List of 1997 box office number-one films in France

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in France during 1997. Amounts are in French franc.

Number one films

#	Week End Date	Film	Box Office	Notes	Ref
1	January 7, 1997	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	19,734,208
2	January 14, 1997		7,347,335
3	January 21, 1997	Le Plus Beau Métier du monde	6,221,556	Le Plus Beau Métier du monde reached number one in its sixth week of release
4	January 28, 1997	Ransom	23,946,694
5	February 4, 1997	Didier	21,669,125
6	February 11, 1997		17,103,344
7	February 17, 1997	Space Jam	16,462,710	Space Jam reached number one in its second week of release.
8	February 24, 1997		13,484,329
9	March 3, 1997	Mars Attacks!	24,610,081
10	March 10, 1997		16,548,525
11	March 18, 1997	Star Wars (Special Edition)	17,576,885
12	March 25, 1997		13,841,356
13	April 1, 1997	101 Dalmatians	28,386,889
14	April 8, 1997		21,179,752
15	April 15, 1997		21,372,743
16	April 22, 1997		25,543,193
17	April 29, 1997	Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)	13,268,027	The Special Edition of Return of the Jedi reached number one in its second weekend of release
18	May 5, 1997	La Vérité si je mens !	18,537,563
19	May 13, 1997	The Fifth Element	55,179,922	The Fifth Element had a record opening for a French film
20	May 20, 1997		45,637,574
21	May 27, 1997		25,317,850
22	June 3, 1997		19,067,765
23	June 10, 1997		15,891,406
24	June 17, 1997		12,227,936
25	June 24, 1997		9,745,871
26	July 1, 1997	Liar Liar	28,910,354
27	July 9, 1997	Metro	10,179,938
28	July 15, 1997	Batman & Robin	21,165,012
29	July 22, 1997	Scream	12,084,732
30	July 29, 1997	Speed 2: Cruise Control	18,133,200
31	August 5, 1997		10,214,640
32	August 12, 1997	Men in Black	58,651,812	Men in Black reached number one in its second week of release
33	August 19, 1997		33,511,104
34	August 26, 1997		27,384,732
35	September 2, 1997		25,500,276
36	September 9, 1997		15,996,492
37	September 16, 1997	Face/Off	16,953,936
38	September 23, 1997	Contact	13,304,376
39	September 30, 1997	Face/Off	9,134,100	Face/Off returned to number one in its third week of release
40	October 7, 1997	My Best Friend's Wedding	20,119,356
41	October 14, 1997		17,774,900
42	October 21, 1997	Le Pari	34,739,705
43	October 28, 1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	68,874,589
44	November 4, 1997		47,219,604
45	November 11, 1997	Bean	28,737,919	Bean reached number one in its second week of release
46	November 18, 1997	Alien Resurrection	38,906,093
47	November 25, 1997		21,362,469
48	December 2, 1997	Hercules	25,981,102
49	December 9, 1997		21,685,467
50	December 16, 1997		19,300,000
51	December 23, 1997	Tomorrow Never Dies	41,417,603
52	December 30, 1997		36,526,118

See also

• List of French films of 1997
• Lists of box office number-one films