List of 1997 box office number-one films in Japan

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in Japan during 1997. Amounts are in Yen and are from Japan's nine major cities.

Number one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. # Week ending Film Box office Notes Ref 1 Independence Day 612,655,624 Weekend only 2 182,952,648Weekend only 3 157,206,676 Weekend only 4 142,151,472 Weekend only 5 125,502,010 Weekend only 6 105,617,640 Weekend only 7 230,034,477 8 Ransom 262,028,253 9 208,489,797 10 176,000,000 11 Dante's Peak 184,348,466 12 101 Dalmatians 220,853,160 13 186,800,048 14 206,589,125 15 The Devil's Own307,550,000 16 Sleepers 255,905,875 17 194,559,750 18 231,225,246 19 194,755,275 20 Lost Paradise 135,073,698 21 Jerry Maguire 180,402,036 22 154,794,558 23 Star Wars (Special Edition) 219,270,066 24 173,608,662 25 159,699,235 26 144,561,576 27 158,053,952 28 The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)172,038,319 29 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 881,267,544 The Lost World: Jurassic Park grossed ¥1.24 billion nationally 30 570,732,644 31 514,687,090 32 Princess Mononoke †475,833,720 Princess Mononoke reached number one in its fourth week of release 33 The Lost World: Jurassic Park612,877,250 The Lost World: Jurassic Park returned to number one in its fifth week of release 34 Princess Mononoke †502,142,274Princess Mononoke returned to number one in its sixth week of release 35 436,380,329 36 342,230,834 37 295,632,720 38 305,524,722 39 250,858,894 40 181,784,592 41 151,371,605 42 116,834,575 43 Volcano187,827,816 44 Con Air 207,579,360 45 157,339,320 46 104,783,500 47 Donnie Brasco131,976,558 48 132,227,064 49 Air Force One330,090,670 50 Men in Black 434,922,540 51 520,000,000 52 Titanic510,000,000 Highest-grossing films Rank Title Distributor Distributor income (¥ million) 1. Princess MononokeToho11,760 2. Independence Day20th Century Fox6,650 3. The Lost World: Jurassic ParkUIP5,800 4. Lost ParadiseToei2,300 5. Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral CityToho2,000 6. Speed 220th Century Fox2,000 7. Star Wars (Special Edition)20th Century Fox1,9008.The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)20th Century Fox1,9009.Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)20th Century Fox1,900 10. The Fifth ElementHerald1,700 11. SleepersHerald1,500 12. The End of EvangelionToei1,450

See also Lists of box office number-one films

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