Weekly (Fri-Thu) Domestic Chart Starting on February 14, 1997
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| Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | %LW | Theaters | Theaters Change | Per Theater | Total Gross | Weeks In Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | 20th Century… | $27,660,213 | -10% | 2,104 | n/c | $13,146 | $427,661,146 | 1,031 |
| 2 | N | Absolute Power | Sony Pictures | $19,685,797 | 2,568 | $7,666 | $19,685,797 | 1 | ||
| 3 | (2) | Dante’s Peak | Universal | $15,707,520 | -31% | 2,727 | +70 | $5,760 | $38,316,350 | 2 |
| 4 | N | Vegas Vacation | Warner Bros. | $14,730,749 | 2,054 | $7,172 | $14,730,749 | 1 | ||
| 5 | N | Fools Rush In | Sony Pictures | $11,046,182 | 1,674 | $6,599 | $11,046,182 | 1 | ||
| 6 | N | That Darn Cat | Walt Disney | $7,553,511 | 1,891 | $3,994 | $7,553,511 | 1 | ||
| 7 | (4) | Jerry Maguire | Sony Pictures | $6,071,195 | +26% | 1,730 | -234 | $3,509 | $128,573,501 | 10 |
| 8 | (7) | The English Patient | Miramax | $5,556,224 | +65% | 1,115 | +73 | $4,983 | $48,709,096 | 14 |
| 9 | (15) | Shine | Fine Line | $4,272,006 | +176% | 851 | +537 | $5,020 | $20,780,580 | 13 |
| 10 | (5) | Scream | Miramax | $3,860,499 | -12% | 1,431 | -319 | $2,698 | $79,706,528 | 9 |
| 11 | (3) | The Beautician and the Beast | Paramount Pi… | $3,815,220 | -24% | 1,801 | n/c | $2,118 | $8,852,424 | 2 |
| 12 | (6) | Evita | Walt Disney | $3,126,771 | -20% | 956 | -89 | $3,271 | $45,038,176 | 9 |
| 13 | (12) | Mother | Paramount Pi… | $1,617,400 | -28% | 735 | n/c | $2,201 | $17,086,326 | 9 |
| 14 | (10) | Michael | New Line | $1,491,468 | -38% | 946 | -714 | $1,577 | $84,996,925 | 9 |
| 15 | (8) | Metro | Walt Disney | $1,288,106 | -59% | 881 | -847 | $1,462 | $30,351,333 | 5 |
| 16 | (9) | Beverly Hills Ninja | Sony Pictures | $1,080,877 | -56% | 1,065 | -891 | $1,015 | $28,551,362 | 5 |
| 17 | (40) | Ransom | Walt Disney | $1,048,706 | +641% | 601 | +448 | $1,745 | $133,690,163 | 15 |
| 18 | (13) | The Pest | Sony/TriStar | $979,567 | -55% | 1,168 | -37 | $839 | $3,154,698 | 2 |
| 19 | (16) | Everyone Says I Love You | Miramax | $899,959 | -29% | 223 | -53 | $4,036 | $7,912,779 | 11 |
| 20 | (19) | Space Jam | Warner Bros. | $861,774 | -18% | 786 | -41 | $1,096 | $88,953,264 | 14 |
| 21 | (11) | In Love and War | New Line | $745,937 | -68% | 944 | -668 | $790 | $14,136,071 | 10 |
| 22 | (30) | Secrets & Lies | October Films | $723,215 | +184% | 162 | +69 | $4,464 | $8,319,493 | 21 |
| 23 | (33) | Sling Blade | Miramax | $712,093 | +229% | 63 | +47 | $11,303 | $1,268,273 | 14 |
| 24 | (25) | Hamlet | Sony Pictures | $635,050 | +40% | 92 | +36 | $6,903 | $2,866,859 | 9 |
| 25 | (14) | The Relic | Paramount Pi… | $613,141 | -63% | 640 | -505 | $958 | $32,277,389 | 6 |
| 26 | (23) | One Fine Day | 20th Century… | $536,975 | +3% | 492 | -35 | $1,091 | $44,876,508 | 9 |
| 27 | (21) | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Sony Pictures | $496,368 | -39% | 226 | -274 | $2,196 | $19,482,641 | 9 |
| 28 | (51) | Mars Attacks! | Warner Bros. | $444,841 | +764% | 406 | +324 | $1,096 | $36,962,787 | 10 |
| 29 | (50) | Star Trek: First Contact | Paramount Pi… | $403,162 | +610% | 508 | +366 | $794 | $91,518,368 | 13 |
| 30 | (20) | Zeus and Roxanne | MGM | $357,781 | -64% | 790 | -581 | $453 | $6,687,419 | 4 |
| 31 | (24) | 101 Dalmatians | Walt Disney | $322,332 | -30% | 369 | -255 | $874 | $133,073,913 | 13 |
| 32 | (17) | Fierce Creatures | Universal | $263,710 | -76% | 207 | -831 | $1,274 | $9,051,770 | 4 |
| 33 | (35) | Kolya | Miramax | $259,859 | +38% | 28 | +9 | $9,281 | $592,180 | 4 |
| 34 | (18) | Gridlock'd | Gramercy | $252,651 | -77% | 203 | -536 | $1,245 | $5,425,863 | 4 |
| 35 | (22) | Meet Wally Sparks | Trimark | $249,974 | -69% | 316 | -1,077 | $791 | $3,801,448 | 3 |
| 36 | (31) | Breaking the Waves | October Films | $241,398 | +2% | 77 | +9 | $3,135 | $2,909,502 | 15 |
| 37 | N | Touch | MGM | $239,583 | 51 | $4,698 | $239,583 | 1 | ||
| 38 | (34) | Marvin's Room | Miramax | $227,823 | +17% | 28 | -10 | $8,137 | $1,925,385 | 10 |
| 39 | (45) | Across The Sea of Time | Sony Picture… | $162,121 | +112% | 5 | +1 | $32,424 | $8,465,603 | 70 |
| 40 | (29) | Jackie Chan's First Strike | New Line | $125,775 | -55% | 99 | -137 | $1,270 | $14,470,072 | 6 |
| 41 | (32) | The Preacher’s Wife | Walt Disney | $123,500 | -47% | 141 | -130 | $876 | $46,039,416 | 10 |
| 42 | (44) | Prisoner of the Mountains | Orion Classics | $117,239 | +31% | 20 | +7 | $5,862 | $232,772 | 3 |
| 43 | (36) | Set It Off | New Line | $114,267 | -26% | 100 | -53 | $1,143 | $35,935,547 | 16 |
| 44 | (-) | When We Were Kings | Gramercy | $102,253 | 7 | $14,608 | $127,935 | 17 | ||
| 45 | (43) | SubUrbia | Sony Picture… | $100,074 | -1% | 24 | +8 | $4,170 | $201,374 | 2 |
| 46 | (38) | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Sony Pictures | $99,302 | -34% | 121 | -387 | $821 | $41,155,599 | 14 |
| 47 | (28) | Turbulence | MGM | $96,609 | -67% | 145 | -193 | $666 | $11,225,626 | 6 |
| 48 | (-) | Ridicule | Miramax | $90,671 | 30 | $3,022 | $2,245,991 | 12 | ||
| 49 | (48) | Waiting for Guffman | Sony Picture… | $75,227 | +19% | 6 | +3 | $12,538 | $194,077 | 3 |
| 50 | N | Unhook the Stars | Miramax | $67,999 | 13 | $5,231 | $209,838 | 1 | ||
| 51 | (39) | Thieves | Sony Picture… | $58,720 | -59% | 27 | -9 | $2,175 | $910,141 | 9 |
| 52 | (-) | The Graduate | Embassy | $49,418 | 2 | $24,709 | $49,418 | 1,523 | ||
| 53 | (49) | Hotel de Love | $24,805 | -60% | 20 | +2 | $1,240 | $86,854 | 2 | |
| 54 | (-) | Dangerous Ground | New Line | $0 | 808 | $0 | $3,394,220 | 2 | ||
| 54 | $141,487,617 |