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1997 in film

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

Highest-grossing films

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

RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross (USD)12345678910
*Titanic*Paramount / [20th Century Fox](20th-century-fox)$1,843,201,268
*The Lost World: Jurassic Park*Universal$618,638,999
*Men in Black*Sony / Columbia$589,390,539
*Tomorrow Never Dies*MGM / UIP$333,011,068
*Air Force One*Sony / Columbia / Buena Vista$315,156,409
*As Good as It Gets*Sony / TriStar$314,178,011
*Liar Liar*Universal$302,710,615
*My Best Friend's Wedding*Sony / TriStar$299,288,605
*The Fifth Element*Sony / Columbia / Gaumont$263,920,180
*The Full Monty*[20th Century Fox](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 The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
  • 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.

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.
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park 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, fa), directed by Abbas Kiarostami, Iran / France :The Eel (うなぎ, ja), 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](55th-golden-globe-awards)
January 18, 1998[3rd Critics' Choice Awards](3rd-critics-choice-awards)
January 20, 1998Producers, [Directors](50th-directors-guild-of-america-awards), [Screen Actors](4th-screen-actors-guild-awards), and Writers Guild Awards[70th Academy Awards](70th-academy-awards)
March 23, 1998[51st BAFTA Awards](51st-british-academy-film-awards)
April 18, 1998DramaMusical or Comedy
Best Film*Titanic**As Good as It Gets**L.A. Confidential**Titanic**The Full Monty*
Best DirectorJames Cameron
*Titanic*Baz Luhrmann
*Romeo + Juliet*
Best ActorPeter Fonda
*Ulee's Gold*Jack Nicholson
*As Good as It Gets*Robert Carlyle
*The Full Monty*
Best ActressJudi 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 ActorBurt Reynolds
*Boogie Nights*Anthony Hopkins
*Amistad*Robin Williams
*Good Will Hunting*Tom Wilkinson
*The Full Monty*
Best Supporting ActressKim 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 DamonMark 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

By country/region

  • List of American films of 1997
  • List of Argentine films of 1997
  • List of Australian films of 1997
  • List of Bangladeshi films of 1997
  • List of British films of 1997
  • List of Canadian films of 1997
  • List of French films of 1997
  • List of Hong Kong films of 1997
  • List of Indian films of 1997
    • List of Hindi films of 1997
    • List of Kannada films of 1997
    • List of Malayalam films of 1997
    • List of Marathi films of 1997
    • List of Tamil films of 1997
    • List of Telugu films of 1997
  • List of Japanese films of 1997
  • List of Mexican films of 1997
  • List of Pakistani films of 1997
  • List of Russian films of 1997
  • List of South Korean films of 1997
  • List of Spanish films of 1997

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, American YouTuber, actor and 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
    • Toheeb Jimoh, English actor
    • Maisie Williams, English actress
  • April 19 - Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Canadian actress and singer
  • 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 24 - Aysha Joy Samuel, German 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 19 - Molly Windsor, English actress
  • June 21 - Sam Buchanan, English 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 11 - Michelle Randolph, American 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

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
**January***1*Joan Rice66UKActress
*4*Bill Lancaster49USScreenwriter
*5*Burton Lane84USComposer, Lyricist
*6*Catherine Scorsese84USActress
*9*Jesse White80USActor
*10*Sheldon Leonard89USActor, Director, Producer
*18*Diana Lewis77USActress
*19*Adriana Caselotti80USActress
*19*James Dickey73USScreenwriter*Deliverance*
*19*Charles Nelson95SwedenFilm Editor
*21*Marcello Danon76BulgariaProducer, Screenwriter
*21*Polly Ann Young88USActress
*23*David Waller76UKActor
*23*Bill Zuckert81USActor
*27*Bill Kennedy88USActor
*27*Richard X. Slattery71USActor
*31*Eve Lister83UKActress
**February***1*Marjorie Reynolds79USActress
*4*Robert Clouse68USDirector
*5*Harry Essex86USScreenwriter, Director
*7*Mary Wills82USCostume Designer
*8*Robert Ridgely65USActor
*11*Barry Evans53UKActor
*11*Don Porter84USActor
*12*James Cossins63UKActor
*19*Frank Delfino86USActor
*23*Frank Launder91UKScreenwriter, Director
*23*Oscar Lewenstein80UKProducer
*25*Scott Forbes76UKActor
*25*Arthur Hewlett89UKActor
*26*David Doyle67USActor
*26*Wende Wagner55USActress
**March***4*Carey Loftin83USStuntman, Actor
*5*William Roberts83USScreenwriter
*8*Alexander Salkind75PolandProducer
*9*Terry Nation66UKScreenwriter
*13*Ronald Fraser66UKActor
*14*Fred Zinnemann89AustriaDirector, Producer
*15*Gail Davis71USActress
*16*Leda Gloria84ItalyActress
*22*John Hoesli78UKArt Director
*29*Ellen Pollock94UKActress
*30*Jack Bernhard82USDirector
**April***2*Anthony Bushell92UKActor
*2*Tomoyuki Tanaka86JapanProducer
*4*Mike Raven72UKActor
*6*Barbara Yu Ling58SingaporeActress
*14*Michael Stroka58USActor
*15*David Dockendorf73USSound Engineer
*16*Roland Topor59FranceScreenwriter, Actor
*20*Jean Louis89FranceCostume Designer
*24*Pat Paulsen69MexicoActor
*25*Brian May62AustraliaComposer
*26*John Beal87USActor
*26*Joey Faye87USActor
*26*Neil Robinson61USActor
*27*Gabriel Figueroa90MexicoCinematographer
*27*Paul Lambert74USActor
*28*Steve Conte77ItalyActor
**May***1*Bo Widerberg66SwedenDirector, Screenwriter
*3*Hughie Green77UKActor, Producer
*4*Alvy Moore75USActor, Producer
*5*Walter Gotell73UKActor
*6*Jorge Martínez de Hoyos76MexicoActor
*9*Marco Ferreri68ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
*9*Paul Zastupnevich75USCostume Designer
*10*John P. Austin90USSet Decorator
*11*Catherine McLeod75USActress
*11*Howard Morton71USActor
*14*Thelma Carpenter75USSinger, Actress
*15*Bridgette Andersen21USActress
*16*Giuseppe De Santis80ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
*20*John Rawlins94USDirector, Film Editor
*22*Renzo Montagnani66ItalyActor
*23*Frances E. Nealy78USActress
*24*Edward Mulhare74IrelandActor
*28*Sydney Guilaroff89USMakeup Artist
*29*George Fenneman77USActor
**June***14*Marjorie Best94USCostume Designer
*14*Richard Jaeckel70USActor
*16*Elizabeth McBride42USCostume Designer
*17*Maurice Rootes80UKFilm Editor
*19*Olga Georges-Picot57FranceActress
*22*Don Henderson65UKActor
*23*Rosina Lawrence84CanadaActress
*24*Brian Keith75USActor
*25*Jacques Cousteau87FranceDocumentarian
*26*George Bassman83USComposer, Orchestrator
*28*Gary DeVore69USScreenwriter
*29*William Hickey69USActor
**July***1*Robert Mitchum79USActor
*2*James Stewart89USActor
*9*Carol Forman79USActress
*15*Rosamund Greenwood90UKActress
*16*William Reynolds87USFilm Editor
*17*Gene Warren80USVisual Effects Artist
*20*Linda Stirling75USActress
*23*David Warbeck55New ZealandActor
*24*Brian Glover63UKActor
*27*Isabel Dean79UKActor
*28*Rosalie Crutchley77UKActress
**August***4*Dick Bush65UKCinematographer
*5*Don Steele61USActor
*15*Glenn Corbett74USActor
*18*Don Knight64UKActor
*18*Jeep Swenson40USActor
*19*Cathleen Cordell82USActress
*20*Leo Jaffe88USStudio Executive
*25*Camilla Spira81GermanyActor
*25*William H. Tuntke90GermanyArt Director, Production Designer
*27*Sally Blane87USActress
*27*Dick N. Lucas77USAnimator
*27*Brandon Tartikoff48USStudio Executive
*28*Eve Smith91USActress
*31*Dodi Fayed42EgyptProducer
*31*Will Hare81USActor
**September***5*Eddie Little Sky71USActor
*7*Elisabeth Brooks46CanadaActress
*8*Helen Shaw100USActress
*9*Burgess Meredith89USActor
*13*Audrey Fildes74UKActress
*13*Georges Guétary82FranceActor
*16*Terence Cooper64IrelandActor
*16*Gerry Turpin72UKCinematographer
*17*Jerry Gershwin71USProducer
*17*Brian Hall59UKActor
*17*Red Skelton84USActor, Comedian
*19*Jack May75UKActor
*21*Jennifer Holt76USActress
*21*Maurice Kaufmann70UKActor
*26*Dorothy Kingsley87USScreenwriter
*26*Samuel W. Taylor90USScreenwriter
**October***3*John Ashley62USActor, Producer
*3*Verna Hillie83USActress
*3*Jarl Kulle70SwedenActor, Director, Screenwriter
*5*Andrew Keir71UKActor
*5*Debbie Linden36UKActress
*9*Arch Johnson75USActor
*10*Stella Bonheur92UKActress
*12*John Denver53USSinger, Actor
*13*Joyce Compton90USActress
*14*Hy Averback76USDirector, Producer, Actor
*16*Audra Lindley79USActress
*17*Ben Welden96USActor
*18*Milt Neil83USAnimator
*19*Arthur Ibbetson75UKCinematographer
*20*Ron Tarr60UKActor
*24*Michael Balfour79UKActor
*24*Don Messick71USVoice Actor
*28*Paul Jarrico82USScreenwriter
*30*Samuel Fuller85USDirector, Screenwriter
**November***5*Louise Campbell86USActress
*6*William Watson59USActor
*8*Michael Ward88UKActor
*10*Ave Ninchi82ItalyActress
*11*William Alland81USProducer, Actor
*12*Sándor Szabó82HungaryActor
*13*Dietrich Lohmann54GermanyCinematographer
*15*Saul Chaplin85USMusical Director, Producer
*15*Warren Douglas86USActor, Screenwriter
*15*David Toguri64CanadaChoreographer, Actor
*16*David K. Stewart60??Visual Effects Artist
*17*Peter James73UKSet Decorator, Art Director
*17*Wilfred Josephs70UKComposer, Orchestrator
*19*Alfred Roome88UKFilm Editor, Director
*21*Jack Purvis60UKActor
*22*Joanna Moore63USActress
*23*Robert Lewis88USDirector, Actor
*25*Charles Hallahan54USActor
*30*Glyn Dearman57UKActor
**December***2*Marge Kotlisky70USActress
*4*Richard Vernon72UKActor
*14*Stubby Kaye79USActor
*16*Richard Warwick52UKActor
*17*Peter Taylor75UKFilm Editor
*18*Chris Farley33USActor, Comedian
*19*Michael Alldredge56USActor
*20*Dawn Steel51USProducer, Executive
*23*Stanley Cortez89USCinematographer
*24*Toshiro Mifune77JapanActor, Producer
*25*Denver Pyle77USActor
*28*Bill Anderson86USProducer
*31*Billie Dove94USActress

Film debuts

  • Simon Baker – L.A. Confidential
  • Eric Bana – The Castle
  • Mischa Barton – Lawn Dogs
  • Paul Bettany – Bent
  • Leslie Bibb – Private Parts
  • Jessica Biel – Ulee's Gold
  • Cate Blanchett – Paradise Road
  • Orlando Bloom – Wilde
  • Gerard Butler – Mrs. Brown
  • Linda Cardellini – Good Burger
  • John Cho – Shopping for Fangs
  • Jason Clarke – Dilemma
  • James Corden – Twenty Four Seven
  • James D'Arcy – Wilde
  • Jack Davenport – Fierce Creatures
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor – Amistad
  • Shannon Elizabeth – Jack Frost
  • Mike Epps – Strays
  • Tom Felton – The Borrowers
  • Jennifer Garner – Deconstructing Harry
  • Andrés Gertrúdix – My Brother's Gun
  • Vahina Giocante – Marie Baie des Anges
  • Judy Greer – Stricken
  • Adrian Grenier – Arresting Gena
  • Ioan Gruffudd – Wilde
  • Katie Holmes – The Ice Storm
  • Nicolaj Kopernikus – Let's Get Lost
  • Sanaa Lathan – Drive
  • Method Man – One Eight Seven
  • Ken Marino – Gattaca
  • Eddie Marsan – The Man Who Knew Too Little
  • Samantha Morton – This Is the Sea
  • Alessandro Nivola – Inventing the Abbotts
  • Nick Offerman – Going All the Way
  • Cheri Oteri – Liar Liar
  • Sarah Paulson – Levitation
  • Sara Paxton – Liar Liar
  • Norman Reedus – Floating
  • Matthew Rhys – House of America
  • Maya Rudolph – Gattaca
  • Amy Sedaris – Commandments
  • Sarah Silverman – Who's the Caboose?
  • Amy Smart – Campfire Tales
  • J.B. Smoove – Lesser Prophets
  • Scott Speedman – Kitchen Party
  • Mena Suvari – Nowhere
  • Dominique Swain – Lolita
  • Alan Tudyk – 35 Miles from Normal
  • Tristán Ulloa – Memorias del ángel caído
  • Leonor Varela – Le ciel est à nous
  • Milo Ventimiglia – Boys Life 2
  • Merritt Wever – Arresting Gena
  • Olivia Williams – Gaston's War
  • Dean Winters – Conspiracy Theory
  • Evan Rachel Wood – Digging to China
  • Jose Yenque – Fall
  • David Zayas – Lena's Dreams

References

References

  1. "1997 Worldwide Box Office". [[IMDb]].
  2. "Titanic (1997)". Box Office Mojo.
  3. "The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)". Box Office Mojo.
  4. (31 December 1997). "Sony's slew of hit movies exterminates Disney out of top spot". [[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]].
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