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

Table columns:
#
Weekend end date
Film
Total weekend gross[1]
Notes

Table rows:
cells: 1
000000001997-01-05-0000January 5, 1997
Michael
$12,144,926
cells: 2
000000001997-01-12-0000January 12, 1997
The Relic
$9,064,143
cells: 3
000000001997-01-19-0000January 19, 1997
Beverly Hills Ninja
$12,220,920
cells: 4
000000001997-01-26-0000January 26, 1997
Jerry Maguire
$5,518,727
Jerry Maguire reclaimed #1 in its sixth week of release.
cells: 5
000000001997-02-02-0000February 2, 1997
Star Wars (Special Edition)
$35,906,661
Star Wars (Special Edition) held the record for the highest weekend debut in January.
cells: 6
000000001997-02-09-0000February 9, 1997
Star Wars (Special Edition)
$24,277,091
cells: 7
000000001997-02-16-0000February 16, 1997
Star Wars (Special Edition)
$21,370,589
cells: 8
000000001997-02-23-0000February 23, 1997
The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)
$21,975,993
cells: 9
000000001997-03-02-0000March 2, 1997
The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)
$13,145,852
cells: 10
000000001997-03-09-0000March 9, 1997
Private Parts
$14,616,333
cells: 11
000000001997-03-16-0000March 16, 1997
Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)
$16,293,531
cells: 12
000000001997-03-23-0000March 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.
cells: 13
000000001997-03-30-0000March 30, 1997
Liar Liar
$25,377,435
cells: 14
000000001997-04-06-0000April 6, 1997
Liar Liar
$18,275,295
cells: 15
000000001997-04-13-0000April 13, 1997
Anaconda
$16,620,887
cells: 16
000000001997-04-20-0000April 20, 1997
Anaconda
$12,013,566
cells: 17
000000001997-04-27-0000April 27, 1997
Volcano
$14,581,740
cells: 18
000000001997-05-04-0000May 4, 1997
Breakdown
$12,307,128
cells: 19
000000001997-05-11-0000May 11, 1997
The Fifth Element
$17,031,345
cells: 20
000000001997-05-18-0000May 18, 1997
The Fifth Element
$11,410,863
cells: 21
000000001997-05-25-0000May 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.
cells: 22
000000001997-06-01-0000June 1, 1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
$34,116,390
cells: 23
000000001997-06-08-0000June 8, 1997
Con Air
$24,131,738
cells: 24
000000001997-06-15-0000June 15, 1997
Speed 2: Cruise Control
$16,158,942
cells: 25
000000001997-06-22-0000June 22, 1997
Batman & Robin
$42,872,605
cells: 26
000000001997-06-29-0000June 29, 1997
Face/Off
$23,387,530
cells: 27
000000001997-07-06-0000July 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.
cells: 28
000000001997-07-13-0000July 13, 1997
Men in Black
$30,062,317
cells: 29
000000001997-07-20-0000July 20, 1997
Men in Black
$19,029,928
cells: 30
000000001997-07-27-0000July 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.
cells: 31
000000001997-08-03-0000August 3, 1997
Air Force One
$25,731,622
cells: 32
000000001997-08-10-0000August 10, 1997
Conspiracy Theory
$19,313,566
cells: 33
000000001997-08-17-0000August 17, 1997
Cop Land
$13,510,482
cells: 34
000000001997-08-24-0000August 24, 1997
G.I. Jane
$11,094,241
cells: 35
000000001997-08-31-0000August 31, 1997
G.I. Jane
$8,183,861
cells: 36
000000001997-09-07-0000September 7, 1997
Fire Down Below
$6,073,094
cells: 37
000000001997-09-14-0000September 14, 1997
The Game
$14,337,029
cells: 38
000000001997-09-21-0000September 21, 1997
In & Out
$15,019,821
cells: 39
000000001997-09-28-0000September 28, 1997
The Peacemaker
$12,311,939
cells: 40
000000001997-10-05-0000October 5, 1997
Kiss the Girls
$13,215,167
cells: 41
000000001997-10-12-0000October 12, 1997
Kiss the Girls
$11,122,441
cells: 42
000000001997-10-19-0000October 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.
cells: 43
000000001997-10-26-0000October 26, 1997
I Know What You Did Last Summer
$12,507,880
cells: 44
000000001997-11-02-0000November 2, 1997
I Know What You Did Last Summer
$9,406,297
cells: 45
000000001997-11-09-0000November 9, 1997
Starship Troopers
$22,058,773
cells: 46
000000001997-11-16-0000November 16, 1997
The Jackal
$15,164,595
cells: 47
000000001997-11-23-0000November 23, 1997
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
$16,771,694
cells: 48
000000001997-11-30-0000November 30, 1997
Flubber
$26,725,207
cells: 49
000000001997-12-07-0000December 7, 1997
Flubber
$11,292,933
cells: 50
000000001997-12-14-0000December 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.
cells: 51
000000001997-12-21-0000December 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.
cells: 52
000000001997-12-28-0000December 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).

Questions about this table:
originalText: what was the number 1 box office motion picture for the week of christmas in december 1997
answer: answerTexts: Titanic