1997 in film explained

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.

Highest-grossing films

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

Highest-grossing films of 1997
Rank	Title	Distributor	Worldwide gross (USD)
1	Titanic	Paramount / 20th Century Fox		-->$1,843,201,268^[2]
2		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

Box office records

Titanic became the first film in history to pass at the box office on March 1, 1998. Titanic held the record for the highest-grossing film of all time for 12 years until it was surpassed by Avatar (also directed by James Cameron) on January 25, 2010.
The Jurassic Park franchise became the sixth film franchise to gross $1 billion with the release of .^[3]
Sony Pictures became the year's highest-grossing distributor in the United States and Canada, with in domestic gross. It was the first time Sony Pictures topped the domestic box office, after Disney was the top-grossing domestic distributor for the previous three years.^[4]

Events

The Star Wars Special Editions, a theatrical anniversary edition of the original Star Wars trilogy, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, are released.
The Fifth Element is released, becoming a global box office success. It will go on to become the top-grossing French film of all time, a record it will hold for 14 years until the release of The Intouchables in 2011.
Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1 billion at the box office, making it the highest-grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.
grosses a record $90,161,880 on Memorial Day Weekend.

Academy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Taste of Cherry (طعم گيلاس,), directed by Abbas Kiarostami, Iran / France

The Eel (うなぎ,), 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		70th Academy Awards March 23, 1998	51st BAFTA Awards April 18, 1998
Category/Organization	width=200	Drama !	3rd Critics' Choice Awards January 20, 1998		70th Academy Awards March 23, 1998	51st BAFTA Awards April 18, 1998	Musical 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					Romeo + Juliet Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce
Best Screenplay, Original		Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks As Good As It Gets		Nil by Mouth Gary Oldman
Best Original Score			N/A	N/A		Romeo + Juliet Nellee Hooper
Best Original Song	"My Heart Will Go On" Titanic		N/A	N/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

List of action films of 1997
List of animated feature films of 1997
List of avant-garde films of 1997
List of crime films of 1997
List of comedy films of 1997
List of drama films of 1997
List of horror films of 1997
List of science fiction films of 1997
List of thriller films of 1997
List of western films of 1997

Births

January 2 – Melis Sezen, Turkish actress
January 17 – Jake Paul, Boxer
January 21 – Jeremy Shada, American actor and musician
January 24
- Jonah Bobo, American actor
- Dylan Riley Snyder, American actor
February 2 – Ellie Bamber, English actress
February 8
- Kathryn Newton, American actress
- Quintessa Swindell, American actor
February 10 – Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress
February 12 – Shane Baumel, American former teen actor
February 14 – Madison Iseman, American actress
February 23 – Pallavi Dey, Indian actress (d. 2022)
February 25 – Isabelle Fuhrman, American actress
March 2 – Becky G, American singer and actress
March 3 – Camila Cabello, Cuban singer and actress
March 6 – Alisha Boe, Norwegian-American actress
March 9 – Niamh Wilson, Canadian actress
March 10 – Madeleine Arthur, Canadian actress
March 18 – Ciara Bravo, American actress
March 28 – Annabelle Davis, English actress
April 1 – Asa Butterfield, English actor
April 5 – Henry Hunter Hall, American actor
April 15 – Maisie Williams, English actress
April 23 – Alex Ferris, Canadian actor
April 25 – Tony Poljan, American Football Player
April 26 – Amber Midthunder, American actress
May 2 – Perla Haney-Jardine, Brazilian-American actress
May 11 – Lana Condor, American actress
May 12 – Odeya Rush, Israeli actress
May 30
- Zoe Renee, American actress
- Jake Short, American actor
June 13 – Theodore Pellerin, Canadian actor
June 16 – Camila Morrone, American model and actress
June 17 – KJ Apa, New Zealand actor
June 18 – Max Records, American actor
June 26 – Jacob Elordi, Australian actor
July 13 – Leo Howard, American actor and martial artist
July 18 – Fionn Whitehead, British actor
July 19 – Amita Suman, Nepali-British actress
July 22 – Field Cate, American actor
July 23 – Chloé Hayden, Australian actress
August 5
- Olivia Holt, American actress and singer
- Adam Irigoyen, American actor
August 13 – Yeo Jin-goo, South Korean actor
August 18 – Josephine Langford, Australian actress
August 25
- Holly Gibbs, English child actress
- Bryana Salaz, American actress and singer
August 28 – Emilia McCarthy, Canadian actress
August 30 – Dana Gaier, American actress
September 7 – Dean-Charles Chapman, English actor
September 9 - Tallulah Haddon, British actress
September 12 – Sydney Sweeney, American actress
September 16 – Elena Kampouris, American actress
September 19 – Jayme Lawson, American actress
September 30 – Havana Rose Liu, American actress, model, dancer, activist and designer
October 6 – Honor Swinton Byrne, British actress
October 7 – Kira Kosarin, American actress
October 8 – Bella Thorne, American actress
October 10 – Grace Rolek, American actress and voice actress
October 20 – John Bell, Scottish actor
October 23 – Zach Callison, American actor and voice actor
October 26 – Rhenzy Feliz, American actor and singer
October 28 – Sierra McCormick, American actress
November 1
- Max Burkholder, American actor
- Alex Wolff, American actor and musician
November 6 – Hero Fiennes Tiffin, English actor, model and producer
November 8 – Dominique Thorne, American actress
November 13 – Brent and Shane Kinsman, American twin child actors
November 18 – Noah Ringer, American actor
November 26
- Aubrey Joseph, American actor and rapper
- Luka Sabbat, American actor and model
December 11
- Ben Cook, American actor, singer and dancer
- Taylor Hickson, Canadian actress
December 15 – Maude Apatow, American actress
December 16 - Spence Moore II, American actor
December 27 – Vachirawit Chivaaree "Bright", Thai actor
December 29 – Kiera Allen, American actress

Deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession
January	1		66	UK	Actress
4		49	US	Screenwriter
5		84	US	Composer, Lyricist
6		84	US	Actress
9		80	US	Actor
10		89	US	Actor, Director, Producer
18		77	US	Actress
19		80	US	Actress
19		73	US	Screenwriter	Deliverance
19		95	Sweden	Film Editor
21	Marcello Danon	76	Bulgaria	Producer, Screenwriter
21		88	US	Actress
23		76	UK	Actor
23		81	US	Actor
27		88	US	Actor
27		71	US	Actor
31		83	UK	Actress
February	1		79	US	Actress
4		68	US	Director
5		86	US	Screenwriter, Director
7		82	US	Costume Designer
8		65	US	Actor
11		53	UK	Actor
11		84	US	Actor
12		63	UK	Actor
19		86	US	Actor
23		91	UK	Screenwriter, Director
23		80	UK	Producer
25		76	UK	Actor
25		89	UK	Actor
26		67	US	Actor
26		55	US	Actress
March	4		83	US	Stuntman, Actor
5		83	US	Screenwriter
8		75	Poland	Producer
9		66	UK	Screenwriter
13		66	UK	Actor
14		89	Austria	Director, Producer
15		71	US	Actress
16		84	Italy	Actress
22		78	UK	Art Director
29		94	UK	Actress
30		82	US	Director
April	2		92	UK	Actor
2		86	Japan	Producer
4		72	UK	Actor
6		58	Singapore	Actress
14		58	US	Actor
15		73	US	Sound Engineer
16		59	France	Screenwriter, Actor
20		89	France	Costume Designer
24		69	Mexico	Actor
25		62	Australia	Composer
26		87	US	Actor
26		87	US	Actor
26	Neil Robinson	61	US	Actor
27		90	Mexico	Cinematographer
27		74	US	Actor
28		77	Italy	Actor
May	1		66	Sweden	Director, Screenwriter
3		77	UK	Actor, Producer
4		75	US	Actor, Producer
5		73	UK	Actor
6		76	Mexico	Actor
9		68	Italy	Director, Screenwriter
9		75	US	Costume Designer
10		90	US	Set Decorator
11		75	US	Actress
11		71	US	Actor
14		75	US	Singer, Actress
15		21	US	Actress
16		80	Italy	Director, Screenwriter
20		94	US	Director, Film Editor
22		66	Italy	Actor
23		78	US	Actress
24		74	Ireland	Actor
28		89	US	Makeup Artist
29		77	US	Actor
June	14		94	US	Costume Designer
14		70	US	Actor
16		42	US	Costume Designer
17		80	UK	Film Editor
19		57	France	Actress
22		65	UK	Actor
23		84	Canada	Actress
24		75	US	Actor
25		87	France	Documentarian
26		83	US	Composer, Orchestrator
28		69	US	Screenwriter
29		69	US	Actor
July	1		79	US	Actor
2		89	US	Actor
9		79	US	Actress
15		90	UK	Actress
16		87	US	Film Editor
17		80	US	Visual Effects Artist
20		75	US	Actress
23		55	New Zealand	Actor
24		63	UK	Actor
27		79	UK	Actor
28		77	UK	Actress
August	4		65	UK	Cinematographer
5		61	US	Actor
15		74	US	Actor
18		64	UK	Actor
18		40	US	Actor
19		82	US	Actress
20		88	US	Studio Executive
25		81	Germany	Actor
25		90	Germany	Art Director, Production Designer
27		87	US	Actress
27		77	US	Animator
27		48	US	Studio Executive
28	Eve Smith	91	US	Actress
31		42	Egypt	Producer
31		81	US	Actor
September	5		71	US	Actor
7		46	Canada	Actress
8		100	US	Actress
9		89	US	Actor
13		74	UK	Actress
13		82	France	Actor
16		64	Ireland	Actor
16		72	UK	Cinematographer
17		71	US	Producer
17		59	UK	Actor
17		84	US	Actor, Comedian
19		75	UK	Actor
21		76	US	Actress
21		70	UK	Actor
26		87	US	Screenwriter
26		90	US	Screenwriter
October	3		62	US	Actor, Producer
3		83	US	Actress
3		70	Sweden	Actor, Director, Screenwriter
5		71	UK	Actor
5		36	UK	Actress
9		75	US	Actor
10		92	UK	Actress
12		53	US	Singer, Actor
13		90	US	Actress
14		76	US	Director, Producer, Actor
16		79	US	Actress
17		96	US	Actor
18		83	US	Animator
19		75	UK	Cinematographer
20		60	UK	Actor
24		79	UK	Actor
24		71	US	Voice Actor
28		82	US	Screenwriter
30		85	US	Director, Screenwriter
November	5		86	US	Actress
6		59	US	Actor
8		88	UK	Actor
10		82	Italy	Actress
11		81	US	Producer, Actor
12		82	Hungary	Actor	Topaz
13		54	Germany	Cinematographer
15		85	US	Musical Director, Producer
15		86	US	Actor, Screenwriter
15		64	Canada	Choreographer, Actor
16		60	??	Visual Effects Artist
17		73	UK	Set Decorator, Art Director
17		70	UK	Composer, Orchestrator
19		88	UK	Film Editor, Director
21		60	UK	Actor
22		63	US	Actress
23		88	US	Director, Actor
25		54	US	Actor
30		57	UK	Actor
December	2		70	US	Actress
4		72	UK	Actor
14		79	US	Actor
16		52	UK	Actor
17		75	UK	Film Editor
18		33	US	Actor, Comedian
19		56	US	Actor
20		51	US	Producer, Executive
23		89	US	Cinematographer
24		77	Japan	Actor, Producer
25		77	US	Actor
28		86	US	Producer
31		94	US	Actress

External links

List of 1997 films at IMDb
1997 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
List of 1997 deaths at IMDb
List of 1997 births at IMDb

Notes and References

Web site: 1997 Worldwide Box Office . Box Office Mojo. IMDb. March 7, 2020.
Web site: Titanic (1997) . Box Office Mojo . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321035129/https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=titanic.htm . March 21, 2012.
Web site: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) . Box Office Mojo . May 27, 2021 . May 9, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210509142814/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0119567/ . live.
News: McNary . Dave . Sony's slew of hit movies exterminates Disney out of top spot . 16 April 2022 . . 10 . . 31 December 1997 . subscription.