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

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

†	This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[1]

#	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	[2]
2	January 12, 1997		£1,749,118		[3]
3	January 19, 1997		£1,412,412		[4]
4	January 26, 1997		£1,119,052		[5]
5	February 2, 1997		£838,500		[6]
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	[7]
7	February 16, 1997		£2,053,737		[8]
8	February 23, 1997		£1,382,489		[9]
9	March 2, 1997	Mars Attacks!	£2,121,878		[10]
10	March 9, 1997	Jerry Maguire	£1,529,748		[11]
11	March 16, 1997		£1,334,625		[12]
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	[13]
13	March 30, 1997		£2,406,795		[14]
14	April 6, 1997		£1,480,940		[15]
15	April 13, 1997	The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)	£1,987,161		[16]
16	April 20, 1997		£1,265,879		[17]
17	April 27, 1997	Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)	£1,681,159		[18]
18	May 4, 1997	Liar Liar	£1,969,204		[19]
19	May 11, 1997		£1,749,272		[20]
20	May 18, 1997		£1,206,000		[21]
21	May 25, 1997		£909,257		[22]
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	[23][24]
23	June 8, 1997	Con Air	£1,339,155		[25]
24	June 15, 1997	The Fifth Element	£1,483,043	The Fifth Element reached number one in its second week	[26]
25	June 22, 1997		£1,193,215		[27]
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	[28]
27	July 6, 1997		£2,214,719		[29]
28	July 13, 1997		£1,214,411		[30][31]
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	[32][33]
30	July 27, 1997		£3,794,948		[34]
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	[35][33]
32	August 10, 1997		£3,388,263		[36]
33	August 17, 1997		£2,547,413		[37][38]
34	August 24, 1997		£2,438,822		[39]
35	August 31, 1997		£1,720,695		[40][41]
36	September 7, 1997	The Full Monty †	£1,569,956	The Full Monty reached number one in its second week of release	[42][43]
37	September 14, 1997		£1,839,950		[44][45]
38	September 21, 1997		£1,981,757		[46][47]
39	September 28, 1997		£1,993,426		[48][49]
40	October 5, 1997		£2,123,319		[50][51]
41	October 12, 1997		£1,914,537		[52][53]
42	October 19, 1997		£1,830,228		[54][55]
43	October 26, 1997		£1,722,755		[56][57]
44	November 2, 1997		£1,655,822	The Full Monty becomes the first film to top the box office for nine consecutive weekends	[58][59][60]
45	November 9, 1997	Face/Off	£1,601,342		[61][62][63]
46	November 16, 1997	The Full Monty †	£1,251,606	The Full Monty returned to number one in its twelfth week of release	[64][65]
47	November 23, 1997		£1,119,520		[66][67]
48	November 30, 1997	Alien: Resurrection	£2,672,657	Alien: Resurrection set a record opening for November and for an 18-certificate film, the latter beating Bram Stoker's Dracula's £2.64 million.	[68][69][70]
49	December 7, 1997		£1,095,607		[71]
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	[72]
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)	[73][74]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films 29 November 1996 to 30 November 1997

Rank	Title	Distributor	Gross[1]
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

• List of British films — British films by year