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

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in Japan during 1997. Amounts are in Yen and are from Japan's nine major cities.

## Number one films

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Week ending | Film | Box office | Notes |
| 1 | January 3, 1997 | Independence Day | 612,655,624 | Weekend only |
| 2 | January 12, 1997 | Independence Day | 182,952,648 | Weekend only |
| 3 | January 19, 1997 | Independence Day | 157,206,676 | Weekend only |
| 4 | January 26, 1997 | Independence Day | 142,151,472 | Weekend only |
| 5 | February 2, 1997 | Independence Day | 125,502,010 | Weekend only |
| 6 | February 9, 1997 | Independence Day | 105,617,640 | Weekend only |
| 7 | February 14, 1997 | Independence Day | 230,034,477 | |
| 8 | February 21, 1997 | Ransom | 262,028,253 | |
| 9 | February 28, 1997 | Ransom | 208,489,797 | |
| 10 | March 7, 1997 | Ransom | 176,000,000 | |
| 11 | March 14, 1997 | Dante's Peak | 184,348,466 | |
| 12 | March 21, 1997 | 101 Dalmatians | 220,853,160 | |
| 13 | March 28, 1997 | 101 Dalmatians | 186,800,048 | |
| 14 | April 4, 1997 | 101 Dalmatians | 206,589,125 | |
| 15 | April 11, 1997 | The Devil's Own | 307,550,000 | |
| 16 | April 18, 1997 | Sleepers | 255,905,875 | |
| 17 | April 25, 1997 | Sleepers | 194,559,750 | |
| 18 | May 2, 1997 | Sleepers | 231,225,246 | |
| 19 | May 9, 1997 | Sleepers | 194,755,275 | |
| 20 | May 16, 1997 | Lost Paradise | 135,073,698 | |
| 21 | May 23, 1997 | Jerry Maguire | 180,402,036 | |
| 22 | May 30, 1997 | Jerry Maguire | 154,794,558 | |
| 23 | June 6, 1997 | Star Wars (Special Edition) | 219,270,066 | |
| 24 | June 13, 1997 | Star Wars (Special Edition) | 173,608,662 | |
| 25 | June 20, 1997 | Star Wars (Special Edition) | 159,699,235 | |
| 26 | June 27, 1997 | Star Wars (Special Edition) | 144,561,576 | |
| 27 | July 4, 1997 | Star Wars (Special Edition) | 158,053,952 | |
| 28 | July 11, 1997 | The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) | 172,038,319 | |
| 29 | July 18, 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 881,267,544 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park grossed ¥1.24 billion nationally |
| 30 | July 25, 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 570,732,644 | |
| 31 | August 1, 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 514,687,090 | |
| 32 | August 8, 1997 | Princess Mononoke † | 475,833,720 | Princess Mononoke reached number one in its fourth week of release |
| 33 | August 15, 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 612,877,250 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park returned to number one in its fifth week of release |
| 34 | August 22, 1997 | Princess Mononoke † | 502,142,274 | Princess Mononoke returned to number one in its sixth week of release |
| 35 | August 29, 1997 | Princess Mononoke † | 436,380,329 | |
| 36 | September 5, 1997 | Princess Mononoke † | 342,230,834 | |
| 37 | September 12, 1997 | Princess Mononoke † | 295,632,720 | |
| 38 | September 19, 1997 | Princess Mononoke † | 305,524,722 | |
| 39 | September 26, 1997 | Princess Mononoke † | 250,858,894 | |
| 40 | October 3, 1997 | Princess Mononoke † | 181,784,592 | |
| 41 | October 10, 1997 | Princess Mononoke † | 151,371,605 | |
| 42 | October 17, 1997 | Princess Mononoke † | 116,834,575 | |
| 43 | October 24, 1997 | Volcano | 187,827,816 | |
| 44 | October 31, 1997 | Con Air | 207,579,360 | |
| 45 | November 7, 1997 | Con Air | 157,339,320 | |
| 46 | November 14, 1997 | Con Air | 104,783,500 | |
| 47 | November 21, 1997 | Donnie Brasco | 131,976,558 | |
| 48 | November 28, 1997 | Donnie Brasco | 132,227,064 | |
| 49 | December 5, 1997 | Air Force One | 330,090,670 | |
| 50 | December 12, 1997 | Men in Black | 434,922,540 | |
| 51 | December 19, 1997 | Men in Black | 520,000,000 | |
| 52 | December 26, 1997 | Titanic | 510,000,000 | |

## Highest-grossing films

| Rank | Title | Distributor | Distributor income (¥ million) |
| 1. | Princess Mononoke | Toho | 11,760 |
| 2. | Independence Day | 20th Century Fox | 6,650 |
| 3. | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | UIP | 5,800 |
| 4. | Lost Paradise | Toei | 2,300 |
| 5. | Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City | Toho | 2,000 |
| 6. | Speed 2 | 20th Century Fox | 2,000 |
| 7. | Star Wars (Special Edition) | 20th Century Fox | 1,900 |
| 8. | The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) | 20th Century Fox | 1,900 |
| 9. | Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) | 20th Century Fox | 1,900 |
| 10. | The Fifth Element | Herald | 1,700 |
| 11. | Sleepers | Herald | 1,500 |
| 12. | The End of Evangelion | Toei | 1,450 |