# List of 1997 box office number-one films in Italy

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the box office in Italy during 1997. Amounts are in lire. Box office figures limited to 147 main situations, representing about 74% of potential income.

## Number one films

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Weekend ending | Film | Box office | Notes |
| 1 | January 5, 1997 | The Cyclone | 3,772,933,360 | |
| 2 | January 12, 1997 | The Cyclone | 4,636,718,960 | |
| 3 | January 19, 1997 | The Cyclone | 4,827,440,900 | |
| 4 | January 26, 1997 | The Cyclone | 4,320,988,770 | |
| 5 | February 2, 1997 | The Cyclone | 3,293,198,400 | |
| 6 | February 9, 1997 | The Cyclone | 2,587,726,400 | |
| 7 | February 16, 1997 | The Cyclone | 2,117,522,550 | |
| 8 | February 23, 1997 | Space Jam | 2,697,347,400 | |
| 9 | March 2, 1997 | Space Jam | 2,925,243,750 | |
| 10 | March 9, 1997 | Jerry Maguire | 1,954,085,400 | |
| 11 | March 16, 1997 | Jerry Maguire | 1,700,000,000 | |
| 12 | March 23, 1997 | 101 Dalmatians | 3,124,717,300 | 101 Dalmatians reached number one in its second week of release |
| 13 | March 30, 1997 | 101 Dalmatians | 2,787,663,400 | |
| 14 | April 6, 1997 | 101 Dalmatians | 1,867,754,300 | |
| 15 | April 13, 1997 | The Devil's Own | 1,045,464,300 | The Devil's Own reached number one in its third week of release |
| 16 | April 20, 1997 | Dante's Peak | 1,140,536,800 | Dante's Peak reached number one in its second week of release. |
| 17 | April 27, 1997 | Liar Liar | 1,793,098,800 | |
| 18 | May 4, 1997 | Liar Liar | 732,502,400 | |
| 19 | May 11, 1997 | The Saint | 937,981,800 | |
| 20 | May 18, 1997 | The Saint | 594,320,000 | |
| 21 | May 25, 1997 | Absolute Power | 960,685,300 | |
| 22 | June 1, 1997 | Absolute Power | 1,048,362,800 | |
| 23 | June 8, 1997 | Absolute Power | 386,134,600 | |
| 24 | June 15, 1997 | Absolute Power | 193,495,700 | |
| 25 | June 22, 1997 | Absolute Power | 259,787,200 | |
| 26 | June 29, 1997 | Absolute Power | 230,548,900 | |
| 27 | July 6, 1997 | Absolute Power | 138,170,900 | |
| 28 | July 13, 1997 | Absolute Power | 78,157,500 | |
| 29 | July 20, 1997 | Absolute Power | 68,741,200 | |
| 30 | July 27, 1997 | The Cyclone | 51,066,000 | The Cyclone returned to number one in its 34th week of release |
| 31 | August 3, 1997 | The Cyclone | TBD | |
| 32 | August 10, 1997 | The Cyclone | TBD | |
| 33 | August 17, 1997 | Con Air | 93,000,000 | |
| 34 | August 24, 1997 | Con Air | 464,269,582 | Gross for the week |
| 35 | August 31, 1997 | Batman & Robin | 1,559,723,832 | |
| 36 | September 7, 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 3,269,994,000 | |
| 37 | September 14, 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 3,104,383,600 | |
| 38 | September 21, 1997 | Air Force One | 1,990,936,500 | |
| 39 | September 28, 1997 | Air Force One | 1,702,186,200 | |
| 40 | October 5, 1997 | Men in Black | 3,362,698,040 | |
| 41 | October 12, 1997 | Men in Black | 2,493,704,160 | |
| 42 | October 19, 1997 | Fireworks | 9,279,744,000 | Fireworks set an opening record in Italy with a gross of L17 billion nationally. |
| 43 | October 26, 1997 | Fireworks | 9,008,930,000 | |
| 44 | November 2, 1997 | Fireworks | 7,442,319,500 | |
| 45 | November 9, 1997 | Fireworks | 4,092,331,800 | |
| 46 | November 16, 1997 | Fireworks | 2,224,492,500 | |
| 47 | November 23, 1997 | Bean | 4,589,872,500 | |
| 48 | November 30, 1997 | Bean | 6,656,999,400 | |
| 49 | December 7, 1997 | Bean | 3,541,069,400 | |
| 50 | December 14, 1997 | Hercules | 1,905,936,300 | Hercules reached number one in its fifth week of release |
| 51 | December 21, 1997 | Hercules | TBD | |
| 52 | December 28, 1997 | Life Is Beautiful † | 9,200,000,000 | |