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

# Week ending Film Box office Notes Ref
1 January 3, 1997 Independence Day 612,655,624 Weekend only [1]
2 January 12, 1997 182,952,648 Weekend only [2]
3 January 19, 1997 157,206,676 Weekend only [3]
4 January 26, 1997 142,151,472 Weekend only [4]
5 February 2, 1997 125,502,010 Weekend only [5]
6 February 9, 1997 105,617,640 Weekend only [6]
7 February 14, 1997 230,034,477 [7]
8 February 21, 1997 Ransom 262,028,253 [8]
9 February 28, 1997 208,489,797 [9]
10 March 7, 1997 176,000,000 [10][9]
11 March 14, 1997 Dante's Peak 184,348,466 [11]
12 March 21, 1997 101 Dalmatians 220,853,160 [12]
13 March 28, 1997 186,800,048 [13]
14 April 4, 1997 206,589,125 [14]
15 April 11, 1997 The Devil's Own 307,550,000 [15]
16 April 18, 1997 Sleepers 255,905,875 [16]
17 April 25, 1997 194,559,750 [17]
18 May 2, 1997 231,225,246 [18]
19 May 9, 1997 194,755,275 [19]
20 May 16, 1997 Lost Paradise 135,073,698 [20]
21 May 23, 1997 Jerry Maguire 180,402,036 [21]
22 May 30, 1997 154,794,558 [22]
23 June 6, 1997 Star Wars (Special Edition) 219,270,066 [23]
24 June 13, 1997 173,608,662 [24]
25 June 20, 1997 159,699,235 [25]
26 June 27, 1997 144,561,576 [26]
27 July 4, 1997 158,053,952 [27]
28 July 11, 1997 The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) 172,038,319 [28]
29 July 18, 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 881,267,544 The Lost World: Jurassic Park grossed ¥1.24 billion nationally [29][30]
30 July 25, 1997 570,732,644 [31]
31 August 1, 1997 514,687,090 [32]
32 August 8, 1997 Princess Mononoke 475,833,720 Princess Mononoke reached number one in its fourth week of release [33]
33 August 15, 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 612,877,250 The Lost World: Jurassic Park returned to number one in its fifth week of release [34]
34 August 22, 1997 Princess Mononoke 502,142,274 Princess Mononoke returned to number one in its sixth week of release [35]
35 August 29, 1997 436,380,329 [36]
36 September 5, 1997 342,230,834 [37]
37 September 12, 1997 295,632,720 [38]
38 September 19, 1997 305,524,722 [39]
39 September 26, 1997 250,858,894 [40]
40 October 3, 1997 181,784,592 [41]
41 October 10, 1997 151,371,605 [42]
42 October 17, 1997 116,834,575 [43]
43 October 24, 1997 Volcano 187,827,816 [44]
44 October 31, 1997 Con Air 207,579,360 [45]
45 November 7, 1997 157,339,320 [46]
46 November 14, 1997 104,783,500 [47]
47 November 21, 1997 Donnie Brasco 131,976,558 [48]
48 November 28, 1997 132,227,064 [49]
49 December 5, 1997 Air Force One 330,090,670 [50]
50 December 12, 1997 Men in Black 434,922,540 [51]
51 December 19, 1997 520,000,000 [51][52]
52 December 26, 1997 Titanic 510,000,000 [53]

Highest-grossing films

Rank Title Distributor Distributor income
(¥ million)[54]
1. Princess Mononoke Toho 11,760
2. Independence Day 20th Century Fox 6,650
3. The Lost World: Jurassic Park UIP 5,800
4. Lost Paradise Toei 2,300
5. Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City Toho 2,000
6. Speed 2 20th Century Fox 2,000
7. Star Wars (Special Edition)
The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)
Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)		 20th Century Fox 1,900
8. The Fifth Element Herald 1,700
9. Sleepers Herald 1,500
10. The End of Evangelion Toei 1,450

See also

References

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  2. ^ "International box office". Screen International. 17 January 1997. p. 25. $1,577,178; $1=¥116
  3. ^ "International box office". Screen International. 24 January 1997. p. 73. $1,359,661; $1=¥116
  4. ^ "International box office". Screen International. 31 January 1997. p. 31. $1,165,176; $1=¥122
  5. ^ "International box office". Screen International. 7 February 1997. p. 41. $1,028,705; $1=¥122
  6. ^ "Japan Top 12". Screen International. 14 February 1997. p. 47. $858,680; $1=¥123
  7. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 21 February 1997. p. 39. $1,870,199; $1=¥123
  8. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 28 February 1997. p. 31. $2,130,311; $1=¥123
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  10. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 14 March 1997. p. 23. Gross for week ended March 14 $1,229,890; Total gross to March 14 $6,532,702; $1=¥122
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  14. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 11 April 1997. p. 35. $1,652,713; $1=¥125
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  21. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 30 May 1997. p. 23. $1,582,474; $1=¥114
  22. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 6 June 1997. p. 23. $1,357,847; $1=¥114
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  28. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 18 July 1997. p. 23. $1,522,463; $1=¥113
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  32. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 8 August 1997. p. 31. $4,361,755; $1=¥118
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  36. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 5 September 1997. p. 31. $3,606,449; $1=¥121
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  42. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 17 October 1997. p. 47. $1,251,005; $1=¥121
  43. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 24 October 1997. p. 27. $965,575; $1=¥121
  44. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 31 October 1997. p. 27. $1,552,296; $1=¥121
  45. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 7 November 1997. p. 39. $1,729,828; $1=¥120
  46. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 14 November 1997. p. 27. $1,311,161; $1=¥120
  47. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 21 November 1997. p. 27. $838,268; $1=¥125
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  52. ^ "Japan Top 15". Screen International. 9 January 1998. p. 47. Week ended Jan 2 $2,342,932; Total gross to 2 Jan $9,687,940; $1=¥132
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