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