# List of 1997 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 1997.

## Number one films

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Weekend End Date | Film | Box Office | Notes |
| 1 | January 5, 1997 | Evita | £2,068,488 | Evita reached number one in its third week of release |
| 2 | January 12, 1997 | Evita | £1,749,118 | |
| 3 | January 19, 1997 | Evita | £1,412,412 | |
| 4 | January 26, 1997 | Evita | £1,119,052 | |
| 5 | February 2, 1997 | Evita | £838,500 | |
| 6 | February 9, 1997 | Ransom | £3,283,302 | Ransom reached number one in its second week of release. The nationwide opening set a record for February |
| 7 | February 16, 1997 | Ransom | £2,053,737 | |
| 8 | February 23, 1997 | Ransom | £1,382,489 | |
| 9 | March 2, 1997 | Mars Attacks! | £2,121,878 | |
| 10 | March 9, 1997 | Jerry Maguire | £1,529,748 | |
| 11 | March 16, 1997 | Jerry Maguire | £1,334,625 | |
| 12 | March 23, 1997 | Star Wars (Special Edition) | £3,702,720 | The reissue of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope had a record opening for March surpassing Toy Story's £3,387,160 |
| 13 | March 30, 1997 | Star Wars (Special Edition) | £2,406,795 | |
| 14 | April 6, 1997 | Star Wars (Special Edition) | £1,480,940 | |
| 15 | April 13, 1997 | The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) | £1,987,161 | |
| 16 | April 20, 1997 | The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) | £1,265,879 | |
| 17 | April 27, 1997 | Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) | £1,681,159 | |
| 18 | May 4, 1997 | Liar Liar | £1,969,204 | |
| 19 | May 11, 1997 | Liar Liar | £1,749,272 | |
| 20 | May 18, 1997 | Liar Liar | £1,206,000 | |
| 21 | May 25, 1997 | Liar Liar | £909,257 | |
| 22 | June 1, 1997 | Absolute Power | £472,544 | Absolute Power's opening weekend gross included previews of £70,196. Excluding previews, Liar Liar retained the number one spot with a gross of £440,994 |
| 23 | June 8, 1997 | Con Air | £1,339,155 | |
| 24 | June 15, 1997 | The Fifth Element | £1,483,043 | The Fifth Element reached number one in its second week |
| 25 | June 22, 1997 | The Fifth Element | £1,193,215 | |
| 26 | June 29, 1997 | Batman & Robin | £4,940,566 | Batman & Robin had a record opening for Warner Bros. beating Batman Forever's £4,714,000 and a record opening for June |
| 27 | July 6, 1997 | Batman & Robin | £2,214,719 | |
| 28 | July 13, 1997 | Batman & Robin | £1,214,411 | |
| 29 | July 20, 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | £5,666,917 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park had a record opening for United International Pictures and a record opening for July, beating Jurassic Park's £4,875,317 |
| 30 | July 27, 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | £3,794,948 | |
| 31 | August 3, 1997 | Men in Black | £7,066,748 | Men in Black set the opening weekend record beating Independence Day's £7,005,905 |
| 32 | August 10, 1997 | Men in Black | £3,388,263 | |
| 33 | August 17, 1997 | Men in Black | £2,547,413 | |
| 34 | August 24, 1997 | Men in Black | £2,438,822 | |
| 35 | August 31, 1997 | Men in Black | £1,720,695 | |
| 36 | September 7, 1997 | The Full Monty † | £1,569,956 | The Full Monty reached number one in its second week of release |
| 37 | September 14, 1997 | The Full Monty † | £1,839,950 | |
| 38 | September 21, 1997 | The Full Monty † | £1,981,757 | |
| 39 | September 28, 1997 | The Full Monty † | £1,993,426 | |
| 40 | October 5, 1997 | The Full Monty † | £2,123,319 | |
| 41 | October 12, 1997 | The Full Monty † | £1,914,537 | |
| 42 | October 19, 1997 | The Full Monty † | £1,830,228 | |
| 43 | October 26, 1997 | The Full Monty † | £1,722,755 | |
| 44 | November 2, 1997 | The Full Monty † | £1,655,822 | The Full Monty becomes the first film to top the box office for nine consecutive weekends |
| 45 | November 9, 1997 | Face/Off | £1,601,342 | |
| 46 | November 16, 1997 | The Full Monty † | £1,251,606 | The Full Monty returned to number one in its twelfth week of release |
| 47 | November 23, 1997 | The Full Monty † | £1,119,520 | |
| 48 | November 30, 1997 | Alien: Resurrection | £2,672,657 | Alien: Resurrection set a record opening for November and for an 18-certificate film, the latter beating Bram Stoker's Dracula's £2.64 million. |
| 49 | December 7, 1997 | Alien: Resurrection | £1,095,607 | |
| 50 | December 14, 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | £3,656,746 | Tomorrow Never Dies set a record opening for December beating 101 Dalmatians's £2,360,762 |
| 51 | December 21, 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | TBD | |
| 52 | December 28, 1997 | Spiceworld | £4,777,124 | Spiceworld set a record opening for a British production beating Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie's £2,278,390 (excluding previews) |

## Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films 29 November 1996 to 30 November 1997
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Gross |
| 1. | The Full Monty | 20th Century Fox | £40,817,733 |
| 2. | Men in Black | Columbia TriStar | £35,801,983 |
| 3. | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | UIP | £25,799,961 |
| 4. | 101 Dalmatians | Buena Vista | £20,380,347 |
| 5. | Bean | PolyGram | £17,621,882 |
| 6. | Star Wars (Special Edition) | 20th Century Fox | £16,343,172 |
| 7. | Batman & Robin | Warner Bros. | £14,676,429 |
| 8. | Evita | Entertainment | £14,218,510 |
| 9. | Ransom | Buena Vista | £12,799,311 |
| 10. | The English Patient | Buena Vista | £12,554,629 |