#1 of 5 1997 · Drama, Thriller
$124.9M worldwide · 85% of the chart's total
Donnie Brasco (1997) is the highest-grossing movie released in week 9 of 1997 (Feb 23–Mar 1), with $124.9M worldwide, ahead of Booty Call (1997) at $20.1M and Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997) at $2.4M. 5 films released that week report a worldwide gross, $147.6M in all, 44% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is 8.6 times the total of Week 8, 1997, whose releases took $17.2M. By genre, Drama leads with $127.5M across 4 releases.
#1 of 5 1997 · Drama, Thriller
$124.9M worldwide · 85% of the chart's total
Donnie Brasco (1997) leads with $124.9M, 85% of the total. The top 5 together took $147.6M, almost all of what the 5 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 9 of 1997 (Feb 23–Mar 1).
Feb 28, 1997 US and Canada: $41.9M Rest of the world: $83M Worldwide: $124.9M
Feb 26, 1997 US and Canada: $20.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $20.1M
Feb 28, 1997 US and Canada: $2.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.4M
Feb 28, 1997 US and Canada: $222.6K Rest of the world: $1.6K Worldwide: $224.1K
Feb 24, 1997 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.4K Of the top 5, Booty Call (1997) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Donnie Brasco (1997) made 66% of its gross abroad. Across all 5 films, $64.6M (44%) came from the US & Canada. 1 film of the top 5 reports no US & Canada figure.
Week 9 releases took $147.6M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 6 (Feb 2–8) with $190.4M, led by Dante's Peak (1997).
Of these 10 years, Week 9, 1990 earned the most: $200.5M from 1 film, led by The Hunt for Red October (1990). Week 9, 1997 took $147.6M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 9, 1988 Feb 21–27 4 films | 4 | $24.9M | – | Frantic (1988) $17.6M |
| Week 9, 1989 Feb 26–Mar 4 8 films · +176% | 8 | $68.7M | +176% | Lean on Me (1989) $31.9M |
| Week 9, 1990 Feb 25–Mar 3 1 film · +192% | 1 | $200.5M | +192% | The Hunt for Red October (1990) $200.5M |
| Week 9, 1991 Feb 24–Mar 2 3 films · −81% | 3 | $38.2M | −81% | The Doors (1991) $34.5M |
| Week 9, 1992 Feb 23–29 2 films · −45% | 2 | $21.1M | −45% | Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) $14.4M |
| Week 9, 1993 Feb 21–27 2 films · +104% | 2 | $42.9M | +104% | Falling Down (1993) $40.9M |
| Week 9, 1994 Feb 20–26 2 films · −58% | 2 | $18.2M | −58% | Sugar Hill (1994) $18.2M |
| Week 9, 1995 Feb 26–Mar 4 5 films · +207% | 5 | $55.9M | +207% | Man of the House (1995) $40.1M |
| Week 9, 1996 Feb 25–Mar 2 4 films · +149% | 4 | $139.3M | +149% | Up Close & Personal (1996) $100.7M |
| Week 9, 1997 Feb 23–Mar 1 5 films · +6% | 5 | $147.6M | +6% | Donnie Brasco (1997) $124.9M |
53 weeks of 1997 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 51 (Dec 14–20) with $2.7B, led by Titanic (1997).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 5 films as the chart.
Donnie Brasco (1997) leads with $124.9M worldwide, $41.9M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Booty Call (1997) at $20.1M and Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997) at $2.4M.
5 films released in week 9 of 1997 (Feb 23–Mar 1) report a worldwide gross, $147.6M in all, or $29.5M per film on average. Week 8, 1997 releases took $17.2M.
None. 1 film crossed $100 million, led by Donnie Brasco (1997) with $124.9M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 9 of 1997 (Feb 23–Mar 1). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.