1997 in film
Overview of the events of 1997 in film
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[ 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
^ Excluding the gross from subsequent re-releases.
Box office records
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
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
1997 films
By country/region
By genre/medium
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
February 2 – Ellie Bamber , English actress
February 8
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
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
August 13 – Yeo Jin-goo , South Korean actor
August 18 – Josephine Langford , Australian actress
August 25
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
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
December 11
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
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
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
References
External links