This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in France during 1997. Amounts are in French franc.
Number one films # Week End Date Film Box Office Notes Ref 1 The Hunchback of Notre Dame19,734,208 2 7,347,335 3 Le Plus Beau Métier du monde 6,221,556 Le Plus Beau Métier du monde reached number one in its sixth week of release 4 Ransom23,946,694 5 Didier21,669,125 6 17,103,344 7 Space Jam 16,462,710Space Jam reached number one in its second week of release. 8 13,484,329 9 Mars Attacks! 24,610,081 10 16,548,525 11 Star Wars (Special Edition) 17,576,885 12 13,841,356 13 101 Dalmatians 28,386,889 14 21,179,752 15 21,372,743 16 25,543,193 17 Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) 13,268,027 The Special Edition of Return of the Jedi reached number one in its second weekend of release 18 La Vérité si je mens !18,537,563 19 The Fifth Element 55,179,922 The Fifth Element had a record opening for a French film 20 45,637,574 21 25,317,850 22 19,067,765 23 15,891,406 24 12,227,936 25 9,745,871 26 Liar Liar 28,910,354 27 Metro10,179,938 28 Batman & Robin 21,165,012 29 Scream 12,084,732 30 Speed 2: Cruise Control 18,133,200 31 10,214,640 32 Men in Black58,651,812 Men in Black reached number one in its second week of release 33 33,511,104 34 27,384,732 35 25,500,276 36 15,996,492 37 Face/Off16,953,936 38 Contact 13,304,376 39 Face/Off 9,134,100 Face/Off returned to number one in its third week of release 40 My Best Friend's Wedding 20,119,356 41 17,774,900 42 Le Pari34,739,705 43 The Lost World: Jurassic Park68,874,589 44 47,219,604 45 Bean 28,737,919Bean reached number one in its second week of release 46 Alien Resurrection 38,906,093 47 21,362,469 48 Hercules25,981,102 49 21,685,467 50 19,300,000 51 Tomorrow Never Dies41,417,603 52 36,526,118
See also List of French films of 1997 Lists of box office number-one films
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