List of 1997 box office number-one films in Australia

This is a list of films which placed number-one at the weekly box office in Australia during 1997. Amounts are in Australian dollars.

Number-one films

†	This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[1]

#	Week End Date	Film	Box Office	Notes	Ref
1	1 January 1997	Romeo + Juliet	$3,262,048		[2]
2	8 January 1997		$2,647,109		[3]
3	15 January 1997	The Ghost and the Darkness	$2,116,644		[4]
4	22 January 1997	Romeo + Juliet	$1,681,805	Romeo + Juliet returned to number one in its fourth week of release	[5]
5	29 January 1997	The Long Kiss Goodnight	$2,356,613		[6]
6	5 February 1997	Michael	$2,099,465		[7]
7	12 February 1997	Metro	$1,795,646		[8]
8	19 February 1997	Evita	$1,975,797		[9]
9	26 February 1997		$1,298,575		[10]
10	5 March 1997	Scream	$1,178,340	Scream reached number one in its third week of release	[11]
11	12 March 1997	Jerry Maguire	$3,560,854		[12]
12	19 March 1997		$2,650,273		[13]
13	26 March 1997	Star Wars (Special Edition)	$3,642,450		[14]
14	2 April 1997		$3,012,266		[15]
15	9 April 1997		$1,685,293		[16]
16	16 April 1997	The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)	$1,745,405		[17]
17	23 April 1997	The Saint	$1,940,788		[18]
18	30 April 1997		$1,675,859		[19]
19	7 May 1997	Donnie Brasco	$1,428,836		[20]
20	14 May 1997		$952,616		[21]
21	21 May 1997	The Fifth Element	$2,886,364		[22]
22	28 May 1997		$2,011,077		[23]
23	4 June 1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	$7,192,821	The Lost World: Jurassic Park had a record opening for United International Pictures and for a May release	[24][25]
24	11 June 1997		$5,189,041		[26]
25	18 June 1997	Liar Liar	$6,233,234		[27]
26	25 June 1997		$4,523,995		[28]
27	2 July 1997	Batman & Robin	$5,728,708		[29]
28	9 July 1997	Bean	$6,535,285		[30]
29	16 July 1997		$5,094,825		[31]
30	23 July 1997	Con Air	$3,173,667		[32]
31	30 July 1997		$2,240,744		[33]
32	6 August 1997		$1,677,073		[34]
33	13 August 1997	Conspiracy Theory	$2,616,591		[35]
34	20 August 1997		$1,585,158		[36]
35	27 August 1997	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	$1,371,660		[37]
36	3 September 1997	Face/Off	$3,203,562		[38]
37	10 September 1997		$2,144,339		[39]
38	17 September 1997	Men in Black †	$7,672,056	Men in Black had a record opening for Columbia TriStar	[40][25]
39	24 September 1997		$5,257,091		[41]
40	1 October 1997	My Best Friend's Wedding	$4,287,829		[42]
41	8 October 1997		$3,852,141		[43]
42	15 October 1997		$2,417,869		[44]
43	22 October 1997	The Full Monty	$2,686,134		[45]
44	29 October 1997		$2,565,075		[46]
45	5 November 1997		$2,459,501		[47]
46	12 November 1997		$2,142,442		[48]
47	19 November 1997		$1,872,478		[49]
48	26 November 1997	Air Force One	$2,508,774		[50]
49	3 December 1997		$1,722,772		[51]
50	10 December 1997	The Peacemaker	$1,676,751		[52]
51	17 December 1997	Spawn	$1,500,000		[53]
52	24 December 1997	Titanic	$4,370,000		[54]
53	31 December 1997		$5,289,923		[54]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 1997^[1]

Rank	Title	Distributor	Gross A$ million
1.	Men in Black	Columbia TriStar	$22,698,418
2.	Liar Liar	UIP/Universal	$21,117,778
3.	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	UIP/Universal	$20,071,203
4.	Bean	PolyGram	$19,204,585
5.	The Full Monty	Fox	$19,107,446
6.	My Best Friend's Wedding	Columbia TriStar	$17,201,966
7.	Jerry Maguire	Columbia TriStar	$14,027,136
8.	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	$13,474,350
9.	Romeo + Juliet	Fox	$12,886,821
10.	Star Wars (Special Edition)	Fox	$11,334,819

See also

• List of Australian films - Australian films by year