List of 1997 box office number-one films in France explained

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 Dame	19,734,208		^[1] ^[2]
2			7,347,335		^[3]
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]
4		Ransom	23,946,694		^[5]
5		Didier	21,669,125		^[6]
6			17,103,344		^[7]
7		Space Jam	16,462,710	Space Jam reached number one in its second week of release.	^[8] ^[9]
8			13,484,329		^[10]
9		Mars Attacks!	24,610,081		^[11]
10			16,548,525		^[12]
11		Star Wars (Special Edition)	17,576,885		^[13]
12			13,841,356		^[14]
13		101 Dalmatians	28,386,889		^[15]
14			21,179,752		^[16]
15			21,372,743		^[17]
16			25,543,193		^[18]
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	^[19]
18		La Vérité si je mens !	18,537,563		^[20]
19		The Fifth Element	55,179,922	The Fifth Element had a record opening for a French film	^[21] ^[22]
20			45,637,574		^[23]
21			25,317,850		^[24]
22			19,067,765		^[25]
23			15,891,406		^[26]
24			12,227,936		^[27]
25			9,745,871		^[28]
26		Liar Liar	28,910,354		^[29]
27		Metro	10,179,938		^[30]
28		Batman & Robin	21,165,012		^[31]
29		Scream	12,084,732		^[32]
30			18,133,200		^[33]
31			10,214,640		^[34]
32		Men in Black	58,651,812	Men in Black reached number one in its second week of release	^[35]
33			33,511,104		^[36]
34			27,384,732		^[37]
35			25,500,276		^[38]
36			15,996,492		^[39]
37		Face/Off	16,953,936		^[40]
38		Contact	13,304,376		^[41]
39		Face/Off	9,134,100	Face/Off returned to number one in its third week of release	^[42]
40		My Best Friend's Wedding	20,119,356		^[43]
41			17,774,900		^[44]
42		Le Pari	34,739,705		^[45]
43			68,874,589		^[46]
44			47,219,604		^[47]
45		Bean	28,737,919	Bean reached number one in its second week of release	^[48]
46		Alien Resurrection	38,906,093		^[49]
47			21,362,469		^[50]
48		Hercules	25,981,102
49			21,685,467		^[51]
50			19,300,000		^[52]
51		Tomorrow Never Dies	41,417,603
52			36,526,118		^[53]

See also

• List of French films of 1997
• Lists of box office number-one films

Notes and References

1. Web site: Les entrees hebdomadaires 1997 en France. Fr. 22 September 2023. JP Box-Office.
2. Variety. International box office. 13 January 1997. 15. $3,795,040; $1=5.2 FF.
3. Variety. International box office. 20 January 1997. 10. $1,412,949; $1=5.2 FF.
4. Variety. International box office. 27 January 1997. 8. $1,152,140; $1=5.4 FF.
5. Variety. 3 February 1997. 10. International box office. $4,434,573; $1=5.4FF.
6. France Top 15. Screen International. 14 February 1997. 46. $4,012,801; $1=FFR5.4.
7. France Top 15. Screen International. 21 February 1997. 38. $3,167,286; $1=FFR5.4.
8. France Top 15. Screen International. 28 February 1997. 30. $3,167,286; Total gross to Feb 17 $5,663,304; $1=FFR5.4.
9. France Top 15. Screen International. 21 February 1997. 38. $2,614,218; $1=FFR5.4.
10. France Top 15. Screen International. 7 March 1997. 26. $2,497,098; $1=FFR5.4.
11. France Top 15. Screen International. 14 March 1997. $4,317,558; $1=FFR5.7.
12. France Top 15. Screen International. 21 March 1997. 26. Previous week rank 1; Gross to week ended March 10 $2,903,250; Total gross to March 10 $7,220,808; $1=FFR5.7.
13. France Top 15. Screen International. 28 March 1997. 50. $3,083,664; $1=FFR5.7.
14. France Top 15. Screen International. 4 April 1997. 26. $2,428,308; $1=FFR5.7.
15. France Top 15. Screen International. 11 April 1997. 34. $4,980,156; $1=FFR5.7.
16. France Top 15. Screen International. 18 April 1997. 26. $3,715,746; $1=FFR5.7.
17. Frnce Top 15. Screen International. 25 April 1997. 26. $3,749,604; $1=FFR5.7.
18. France Top 15. Screen International. 2 May 1997. 64. $4,481,262; $1=FFR5.7.
19. France Top 15. Screen International. 9 May 1997. 30. $2,327,724; $1=FFR5.7.
20. France Top 15. Screen International. 16 May 1997. 22. $3,252,204; $1=FFR5.7.
21. France Top 15. Screen International. 23 May 1997. 26. $9,680,688; $1=FFR5.7.
22. Element of control. Screen International. 23 May 1997. 27.
23. France Top 15. Screen International. 30 May 1997. 22. $8,006,592; $1=FFR5.7.
24. France Top 15. Screen International. 6 June 1997. 22. $4,441,728; $1=FFR5.7.
25. France Top 15. Screen International. 13 June 1997. 30. $3,345,222; $1=FFR5.7.
26. France Top 15. Screen International. 20 June 1997. 26. $2,787,966; $1=FFR5.7.
27. France Top 15. Screen International. 27 June 1997. 42. $2,145,252; $1=FFR5.7.
28. France Top 15. Screen International. 4 July 1997. 26. $1,709,802; $1=FFR5.7.
29. France Top 15. Screen International. 11 July 1997. 26. $5,071,992; $1=FFR5.7.
30. France Top 15. Screen International. 18 July 1997. 22. $1,785,954; $1=FFR5.7.
31. France Top 15. Screen International. 25 July 1997. 42. $3,527,502; $1=FFR6.0.
32. France Top 15. Screen International. 1 August 1997. 26. $2,014,122; $1=FFR6.0.
33. France Top 15. Screen International. 8 August 1997. 30. $3,022,200; $1=FFR6.0.
34. France Top 15. Screen International. 15 August 1997. 46. $1,702,440; $1=FFR6.0.
35. France Top 15. Screen International. 22 August 1997. 34. $9,775,302; $1=FFR6.0.
36. France Top 15. Screen International. 29 August 1997. 30. $5,585,184; $1=FFR6.0.
37. France Top 15. Screen International. 5 September 1997. 30. $4,564,122; $1=FFR6.0.
38. France Top 15. Screen International. 12 September 1997. 30. $4,250,046; $1=FFR6.0.
39. France Top 15. Screen International. 19 September 1997. 34. $2,666,082; $1=FFR6.0.
40. France Top 15. Screen International. 26 September 1997. 50. $2,825,656; $1=FFR6.0.
41. France Top 15. Screen International. 3 October 1997. 26. $2,217,396; $1=FFR6.0.
42. France Top 15. Screen International. 10 October 1997. 70. $1,522,350; $1=FFR6.0.
43. France Top 15. Screen International. 17 October 1997. 46. $3,353,226; $1=FFR6.0.
44. France Top 15. Screen International. 24 October 1997. 26. $3,028,092; $1=$1=FFR5.87.
45. France Top 15. Screen International. 31 October 1997. 26. $5,918,178; $1=FFR5.87.
46. France Top 15. Screen International. 7 November 1997. 38. $11,957,394; $1=FFR5.76.
47. France Top 15. Screen International. 14 November 1997. 26. $8,197,848; $1=FFR5.76.
48. France Top 15. Screen International. 21 November 1997. 26. $4,989,222; $1=FFR5.76.
49. France Top 15. Screen International. 28 November 1997. 38. $6,754,530; $1=FFR5.76.
50. France Top 15. Screen International. 5 December 1997. 42. $3,708,762; $1=FFR5.76.
51. France Top 15. Screen International. 19 December 1997. 30. Week ended Dec 9 $3,764,838; Total gross to Dec 9 $8,275,446; % change - 18; $1=$1=FFR5.76.
52. France Top 15. Screen International. 9 January 1998. 46. Week ended Dec 30 $4,535,388; Total gross to Dec 30 $21,093,624; % change -8; $1=FFR5.76.
53. France Top 15. Screen International. 9 January 1998. 46. Week ended Dec 30 $6,341,340; Total gross to Dec 30 $13,531,896; % change -12; $1=FFR5.76.