $2,321 $288,348,828 881
17 (14) Shine Fine Line $1,162,523 -25% 911 n/c $1,276 $34,056,966 19
18 (12) Michael New Line $1,133,136 -33% 896 -116 $1,265 $92,565,437 15
19 (22) 101 Dalmatians Walt Disney $705,535 -17% 617 -36 $1,143 $135,237,240 19
20 (15) Dante’s Peak Universal $609,680 -51% 492 -536 $1,239 $62,238,995 8
21 (32) Kolya Miramax $608,912 +107% 128 +60 $4,757 $2,396,296 10
22 (13) Absolute Power Sony Pictures $541,452 -66% 468 -548 $1,157 $48,403,211 7
23 (23) Secrets & Lies October Films $502,215 -33% 177 -63 $2,837 $12,456,056 27
24 (18) Crash Fine Line $476,691 -55% 339 n/c $1,406 $2,828,704 26
25 (-) The Relic Paramount Pi… $476,293   438   $1,087 $33,166,684 12
26 (16) Booty Call Sony Pictures $423,551 -66% 333 -476 $1,272 $19,327,583 6
27 (36) Evita Walt Disney $418,765 +109% 388 +187 $1,079 $49,303,006 15
28 (25) Smilla's Sense of Snow Fox Searchlight $393,204 -35% 112 -15 $3,511 $1,678,331 5
29 (19) Vegas Vacation Warner Bros. $389,614 -63% 540 -562 $722 $34,768,883 7
30 (26) Kama Sutra Trimark $369,347 -27% 65 -9 $5,682 $1,782,782 5
31 (38) When We Were Kings Gramercy $365,919 +94% 90 +59 $4,066 $1,291,755 23
32 (17) Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope 20th Century… $343,933 -72% 177 -564 $1,943 $458,953,819 1,037
33 (27) Scream Miramax $307,543 -34% 334 -180 $921 $86,577,732 15
34 (28) The Godfather Paramount Pi… $273,731 -38% 40 n/c $6,843 $134,416,217 1,308
35 (21) Marvin's Room Miramax $267,034 -73% 221 -417 $1,208 $12,643,768 16
36 (24) Rosewood Warner Bros. $249,733 -62% 144 -210 $1,734 $12,653,583 6
37 (31) The Preacher’s Wife Walt Disney $246,371 -21% 292 -84 $844 $47,885,908 16
38 (30) Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Paramount Pi… $240,778 -32% 306 -162 $787 $62,916,949 15
39 (20) Fools Rush In Sony Pictures $213,801 -79% 283 -465 $755 $28,480,375 7
40 (37) Waiting for Guffman Sony Picture… $196,811 n/c 42 +3 $4,686 $1,291,969 9
41 (39) Across The Sea of Time Sony Picture… $181,435 +14% 6 +1 $30,239 $9,330,691 76
42 (33) Lost Highway October Films $163,730 -38% 79 -85 $2,073 $3,574,913 6
43 (35) Ransom Walt Disney $160,238 -24% 202 -69 $793 $136,317,313 21
44 (46) The Daytrippers Lionsgate $136,883 +51% 18 +8 $7,605 $348,114 5
45 (41) Metro Walt Disney $121,268 -3% 131 -20 $926 $31,476,991 11
46 (34) That Darn Cat Walt Disney $112,879 -55% 247 -302 $457 $16,908,021 7
47 (40) J'en Suis $111,112 -25% 36 n/c $3,086 $473,383 3
48 (42) Breaking the Waves October Films $93,423 -23% 53 -17 $1,763 $3,748,872 21
49 (43) Hamlet Sony Pictures $87,671 -28% 36 -7 $2,435 $4,316,018 15
50 (44) Everyone Says I Love You Miramax $82,431 -31% 44 -20 $1,873 $9,553,633 17
51 (49) Fargo Gramercy $79,190 +71% 53 +26 $1,494 $24,503,169 56
52 N Love and Other Catastrophes Fox Searchlight $32,259   3   $10,753 $32,259 1
53 (51) Beverly Hills Ninja Sony Pictures $26,222 -5% 72 -19 $364 $29,315,063 11
54 (52) Zeus and Roxanne MGM $21,734 -14% 73 -13 $298 $7,210,846 10
55 (-) The Watermelon Woman First Run Fe… $11,596   26   $446 $38,235 5
           
55 $128,506,114
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