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The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including Titanic , The Full Monty , Gattaca , Donnie Brasco , Good Will Hunting , L.A. Confidential , The Fifth Element , Nil by Mouth , The Spanish Prisoner , and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks.

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Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1997 by worldwide gross are as follows: [1]

Highest-grossing films of 1997
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross (USD)
1 Titanic Paramount / 20th Century Fox $1,843,201,268 [nb 1] [2]
2 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal $618,638,999
3 Men in Black Sony Pictures / Columbia $589,390,539
4 Tomorrow Never Dies MGM / UIP $333,011,068
5 Air Force One Sony Pictures / Columbia / Buena Vista $315,156,409
6 As Good as It Gets Sony Pictures / TriStar $314,178,011
7 Liar Liar Universal $302,710,615
8 My Best Friend's Wedding Sony Pictures / TriStar $299,288,605
9 The Fifth Element Sony Pictures / Columbia / Gaumont $263,920,180
10 The Full Monty 20th Century Fox $257,938,649
  1. Excluding the gross from subsequent re-releases.

Box office records

Events

Academy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Taste of Cherry (طعم گيلاس, Ta'm-e gilass), directed by Abbas Kiarostami, Iran / France
The Eel (うなぎ, Unagi), directed by Shohei Imamura, Japan

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Hana-bi (Fireworks), directed by Takeshi Kitano, Japan

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The People vs. Larry Flynt , directed by Miloš Forman, Canada / United States

Award ceremonies

Awards

Category/Organization 55th Golden Globe Awards
January 18, 1998
3rd Critics' Choice Awards
January 20, 1998
Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 70th Academy Awards
March 23, 1998
51st BAFTA Awards
April 18, 1998
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best Film Titanic As Good as It Gets L.A. Confidential Titanic The Full Monty
Best Director James Cameron
Titanic
Baz Luhrmann
Romeo + Juliet
Best Actor Peter Fonda
Ulee's Gold
Jack Nicholson
As Good as It Gets
Robert Carlyle
The Full Monty
Best Actress Judi Dench
Mrs Brown
Helen Hunt
As Good as It Gets
Helena Bonham Carter
The Wings of the Dove
Helen Hunt
As Good as It Gets
Judi Dench
Mrs Brown
Best Supporting Actor Burt Reynolds
Boogie Nights
Anthony Hopkins
Amistad
Robin Williams
Good Will Hunting
Tom Wilkinson
The Full Monty
Best Supporting Actress Kim Basinger
L.A. Confidential
Joan Cusack
In & Out
Kim Basinger
L.A. Confidential
Gloria Stuart
Titanic
Kim Basinger
L.A. Confidential
Sigourney Weaver
The Ice Storm
Best Screenplay, Adapted Good Will Hunting
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
L.A. Confidential
Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
Romeo + Juliet
Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce
Best Screenplay, Original Good Will Hunting
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks
As Good As It Gets
Good Will Hunting
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
Nil by Mouth
Gary Oldman
Best Original Score Titanic
James Horner
N/AN/A Titanic
James Horner
Romeo + Juliet
Nellee Hooper
Best Original Song"My Heart Will Go On"
Titanic
N/AN/A"My Heart Will Go On"
Titanic
N/A
Best Foreign Language Film My Life in Pink Shall We Dance? N/A Character Ridicule

1997 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1 Joan Rice 66UKActress
4 Bill Lancaster 49USScreenwriter
5 Burton Lane 84USComposer, Lyricist
6 Catherine Scorsese 84USActress
9 Jesse White 80USActor
10 Sheldon Leonard 89USActor, Director, Producer
18 Diana Lewis 77USActress
19 Adriana Caselotti 80USActress
19 James Dickey 73USScreenwriter Deliverance
19 Charles Nelson 95SwedenFilm Editor
21Marcello Danon76BulgariaProducer, Screenwriter
21 Polly Ann Young 88USActress
23 David Waller 76UKActor
23 Bill Zuckert 81USActor
27 Bill Kennedy 88USActor
27 Richard X. Slattery 71USActor
31 Eve Lister 83UKActress
February 1 Marjorie Reynolds 79USActress
4 Robert Clouse 68USDirector
5 Harry Essex 86USScreenwriter
7 Mary Wills 82USCostume Designer
8 Robert Ridgely 65USActor
11 Barry Evans 53UKActor
11 Don Porter 84USActor
12 James Cossins 63UKActor
19 Frank Delfino 86USActor
23 Frank Launder 91UKScreenwriter, Director
23 Oscar Lewenstein 80UKProducer
25 Scott Forbes 76UKActor
25 Arthur Hewlett 89UKActor
26 David Doyle 67USActor
26 Wende Wagner 55USActress
March 4 Carey Loftin 83USStuntman, Actor
5 William Roberts 83USScreenwriter
8 Alexander Salkind 75PolandProducer
9 Terry Nation 66UKScreenwriter
13 Ronald Fraser 66UKActor
14 Fred Zinnemann 89AustriaDirector, Producer
15 Gail Davis 71USActress
16 Leda Gloria 84ItalyActress
22 John Hoesli 78UKArt Director
29 Ellen Pollock 94UKActress
30 Jack Bernhard 82USDirector
April 2 Anthony Bushell 92UKActor
2 Tomoyuki Tanaka 86JapanProducer
4 Mike Raven 72UKActor
6 Barbara Yu Ling 58SingaporeActress
14 Michael Stroka 58USActor
15 David Dockendorf 73USSound Engineer
16 Roland Topor 59FranceScreenwriter, Actor
20 Jean Louis 89FranceCostume Designer
24 Pat Paulsen 69MexicoActor
25 Brian May 62AustraliaComposer
26 John Beal 87USActor
26 Joey Faye 87USActor
26Neil Robinson61USActor
27 Gabriel Figueroa 90MexicoCinematographer
27 Paul Lambert 74USActor
28 Steve Conte 77ItalyActor
May 1 Bo Widerberg 66SwedenDirector, Screenwriter
3 Hughie Green 77UKActor, Producer
4 Alvy Moore 75USActor, Producer
5 Walter Gotell 73UKActor
6 Jorge Martínez de Hoyos 76MexicoActor
9 Marco Ferreri 68ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
9 Paul Zastupnevich 75USCostume Designer
10 John P. Austin 90USSet Decorator
11 Catherine McLeod 75USActress
11 Howard Morton 71USActor
14 Thelma Carpenter 75USActress
15 Bridgette Andersen 21USActress
16 Giuseppe De Santis 80ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
20 John Rawlins 94USDirector
22 Renzo Montagnani 66ItalyActor
23 Frances E. Nealy 78USActress
24 Edward Mulhare 74IrelandActor
28 Sydney Guilaroff 89USMakeup Artist
29 George Fenneman 77USActor
June 14 Marjorie Best 94USCostume Designer
14 Richard Jaeckel 70USActor
16 Elizabeth McBride 42USCostume Designer
17 Maurice Rootes 80UKFilm Editor
19 Olga Georges-Picot 57FranceActress
22 Don Henderson 65UKActor
23 Rosina Lawrence 84CanadaActress
24 Brian Keith 75USActor
25 Jacques Cousteau 87FranceDocumentarian
26 George Bassman 83USComposer, Orchestrator
28 Gary DeVore 69USScreenwriter
29 William Hickey 69USActor
July 1 Robert Mitchum 79USActor
2 James Stewart 89USActor
9 Carol Forman 79USActress
15 Rosamund Greenwood 90UKActress
16 William Reynolds 87USFilm Editor
17 Gene Warren 80USVisual Effects Artist
20 Linda Stirling 75USActress
23 David Warbeck 55New ZealandActor
24 Brian Glover 63UKActor
27 Isabel Dean 79UKActor
28 Rosalie Crutchley 77UKActress
August 4 Dick Bush 65UKCinematographer
5 Don Steele 61USActor
15 Glenn Corbett 74USActor
18 Don Knight 64UKActor
18 Jeep Swenson 40USActor
19 Cathleen Cordell 82USActress
20 Leo Jaffe 88USStudio Executive
25 Camilla Spira 81GermanyActor
25 William H. Tuntke 90GermanyArt Director, Production Designer
27 Sally Blane 87USActress
27 Dick N. Lucas 77USAnimator
27 Brandon Tartikoff 48USStudio Executive
28Eve Smith91USActress
31 Dodi Fayed 42EgyptProducer
31 Will Hare 81USActor
September 5 Eddie Little Sky 71USActor
7 Elisabeth Brooks 46CanadaActress
8 Helen Shaw 100USActress
9 Burgess Meredith 89USActor
13 Audrey Fildes 74UKActress
13 Georges Guétary 82FranceActor
16 Terence Cooper 64IrelandActor
16 Gerry Turpin 72UKCinematographer
17 Jerry Gershwin 71USProducer
17 Brian Hall 59UKActor
17 Red Skelton 84USActor, Comedian
19 Jack May 75UKActor
21 Jennifer Holt 76USActress
21 Maurice Kaufmann 70UKActor
26 Dorothy Kingsley 87USScreenwriter
26 Samuel W. Taylor 90USScreenwriter
October 3 John Ashley 62USActor, Producer
3 Verna Hillie 83USActress
3 Jarl Kulle 70SwedenActor, Director, Screenwriter
5 Andrew Keir 71UKActor
5 Debbie Linden 36UKActress
9 Arch Johnson 75USActor
10 Stella Bonheur 92UKActress
12 John Denver 53USSinger, Actor
13 Joyce Compton 90USActress
14 Hy Averback 76USDirector, Producer, Actor
16 Audra Lindley 79USActress
17 Ben Welden 96USActor
18 Milt Neil 83USAnimator
19 Arthur Ibbetson 75UKCinematographer
20 Ron Tarr 60UKActor
24 Michael Balfour 79UKActor
24 Don Messick 71USVoice Actor
28 Paul Jarrico 82USScreenwriter
30 Samuel Fuller 85USDirector, Screenwriter
November 5 Louise Campbell 86USActress
6 William Watson 59USActor
8 Michael Ward 88UKActor
10 Ave Ninchi 82ItalyActress
11 William Alland 81USProducer, Actor
12 Sándor Szabó 82HungaryActor Topaz
13 Dietrich Lohmann 54GermanyCinematographer
15 Saul Chaplin 85USMusical Director, Producer
15 Warren Douglas 86USActor
15 David Toguri 64CanadaChoreographer, Actor
16 David K. Stewart 60 ??Cinematographer
17 Peter James 73UKSet Decorator, Art Director
17 Wilfred Josephs 70UKComposer, Orchestrator
19 Alfred Roome 88UKFilm Editor, Director
21 Jack Purvis 60UKActor
22 Joanna Moore 63USActress
23 Robert Lewis 88USDirector, Actor
25 Charles Hallahan 54USActor
30 Glyn Dearman 57UKActor
December 2 Marge Kotlisky 70USActress
4 Richard Vernon 72UKActor
14 Stubby Kaye 79USActor
16 Richard Warwick 52UKActor
17 Peter Taylor 75UKFilm Editor
18 Chris Farley 33USActor, Comedian
19 Michael Alldredge 56USActor
20 Dawn Steel 51USProducer, Executive
23 Stanley Cortez 89USCinematographer
24 Toshiro Mifune 77JapanActor, Producer
25 Denver Pyle 77USActor
28 Bill Anderson 86USProducer
31 Billie Dove 94USActress

Film debuts

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References

  1. "1997 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo . IMDb . Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  2. "Titanic (1997)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012.
  3. "The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  4. McNary, Dave (31 December 1997). "Sony's slew of hit movies exterminates Disney out of top spot" . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . p. 10. Retrieved 16 April 2022 via Newspapers.com.