List of 1997 box office number - one films in the United States - wikipedia List of 1997 box office number - one films in the United States This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1997. # Weekend end date Film Total weekend gross Notes 000000001997 - 01 - 05 - 0000 January 5, 1997 Michael $12,144,926 000000001997 - 01 - 12 - 0000 January 12, 1997 The Relic $9,064,143 000000001997 - 01 - 19 - 0000 January 19, 1997 Beverly Hills Ninja $12,220,920 000000001997 - 01 - 26 - 0000 January 26, 1997 Jerry Maguire $5,518,727 Jerry Maguire reclaimed # 1 in its sixth week of release. 000000001997 - 02 - 02 - 0000 February 2, 1997 Star Wars ( Special Edition ) $35,906,661 Star Wars ( Special Edition ) held the record for the highest weekend debut in January. 6 000000001997 - 02 - 09 - 0000 February 9, 1997 Star Wars ( Special Edition ) $24,277,091 7 000000001997 - 02 - 16 - 0000 February 16, 1997 Star Wars ( Special Edition ) $21,370,589 8 000000001997 - 02 - 23 - 0000 February 23, 1997 The Empire Strikes Back ( Special Edition ) $21,975,993 9 000000001997 - 03 - 02 - 0000 March 2, 1997 The Empire Strikes Back ( Special Edition ) $13,145,852 10 000000001997 - 03 - 09 - 0000 March 9, 1997 Private Parts $14,616,333 11 000000001997 - 03 - 16 - 0000 March 16, 1997 Return of the Jedi ( Special Edition ) $16,293,531 12 000000001997 - 03 - 23 - 0000 March 23, 1997 Liar Liar $31,423,025 Liar Liar broke Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 's record ( $25.4 million ) for the highest weekend debut in March and for the highest weekend debut for a spring release. 13 000000001997 - 03 - 30 - 0000 March 30, 1997 Liar Liar $25,377,435 14 000000001997 - 04 - 06 - 0000 April 6, 1997 Liar Liar $18,275,295 15 000000001997 - 04 - 13 - 0000 April 13, 1997 Anaconda $16,620,887 16 000000001997 - 04 - 20 - 0000 April 20, 1997 Anaconda $12,013,566 17 000000001997 - 04 - 27 - 0000 April 27, 1997 Volcano $14,581,740 18 000000001997 - 05 - 04 - 0000 May 4, 1997 Breakdown $12,307,128 19 000000001997 - 05 - 11 - 0000 May 11, 1997 The Fifth Element $17,031,345 20 000000001997 - 05 - 18 - 0000 May 18, 1997 The Fifth Element $11,410,863 21 000000001997 - 05 - 25 - 0000 May 25, 1997 The Lost World : Jurassic Park $72,132,785 The Lost World : Jurassic Park broke Batman Forever 's record ( $52.7 mil ) for the highest weekend debut of all time, and Mission : Impossible 's records ( $45.4 mil ) for the highest weekend debut in May and the highest Memorial Day weekend debut. The Lost World : Jurassic Park had the highest weekend debut in 1997. 22 000000001997 - 06 - 01 - 0000 June 1, 1997 The Lost World : Jurassic Park $34,116,390 23 000000001997 - 06 - 08 - 0000 June 8, 1997 Con Air $24,131,738 24 000000001997 - 06 - 15 - 0000 June 15, 1997 Speed 2 : Cruise Control $16,158,942 25 000000001997 - 06 - 22 - 0000 June 22, 1997 Batman & Robin $42,872,605 26 000000001997 - 06 - 29 - 0000 June 29, 1997 Face / Off $23,387,530 27 000000001997 - 07 - 06 - 0000 July 6, 1997 Men in Black $51,068,455 Men in Black broke Independence Day 's records ( $50.2 mil ) for the highest weekend debut in July and the highest Fourth of July weekend debut. 28 000000001997 - 07 - 13 - 0000 July 13, 1997 Men in Black $30,062,317 29 000000001997 - 07 - 20 - 0000 July 20, 1997 Men in Black $19,029,928 30 000000001997 - 07 - 27 - 0000 July 27, 1997 Air Force One $37,132,505 Air Force One broke Interview with the Vampire 's record ( $36.4 mil ) for the highest weekend debut for an R - rated film. 31 000000001997 - 08 - 03 - 0000 August 3, 1997 Air Force One $25,731,622 32 000000001997 - 08 - 10 - 0000 August 10, 1997 Conspiracy Theory $19,313,566 33 000000001997 - 08 - 17 - 0000 August 17, 1997 Cop Land $13,510,482 34 000000001997 - 08 - 24 - 0000 August 24, 1997 G.I. Jane $11,094,241 35 000000001997 - 08 - 31 - 0000 August 31, 1997 G.I. Jane $8,183,861 36 000000001997 - 09 - 07 - 0000 September 7, 1997 Fire Down Below $6,073,094 37 000000001997 - 09 - 14 - 0000 September 14, 1997 The Game $14,337,029 38 000000001997 - 09 - 21 - 0000 September 21, 1997 In & Out $15,019,821 39 000000001997 - 09 - 28 - 0000 September 28, 1997 The Peacemaker $12,311,939 40 000000001997 - 10 - 05 - 0000 October 5, 1997 Kiss the Girls $13,215,167 41 000000001997 - 10 - 12 - 0000 October 12, 1997 Kiss the Girls $11,122,441 42 000000001997 - 10 - 19 - 0000 October 19, 1997 I Know What You Did Last Summer $15,818,645 I Know What You Did Last Summer broke Freddy 's Dead : The Final Nightmare 's record ( $12.9 million ) for highest weekend debut for a slasher film. 43 000000001997 - 10 - 26 - 0000 October 26, 1997 I Know What You Did Last Summer $12,507,880 44 000000001997 - 11 - 02 - 0000 November 2, 1997 I Know What You Did Last Summer $9,406,297 45 000000001997 - 11 - 09 - 0000 November 9, 1997 Starship Troopers $22,058,773 46 000000001997 - 11 - 16 - 0000 November 16, 1997 The Jackal $15,164,595 47 000000001997 - 11 - 23 - 0000 November 23, 1997 Mortal Kombat : Annihilation $16,771,694 48 000000001997 - 11 - 30 - 0000 November 30, 1997 Flubber $26,725,207 49 000000001997 - 12 - 07 - 0000 December 7, 1997 Flubber $11,292,933 50 000000001997 - 12 - 14 - 0000 December 14, 1997 Scream 2 $32,926,342 Scream 2 broke Beavis and Butt - Head Do America 's record ( $20.1 million ) for the highest weekend debut in December, I Know What You Did Last Summer 's record ( $15.8 million ) for the highest weekend debut for a Slasher film & Pocahontas 's record ( $29.5 million ) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. 51 000000001997 - 12 - 21 - 0000 December 21, 1997 Titanic $28,638,131 Titanic held the record for the highest grossing film of all time ( $1.8 billion ) until Avatar surpassed it on January 24, 2010. 52 000000001997 - 12 - 28 - 0000 December 28, 1997 Titanic $35,455,673 Titanic broke Scream 2 's record ( $32.9 mil ) for the highest weekend gross in December ( which had been set two weeks earlier ). Highest - grossing films Highest - grossing films of 1997 Rank Title Studio Starring Director Domestic Gross 1. Titanic Paramount / 20th Century Fox / Lightstorm Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, David Warner, Victor Garber, Jonathan Hyde, Bernard Hill, Danny Nucci, Suzy Amis and Bill Paxton James Cameron $600,788,188 2. Men in Black Columbia / Amblin Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tony Shalhoub and Rip Torn Barry Sonnenfeld $250,690,539 3. The Lost World : Jurassic Park Universal / Amblin Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Arliss Howard, Richard Attenborough, Vince Vaughn, Vanessa Lee Chester, Richard Schiff and Peter Stormare Steven Spielberg $229,086,679 4. Liar Liar Universal Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Jennifer Tilly, Swoosie Kurtz, Amanda Donohoe, Justin Cooper and Cary Elwes Tom Shadyac $181,410,615 5. Air Force One Columbia Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Wendy Crewson, Paul Guilfoyle, William H. Macy, Liesel Matthews, Dean Stockwell and Glenn Close Wolfgang Petersen $172,956,409 6. As Good as It Gets TriStar / Gracie Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Skeet Ulrich and Shirley Knight James L. Brooks $148,478,011 7. Good Will Hunting Miramax Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver and Stellan Skarsgård Gus Van Sant $138,433,435 8. My Best Friend 's Wedding TriStar Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett and Philip Bosco P.J. Hogan $127,120,029 9. Tomorrow Never Dies United Artists Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher and Judi Dench Roger Spottiswoode $125,304,276 10. Face / Off Paramount John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Nick Cassavetes and Dominique Swain John Woo $112,276,146 11. Batman & Robin Warner Bros. / PolyGram George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, Elle Macpherson and Robert Swenson Joel Schumacher $107,325,195 12. George of the Jungle Disney Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Richard Roundtree, Holland Taylor and John Cleese Sam Weisman $105,263,257 13. Scream 2 Dimension Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, Jerry O'Connell, Timothy Olyphant and Jada Pinkett Smith Wes Craven $101,363,301 14. Con Air Touchstone Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson and Rachel Ticotin Simon West $101,117,573 15. Contact Warner Bros. Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, David Morse, Jena Malone and Angela Bassett Robert Zemeckis $100,920,329 16. Hercules Disney voices of Tate Donovan, Danny DeVito, James Woods, Susan Egan, Rip Torn and Charlton Heston Ron Clements and John Musker $99,112,101 17. Flubber Disney Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Ted Levine and Raymond J. Barry Les Mayfield $92,977,226 18. Conspiracy Theory Warner Bros. / Silver Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts and Patrick Stewart Richard Donner $75,982,834 19. I Know What You Did Last Summer Columbia Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Bridgette Wilson, Johnny Galecki and Anne Heche Jim Gillespie $72,586,134 20. Dante 's Peak Universal Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Charles Hallahan, Elizabeth Hoffman and Grant Heslov Roger Donaldson $67,127,760 References Jump up ^ Box Office Mojo Weekend Charts for 1997, weekend 1 to 52. Retrieved 2007 - 09 - 06 Jump up ^ `` 1997 DOMESTIC GROSSES ''. Box Office Mojo. 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Question: what was the number 1 box office motion picture for the week of christmas in december 1997
Answer: Titanic