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

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 endingFilmBox officeNotesRef
1 Independence Day 612,655,624 Weekend only[1]
2 182,952,648Weekend only[2]
3 157,206,676 Weekend only[3]
4 142,151,472 Weekend only[4]
5 125,502,010 Weekend only[5]
6 105,617,640 Weekend only[6]
7 230,034,477 [7]
8 Ransom 262,028,253[8]
9 208,489,797[9]
10 176,000,000 [10]
11 Dante's Peak 184,348,466[11]
12 101 Dalmatians220,853,160[12]
13 186,800,048 [13]
14 206,589,125[14]
15 The Devil's Own307,550,000[15]
16 Sleepers 255,905,875 [16]
17 194,559,750 [17]
18 231,225,246 [18]
19 194,755,275 [19]
20 Lost Paradise135,073,698 [20]
21 Jerry Maguire180,402,036 [21]
22 154,794,558[22]
23 Star Wars (Special Edition) 219,270,066 [23]
24 173,608,662[24]
25 159,699,235 [25]
26 144,561,576[26]
27 158,053,952 [27]
28 The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)172,038,319 [28]
29 881,267,544 The Lost World: Jurassic Park grossed ￥1.24 billion nationally[29] [30]
30 570,732,644 [31]
31 514,687,090 [32]
32 Princess Mononoke475,833,720 Princess Mononoke reached number one in its fourth week of release[33]
33 The Lost World: Jurassic Park612,877,250 The Lost World: Jurassic Park returned to number one in its fifth week of release[34]
34 Princess Mononoke502,142,274Princess Mononoke returned to number one in its sixth week of release[35]
35 436,380,329[36]
36 342,230,834[37]
37 295,632,720[38]
38 305,524,722 [39]
39 250,858,894 [40]
40 181,784,592 [41]
41 151,371,605 [42]
42 116,834,575 [43]
43 Volcano187,827,816[44]
44 Con Air207,579,360[45]
45 157,339,320[46]
46 104,783,500[47]
47 Donnie Brasco131,976,558 [48]
48 132,227,064[49]
49 Air Force One330,090,670 [50]
50 Men in Black 434,922,540[51]
51 520,000,000[52]
52 Titanic510,000,000[53]

Highest-grossing films

RankTitleDistributorDistributor income
(¥ million)[54]
1. Princess MononokeToho11,760
2. Independence Day20th Century Fox6,650
3. UIP5,800
4. Lost ParadiseToei2,300
5. Toho2,000
6. Speed 220th Century Fox2,000
7. Star Wars (Special Edition)
The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)
Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)		20th Century Fox1,900
8. The Fifth ElementHerald1,700
9. SleepersHerald1,500
10. The End of EvangelionToei1,450

See also

Notes and References

  1. International box office. Screen International. 10 January 1997. 49. $5,281,514; $1=￥116.
  2. International box office. Screen International. 17 January 1997. 25. $1,577,178; $1=￥116.
  3. International box office. Screen International. 24 January 1997. 73. $1,359,661; $1=￥116.
  4. International box office. Screen International. 31 January 1997. 31. $1,165,176; $1=￥122.
  5. International box office. Screen International. 7 February 1997. 41. $1,028,705; $1=￥122.
  6. Japan Top 12. Screen International. 14 February 1997. 47. $858,680; $1=￥123.
  7. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 21 February 1997. 39. $1,870,199; $1=￥123.
  8. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 28 February 1997. 31. $2,130,311; $1=￥123.
  9. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 7 March 1997. 27. Gross for week ended Feb 28 $1,695,039; Total gross to Feb 28 $3,860,856; $1=￥123.
  10. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 14 March 1997. 23. Gross for week ended March 14 $1,229,890; Total gross to March 14 $6,532,702; $1=￥122.
  11. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 21 March 1997. 27. $1,511,053; $1=￥122.
  12. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 28 March 1997. 51. $1,840,443; $1=￥120.
  13. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 4 April 1997. 27. $1,506,452; $1=￥124.
  14. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 11 April 1997. 35. $1,652,713; $1=￥125.
  15. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 18 April 1997. 27. $2,460,400; $1=￥125.
  16. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 25 April 1997. 27. $2,047,247; $1=￥125.
  17. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 2 May 1997. 65. $1,556,478; $1=￥125.
  18. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 9 May 1997. 31. $1,835,121; $1=￥126.
  19. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 16 May 1997. 23. $1,664,575; $1=￥117.
  20. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 23 May 1997. 27. $1,184,857; $1=￥114.
  21. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 30 May 1997. 23. $1,582,474; $1=￥114.
  22. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 6 June 1997. 23. $1,357,847; $1=￥114.
  23. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 13 June 1997. 31. $1,975,406; $1=￥111.
  24. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 20 June 1997. 27. $1,564,042; $1=￥111.
  25. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 27 June 1997. 43. $1,388,689; $1=￥115.
  26. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 4 July 1997. 27. $1,268,084; $1=￥114.
  27. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 11 July 1997. 27. $1,411,196; $1=￥112.
  28. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 18 July 1997. 23. $1,522,463; $1=￥113.
  29. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 25 July 1997. 43. $7,597,134; $1=￥116.
  30. Dinosaurs Bite Japan. Screen International. 18 July 1997. 23.
  31. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 1 August 1997. 27. $4,920,109; $1=￥116.
  32. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 8 August 1997. 31. $4,361,755; $1=￥118.
  33. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 15 August 1997. 47. $4,173,980; $1=￥114.
  34. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 22 August 1997. 35. $5,193,875; $1=￥118.
  35. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 29 August 1997. 31. $4,255,443; $1=￥118.
  36. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 5 September 1997. 31. $3,606,449; $1=￥121.
  37. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 12 September 1997. 31. $2,828,354; $1=￥121.
  38. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 19 September 1997. 35. $2,463,606; $1=￥120.
  39. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 26 September 1997. 51. $2,504,301; $1=￥122.
  40. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 3 October 1997. 27. $2,073,214; $1=￥121.
  41. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 10 October 1997. 71. $1,502,352; $1=￥121.
  42. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 17 October 1997. 47. $1,251,005; $1=￥121.
  43. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 24 October 1997. 27. $965,575; $1=￥121.
  44. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 31 October 1997. 27. $1,552,296; $1=￥121.
  45. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 7 November 1997. 39. $1,729,828; $1=￥120.
  46. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 14 November 1997. 27. $1,311,161; $1=￥120.
  47. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 21 November 1997. 27. $838,268; $1=￥125.
  48. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 28 November 1997. 39. $1,047,433; $1=￥126.
  49. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 5 December 1997. 43. $1,025,016; $1=￥129.
  50. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 12 December 1997. 47. $2,539,159; $1=￥130.
  51. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 19 December 1997. 31. $3,345,558; $1=￥130.
  52. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 9 January 1998. 47. Week ended Jan 2 $2,342,932; Total gross to 2 Jan $9,687,940; $1=￥132.
  53. Japan Top 15. Screen International. 9 January 1998. 47. Previous rank 1; Week ended Jan 2 $3,191,338; % change -20; Total gross to 2 Jan $7,056,045; $1=￥132.
  54. Web site: 1997 January to December. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. ja. December 29, 2023.

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