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List of 1997 box office number-one films in Japan

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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.

† This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[1]
# Week ending Film Box office Notes Ref
1January 3, 1997Independence Day612,655,624Weekend only[2]
2January 12, 1997182,952,648Weekend only[3]
3January 19, 1997157,206,676Weekend only[4]
4January 26, 1997142,151,472Weekend only[5]
5February 2, 1997125,502,010Weekend only[6]
6February 9, 1997105,617,640Weekend only[7]
7February 14, 1997230,034,477[8]
8February 21, 1997Ransom262,028,253[9]
9February 28, 1997208,489,797[10]
10March 7, 1997176,000,000[11][10]
11March 14, 1997Dante's Peak184,348,466[12]
12March 21, 1997101 Dalmatians220,853,160[13]
13March 28, 1997186,800,048[14]
14April 4, 1997206,589,125[15]
15April 11, 1997The Devil's Own307,550,000[16]
16April 18, 1997Sleepers255,905,875[17]
17April 25, 1997194,559,750[18]
18May 2, 1997231,225,246[19]
19May 9, 1997194,755,275[20]
20May 16, 1997Lost Paradise135,073,698[21]
21May 23, 1997Jerry Maguire180,402,036[22]
22May 30, 1997154,794,558[23]
23June 6, 1997Star Wars (Special Edition)219,270,066[24]
24June 13, 1997173,608,662[25]
25June 20, 1997159,699,235[26]
26June 27, 1997144,561,576[27]
27July 4, 1997158,053,952[28]
28July 11, 1997The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)172,038,319[29]
29July 18, 1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park881,267,544The Lost World: Jurassic Park grossed ¥1.24 billion nationally[30][31]
30July 25, 1997570,732,644[32]
31August 1, 1997514,687,090[33]
32August 8, 1997Princess Mononoke †475,833,720Princess Mononoke reached number one in its fourth week of release[34]
33August 15, 1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park612,877,250The Lost World: Jurassic Park returned to number one in its fifth week of release[35]
34August 22, 1997Princess Mononoke †502,142,274Princess Mononoke returned to number one in its sixth week of release[36]
35August 29, 1997436,380,329[37]
36September 5, 1997342,230,834[38]
37September 12, 1997295,632,720[39]
38September 19, 1997305,524,722[40]
39September 26, 1997250,858,894[41]
40October 3, 1997181,784,592[42]
41October 10, 1997151,371,605[43]
42October 17, 1997116,834,575[44]
43October 24, 1997Volcano187,827,816[45]
44October 31, 1997Con Air207,579,360[46]
45November 7, 1997157,339,320[47]
46November 14, 1997104,783,500[48]
47November 21, 1997Donnie Brasco131,976,558[49]
48November 28, 1997132,227,064[50]
49December 5, 1997Air Force One330,090,670[51]
50December 12, 1997Men in Black434,922,540[52]
51December 19, 1997520,000,000[52][53]
52December 26, 1997Titanic510,000,000[54]

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