Weekly (Fri-Thu) Domestic Chart Starting on February 28, 1997
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| Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | %LW | Theaters | Theaters Change | Per Theater | Total Gross | Weeks In Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | 20th Century… | $16,616,259 | -39% | 2,111 | n/c | $7,871 | $266,365,603 | 877 |
| 2 | N | Donnie Brasco | Sony Pictures | $15,522,931 | 1,503 | $10,328 | $15,522,931 | 1 | ||
| 3 | (2) | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | 20th Century… | $8,451,419 | -36% | 2,375 | +175 | $3,558 | $449,416,728 | 1,033 |
| 4 | (-) | Booty Call | Sony Pictures | $8,179,615 | 1,272 | $6,431 | $9,755,443 | 2 | ||
| 5 | (3) | Absolute Power | Sony Pictures | $7,225,747 | -37% | 2,168 | -400 | $3,333 | $38,361,087 | 3 |
| 6 | (4) | Dante’s Peak | Universal | $6,510,625 | -26% | 2,751 | -10 | $2,367 | $53,577,945 | 4 |
| 7 | (5) | Vegas Vacation | Warner Bros. | $5,526,410 | -31% | 2,070 | n/c | $2,670 | $28,220,915 | 3 |
| 8 | (6) | Fools Rush In | Sony Pictures | $4,468,652 | -34% | 1,701 | n/c | $2,627 | $22,285,860 | 3 |
| 9 | (33) | Marvin's Room | Miramax | $4,182,975 | +1,945% | 1,153 | +1,127 | $3,628 | $6,312,875 | 12 |
| 10 | (7) | Rosewood | Warner Bros. | $3,786,895 | -11% | 991 | n/c | $3,821 | $8,054,366 | 2 |
| 11 | (9) | Jerry Maguire | Sony Pictures | $3,327,550 | -16% | 1,353 | -153 | $2,459 | $135,852,859 | 12 |
| 12 | (10) | The English Patient | Miramax | $3,023,342 | -21% | 1,144 | -42 | $2,643 | $55,540,855 | 16 |
| 13 | (8) | That Darn Cat | Walt Disney | $2,947,276 | -30% | 1,803 | -88 | $1,635 | $14,725,202 | 3 |
| 14 | (11) | Shine | Fine Line | $2,941,025 | -5% | 1,050 | +157 | $2,801 | $26,825,331 | 15 |
| 15 | (-) | Sling Blade | Miramax | $2,423,308 | 154 | $15,736 | $3,562,857 | 16 | ||
| 16 | (12) | Scream | Miramax | $1,659,001 | -28% | 1,018 | -194 | $1,630 | $83,668,863 | 11 |
| 17 | (14) | Michael | New Line | $1,259,363 | -11% | 1,060 | +86 | $1,188 | $87,675,180 | 11 |
| 18 | (30) | Lost Highway | October Films | $1,180,192 | +297% | 212 | +200 | $5,567 | $1,477,608 | 2 |
| 19 | (13) | Evita | Walt Disney | $1,074,218 | -36% | 733 | -137 | $1,466 | $47,786,821 | 11 |
| 20 | (18) | Secrets & Lies | October Films | $744,658 | -8% | 296 | +24 | $2,516 | $9,871,831 | 23 |
| 21 | (19) | Ransom | Walt Disney | $618,171 | -23% | 542 | -16 | $1,141 | $135,112,383 | 17 |
| 22 | (22) | Space Jam | Warner Bros. | $405,635 | -25% | 608 | -72 | $667 | $89,900,261 | 16 |
| 23 | (15) | The Beautician and the Beast | Paramount Pi… | $396,461 | -70% | 840 | -884 | $472 | $10,590,846 | 4 |
| 24 | (23) | Everyone Says I Love You | Miramax | $385,741 | -24% | 126 | -56 | $3,061 | $8,807,315 | 13 |
| 25 | (17) | Mother | Paramount Pi… | $370,517 | -55% | 410 | -141 | $904 | $18,281,302 | 11 |
| 26 | (16) | Dangerous Ground | New Line | $355,030 | -72% | 642 | -165 | $553 | $5,016,834 | 4 |
| 27 | (28) | One Fine Day | 20th Century… | $353,646 | +3% | 361 | -61 | $980 | $45,574,403 | 11 |
| 28 | (24) | Hamlet | Sony Pictures | $345,556 | -14% | 93 | +5 | $3,716 | $3,612,101 | 11 |
| 29 | (29) | Mars Attacks! | Warner Bros. | $250,470 | -21% | 327 | -52 | $766 | $37,528,800 | 12 |
| 30 | (25) | Beverly Hills Ninja | Sony Pictures | $221,133 | -40% | 314 | -166 | $704 | $29,143,357 | 7 |
| 31 | (21) | Blood and Wine | Fox Searchlight | $211,944 | -61% | 163 | -3 | $1,300 | $753,756 | 2 |
| 32 | (27) | My Fellow Americans | Warner Bros. | $210,102 | -40% | 277 | -181 | $758 | $22,107,879 | 11 |
| 33 | (32) | Kolya | Miramax | $209,854 | -4% | 39 | +11 | $5,381 | $1,021,724 | 6 |
| 34 | (41) | When We Were Kings | Gramercy | $181,565 | +62% | 19 | +6 | $9,556 | $421,704 | 19 |
| 35 | (20) | Metro | Walt Disney | $179,425 | -68% | 251 | -190 | $715 | $31,087,498 | 7 |
| 36 | (35) | Breaking the Waves | October Films | $169,183 | -13% | 65 | -13 | $2,603 | $3,272,827 | 17 |
| 37 | (38) | Across The Sea of Time | Sony Picture… | $155,728 | +3% | 5 | n/c | $31,146 | $8,772,004 | 72 |
| 38 | (39) | Zeus and Roxanne | MGM | $155,575 | +3% | 358 | -5 | $435 | $6,993,366 | 6 |
| 39 | N | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Fox Searchlight | $150,452 | 8 | $18,807 | $150,452 | 1 | ||
| 40 | (49) | SubUrbia | Sony Picture… | $144,189 | +83% | 30 | +11 | $4,806 | $424,281 | 4 |
| 41 | (36) | Star Trek: First Contact | Paramount Pi… | $136,268 | -24% | 232 | -76 | $587 | $91,834,030 | 15 |
| 42 | N | Kama Sutra | Trimark | $127,902 | 10 | $12,790 | $127,902 | 1 | ||
| 43 | (37) | 101 Dalmatians | Walt Disney | $101,107 | -35% | 120 | -122 | $843 | $133,330,043 | 15 |
| 44 | (26) | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Sony Pictures | $98,283 | -73% | 142 | -342 | $692 | $19,951,513 | 11 |
| 45 | N | Hard Eight | MGM | $97,630 | 29 | $3,367 | $97,630 | 1 | ||
| 46 | (47) | Waiting for Guffman | Sony Picture… | $96,351 | +12% | 12 | +3 | $8,029 | $376,223 | 5 |
| 47 | (42) | Prisoner of the Mountains | Orion Classics | $82,538 | -25% | 26 | -1 | $3,175 | $425,190 | 5 |
| 48 | (34) | The Relic | Paramount Pi… | $81,956 | -60% | 208 | -102 | $394 | $32,562,275 | 8 |
| 49 | (-) | Ghosts of Mississippi | Sony Pictures | $80,838 | 236 | $343 | $12,959,612 | 11 | ||
| 50 | (31) | In Love and War | New Line | $77,306 | -66% | 42 | -440 | $1,841 | $14,439,026 | 12 |
| 51 | (45) | Turbulence | MGM | $63,208 | -34% | 87 | -33 | $727 | $11,384,088 | 8 |
| 52 | (46) | Ridicule | Miramax | $49,420 | -45% | 20 | -12 | $2,471 | $2,385,007 | 14 |
| 53 | (51) | The Preacher’s Wife | Walt Disney | $35,470 | -37% | 35 | -51 | $1,013 | $46,131,553 | 12 |
| 54 | (40) | The Pest | Sony/TriStar | $31,363 | -74% | 41 | -83 | $765 | $3,305,902 | 4 |
| 54 | $107,681,478 |