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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.

Highest-grossing films

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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[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

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  • Titanic became the first film in history to pass $1 billion 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 The Lost World: Jurassic Park.[3]
  • Sony Pictures became the year's highest-grossing distributor in the United States and Canada, with $1.3 billion 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

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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

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Awards

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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
Drama 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 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/A N/A Titanic
James Horner
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

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By country/region

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By genre/medium

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Births

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Deaths

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

Film debuts

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References

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  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.
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