List of 1997 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 1997.

Number one films[edit]

# Weekend End Date Film Box Office Notes Ref
1 January 5, 1997 Evita £2,068,488 Evita reached number one in its third week of release [1]
2 January 12, 1997 £1,749,118 [2]
3 January 19, 1997 £1,412,412 [3]
4 January 26, 1997 £1,119,052 [4]
5 February 2, 1997 £838,500 [5]
6 February 9, 1997 Ransom £3,283,302 Ransom reached number one in its second week of release. The nationwide opening set a record for February [6]
7 February 16, 1997 £2,053,737 [7]
8 February 23, 1997 £1,382,489 [8]
9 March 2, 1997 Mars Attacks! £2,121,878 [9]
10 March 9, 1997 Jerry Maguire £1,529,748 [10]
11 March 16, 1997 £1,334,625 [11]
12 March 23, 1997 Star Wars (Special Edition) £3,702,720 The reissue of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope had a record opening for March surpassing Toy Story's £3,387,160 [12]
13 March 30, 1997 £2,406,795 [13]
14 April 6, 1997 £1,480,940 [14]
15 April 13, 1997 The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) £1,987,161 [15]
16 April 20, 1997 £1,265,879 [16]
17 April 27, 1997 Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) £1,681,159 [17]
18 May 4, 1997 Liar Liar £1,969,204 [18]
19 May 11, 1997 £1,749,272 [19]
20 May 18, 1997 £1,206,000 [20]
21 May 25, 1997 £909,257 [21]
22 June 1, 1997 Absolute Power £472,544 Absolute Power's opening weekend gross included previews of £70,196. Excluding previews, Liar Liar retained the number one spot with a gross of £440,994 [22][23]
23 June 8, 1997 Con Air £1,339,155 [24]
24 June 15, 1997 The Fifth Element £1,483,043 The Fifth Element reached number one in its second week [25]
25 June 22, 1997 £1,193,215 [26]
26 June 29, 1997 Batman & Robin £4,940,566 Batman & Robin had a record opening for Warner Bros. beating Batman Forever's £4,714,000 and a record opening for June [27]
27 July 6, 1997 £2,214,719 [28]
28 July 13, 1997 £1,214,411 [29][30]
29 July 20, 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park £5,666,917 The Lost World: Jurassic Park had a record opening for United International Pictures and a record opening for July, beating Jurassic Park's £4,875,317 [31][32]
30 July 27, 1997 £3,794,948 [33]
31 August 3, 1997 Men in Black £7,066,748 Men in Black set the opening weekend record beating Independence Day's £7,005,905 [34][32]
32 August 10, 1997 £3,388,263 [35]
33 August 17, 1997 £2,547,413 [36][37]
34 August 24, 1997 £2,438,822 [38]
35 August 31, 1997 £1,720,695 [39][40]
36 September 7, 1997 The Full Monty £1,569,956 The Full Monty reached number one in its second week of release [41][42]
37 September 14, 1997 £1,839,950 [43][44]
38 September 21, 1997 £1,981,757 [45][46]
39 September 28, 1997 £1,993,426 [47][48]
40 October 5, 1997 £2,123,319 [49][50]
41 October 12, 1997 £1,914,537 [51][52]
42 October 19, 1997 £1,830,228 [53][54]
43 October 26, 1997 £1,722,755 [55][56]
44 November 2, 1997 £1,655,822 The Full Monty becomes the first film to top the box office for nine consecutive weekends [57][58][59]
45 November 9, 1997 Face/Off £1,601,342 [60][61][62]
46 November 16, 1997 The Full Monty £1,251,606 The Full Monty returned to number one in its twelfth week of release [63][64]
47 November 23, 1997 £1,119,520 [65][66]
48 November 30, 1997 Alien: Resurrection £2,672,657 Alien: Resurrection set a record opening for November [67][68]
49 December 7, 1997 £1,095,607 [69]
50 December 14, 1997 Tomorrow Never Dies £3,656,746 Tomorrow Never Dies set a record opening for December beating 101 Dalmatians's £2,360,762 [70]
51 December 21, 1997 TBD
52 December 28, 1997 Spiceworld £4,777,124 Spiceworld set a record opening for a British production beating Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie's £2,278,390 (excluding previews) [71][72]

Highest-grossing films[edit]

Highest-grossing films 29 November 1996 to 30 November 1997

Rank Title Distributor Gross[73]
1. The Full Monty 20th Century Fox £40,817,733
2. Men in Black Columbia TriStar £35,801,983
3. The Lost World: Jurassic Park UIP £25,799,961
4. 101 Dalmatians Buena Vista £20,380,347
5. Bean PolyGram £17,621,882
6. Star Wars (Special Edition) 20th Century Fox £16,343,172
7. Batman & Robin Warner Bros. £14,676,429
8. Evita Entertainment £14,218,510
9. Ransom Buena Vista £12,799,311
10. The English Patient Buena Vista £12,554,629

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "UK Top 15: January 10-12". Screen International. 17 January 1997. p. 27.
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  4. ^ "UK Top 15: January 24-26". Screen International. 31 January 1997. p. 23.
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  68. ^ "UK Top 15". Screen International. 5 December 1997. p. 42. $4,499,423; $1=£0.594
  69. ^ "UK Top 15". Screen International. 12 December 1997. p. 46. $1,831,919; $1=£0.604
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  72. ^ "UK Top 15". Screen International. 15 August 1997. p. 46. $4,043,101; previews $449,426; $1=£0.634
  73. ^ "UK Top 100 Films Nov 29, 1996-Nov 30, 1997". Screen International. 23 January 1998. p. 43.

Chronology[edit]

Preceded by 1997 Succeeded by
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