Movies Released in 1997

Release Date	Movie	Genre	Production Budget	Domestic Box Office to Date	Trailer
January, 1997
January 10	Inside	Drama		$5,000
	Jackie Chan's First Strike	Action		$14,601,662
	The Relic	Horror	$60,000,000	$33,956,608
	Turbulence	Thriller/Suspense	$55,000,000	$11,532,774
January 12	The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon	Adventure		$5,000
January 17	Albino Alligator	Drama	$5,000,000	$353,480
	Beverly Hills Ninja	Comedy		$31,245,344
	Metro	Action		$32,017,895
January 24	Fierce Creatures	Comedy		$9,254,184
	Kolya	Comedy		$5,770,254
	Prefontaine	Drama	$8,000,000	$590,817
	Zeus and Roxanne	Comedy		$7,183,046
January 29	Gridlock'd	Black Comedy		$5,573,929
January 31	Johns			$177,605
	Meet Wally Sparks	Comedy		$4,073,582
	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama		$790,078
	Shadow Conspiracy	Thriller/Suspense	$45,000,000	$2,154,540
	Waiting for Guffman	Comedy	$4,000,000	$2,922,988
February, 1997
February 7	The Beautician and the Beast	Romantic Comedy		$11,486,880
	Dante's Peak	Drama	$115,000,000	$67,163,857
	Hotel de Love			$152,720
	Margaret's Museum	Drama		$524,963
	The Pest	Comedy		$3,533,790
	SubUrbia	Comedy		$726,207
February 9	Frankenstein and Me			$5,000
February 12	Dangerous Ground	Thriller/Suspense		$5,102,151
February 14	Absolute Power	Thriller/Suspense	$50,000,000	$50,068,310
	Fools Rush In	Romantic Comedy		$29,299,524
	That Darn Cat	Comedy		$18,301,828
	Touch			$408,097
	Unforgotten: Twenty-Five Years After Willowbrook			$5,000
	Unhook the Stars			$301,888
	Vegas Vacation	Comedy		$36,470,465
February 19	Once Upon a Time in the West	Western		$0
February 21	Blood and Wine	Thriller/Suspense	$26,000,000	$1,083,350
	Lost Highway	Thriller/Suspense		$3,796,699
	Rosewood	Drama		$13,104,494
February 25	Darkman III: Die Darkman Die	Thriller/Suspense		$0
February 26	Booty Call	Comedy		$20,066,917
February 28	Donnie Brasco	Drama	$35,000,000	$41,954,997
	Follow Me Home			$5,000
	Hard Eight	Drama		$142,356
	Kama Sutra	Drama	$3,000,000	$4,109,095
	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Thriller/Suspense	$35,000,000	$2,221,994
March, 1997
March 5	The Daytrippers	Romantic Comedy		$2,096,256
	Rhyme & Reason	Documentary		$1,591,687
March 7	Boys Life 2	Drama		$479,504
	Good Luck			$39,962
	Jerusalem			$5,000
	Jungle 2 Jungle	Comedy		$59,925,026
	Private Parts	Comedy		$41,198,146
March 14	City of Industry	Drama		$1,554,338
	Drunks			$5,000
	J'en Suis			$510,977
	Love Jones	Drama	$10,000,000	$12,554,569
	Ponette	Drama		$1,351,319
	The Substance of Fire			$31,638
March 19	Gray's Anatomy			$5,000
March 21	Liar Liar	Comedy	$45,000,000	$181,410,615
	Selena	Drama	$20,000,000	$35,450,113
March 26	Cats Don't Dance	Musical	$32,000,000	$3,588,602
	The Devil's Own	Thriller/Suspense	$90,000,000	$42,885,593
March 28	B*A*P*S	Comedy		$7,246,735
	Le Plus Beau Metier du Monde			$23,862
	Love and Other Catastrophes	Comedy	$250,000	$212,285
	The Sixth Man	Comedy		$14,765,099
	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	Action		$8,363,899
April, 1997
April 4	Anna Karenina	Drama		$858,553
	Chasing Amy	Romantic Comedy	$250,000	$12,006,514
	Double Team	Action		$11,328,565
	Inventing the Abbots	Drama		$5,926,128
	The Saint	Action	$90,000,000	$61,363,304
	That Old Feeling	Romantic Comedy		$16,408,534
April 11	Anaconda	Horror	$45,000,000	$65,598,907
	Cadillac Ranch	Adventure		$5,000
	Grind			$5,000
	Grosse Pointe Blank	Black Comedy	$15,000,000	$28,084,357
	Keys to Tulsa			$57,252
	Kissed			$465,417
	Paradise Road	Drama		$1,990,257
	Pink Flamingos		$12,000	$413,802
April 18	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag	Black Comedy	$3,000,000	$3,602,884
	Hollow Reed			$244,337
	McHale's Navy	Comedy	$42,000,000	$4,408,420
	Murder at 1600	Thriller/Suspense		$25,842,024
	Traveller			$500,649
April 23	Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti	Romantic Comedy		$686,121
April 25	All Over Me	Drama		$281,175
	A Brother's Kiss	Drama		$66,961
	Female Perversions	Drama		$883,973
	Flamenco			$420,392
	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Comedy		$29,235,353
	Shiloh	Adventure		$1,002,175
	Volcano	Action	$90,000,000	$47,546,796
April 30	Children of the Revolution	Comedy		$845,391
May, 1997
May 2	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Comedy	$18,000,000	$53,883,989
	Breakdown	Thriller/Suspense	$36,000,000	$50,159,144
	Broken English	Drama		$476,070
	Commandments	Comedy		$548,562
	Irma Vep			$191,164
	Truth or Consequences, N.M.			$54,154
	Un Air de Famille			$316,872
	Warriors of Virtue	Action	$35,000,000	$6,448,817
May 9	Father's Day	Comedy	$85,000,000	$28,681,080
	The Fifth Element	Action	$95,000,000	$63,570,862
	Nowhere			$176,979
	Twin Town			$74,188
	Underworld			$5,000
May 14	Sprung	Romantic Comedy		$7,553,105
May 15	Carla's Song	Drama		$5,000
May 16	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Drama		$2,936,611
	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama		$9,889,670
	The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo			$479,099
	The Van	Comedy		$621,093
May 22	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Action	$75,000,000	$229,086,679
May 23	Addicted To Love	Romantic Comedy		$34,673,095
	Brassed Off	Comedy		$2,589,188
May 27	Eight on the Lam	Comedy		$0
May 30	Gone Fishin'	Comedy		$19,745,922
	Rough Magic			$171,979
	Til There Was You	Romantic Comedy		$3,525,125
	Trial And Error	Comedy		$13,602,831
June, 1997
June 6	Bliss	Drama		$207,751
	Buddy	Comedy		$10,067,104
	Con Air	Action	$80,000,000	$101,117,573
	The Pillow Book	Drama		$2,372,744
	Tollbooth			$5,000
June 9	Plymouth Adventure	Drama		$0
June 10	The Eagle and the Hawk	Drama		$0
June 13	Hercules	Adventure	$70,000,000	$99,112,101
	Speed II: Cruise Control	Action	$110,000,000	$48,097,081
	Squeeze	Drama		$26,764
	Temptress Moon	Drama		$1,084,532
	Ulee's Gold	Drama	$2,700,000	$9,054,736
	Wedding Bell Blues			$22,002
June 18	For Roseanna			$111,851
June 20	Batman & Robin	Action	$125,000,000	$107,325,195
	Dream With The Fishes	Drama	$1,000,000	$542,909
	The Last Time I Committed Suicide		$4,000,000	$12,836
	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	$46,000,000	$126,813,153
June 25	Head Above Water			$32,212
June 27	Face/Off	Action	$80,000,000	$112,276,146
	The Innocent Sleep			$8,225
	Late Bloomers			$91,285
July, 1997
July 1	Men in Black	Adventure	$90,000,000	$250,690,539
July 2	Out to Sea	Comedy		$28,985,323
	Wild America	Adventure		$7,365,417
July 4	Guantanamera	Comedy		$855,579
July 9	4 Little Girls	Documentary		$218,444
July 11	Contact	Drama	$90,000,000	$100,920,329
	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy		$9,676,677
	Shooting Porn			$133,048
	A Simple Wish	Comedy	$28,000,000	$8,165,213
	This World, Then the Fireworks			$51,618
	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary		$18,798,682
July 16	George Of The Jungle	Comedy	$55,000,000	$105,263,257
July 18	Kiss Me, Guido	Comedy		$1,916,898
	Mrs. Brown	Drama		$9,217,930
	Nothing To Lose	Comedy	$25,000,000	$44,480,039
	Operation Condor	Action		$10,461,161
	The Swan Princess 2			$235,766
July 20	Cafe Society	Drama		$6,325
July 23	Star Maps	Comedy		$592,573
July 25	Air Force One	Action	$85,000,000	$172,956,409
	Box of Moonlight	Comedy		$720,717
	Good Burger	Comedy		$23,712,993
	Indian Summer	Comedy		$294,467
	A Life Apart: Hasidism in America			$197,338
	The Winner			$21,000
July 30	One Eight Seven	Drama		$5,747,802
July 31	Spawn	Action	$40,000,000	$54,979,992
August, 1997
August 1	Air Bud	Comedy	$3,000,000	$24,646,936
	In the Company of Men	Drama	$25,000	$2,883,661
	Love Serenade	Comedy		$604,523
	Picture Perfect	Romantic Comedy		$31,301,775
August 6	Def Jam's How To Be a Player	Comedy	$12,000,000	$14,010,363
	Hamsun			$40,000
August 8	Career Girls	Comedy		$2,506,039
	Conspiracy Theory	Thriller/Suspense	$80,000,000	$76,118,990
	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Drama		$3,519,178
	Soul in the Hole			$10,758
August 13	The Full Monty	Comedy	$3,500,000	$45,950,122
August 15	Cop Land	Drama	$15,000,000	$44,906,632
	The Delta			$18,134
	Event Horizon	Horror	$60,000,000	$26,673,242
	Paperback Romance			$147,651
	Steel	Action	$16,000,000	$1,686,429
August 22	Fire			$501,533
	G.I. Jane	Drama	$50,000,000	$48,169,156
	Leave It To Beaver	Comedy		$11,307,615
	Masterminds	Action		$1,890,472
	Mimic	Horror		$25,514,166
	Money Talks	Action	$25,000,000	$41,076,865
	Pippi Longstocking	Musical		$779,200
	A Smile Like Yours	Romantic Comedy		$3,317,930
	Sunday	Drama	$450,000	$410,919
August 24	The Grimm Brothers' Snow White			$5,000
August 27	Hoodlum	Drama		$23,489,997
	She's So Lovely	Drama		$7,281,450
August 29	Excess Baggage	Comedy		$14,351,432
	Kull The Conqueror	Action		$6,086,891
	Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Next Generation			$94,558
September, 1997
September 5	Catherine's Grove	Drama		$26,641
	Fire Down Below	Action		$16,148,906
	Julian Po			$33,148
	Latin Boys Go to Hell			$189,022
	Mouth to Mouth	Comedy		$62,411
September 12	Bandwagon	Comedy		$44,544
	Different for Girls			$281,764
	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Thriller/Suspense		$226,427
	The End of Violence			$386,673
	The Game	Thriller/Suspense	$50,000,000	$48,265,581
	Marquise			$71,384
	A Self-Made Hero			$69,977
September 16	The Mad Ghoul	Horror		$0
September 17	The Myth of Fingerprints			$505,828
September 19	Going All the Way			$86,175
	In & Out	Comedy	$35,000,000	$63,826,569
	Intimate Relations	Black Comedy		$28,978
	L.A. Confidential	Drama	$35,000,000	$64,604,977
	The Long Way Home			$18,665
	Repulsion			$5,000
	A Thousand Acres	Drama		$7,928,412
	Wes Craven's Wishmaster	Horror		$15,719,109
September 26	The Assignment	Thriller/Suspense		$600,843
	La conciergerie			$160,944
	The Edge	Thriller/Suspense		$27,799,255
	The Ice Storm	Drama	$18,000,000	$8,038,061
	Kicked in the Head			$102,739
	The Peacemaker	Action	$50,000,000	$41,263,140
	Soul Food	Comedy	$7,500,000	$43,492,389
	Trojan War	Comedy		$217
October, 1997
October 3	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Documentary		$848,801
	Forgotten Silver			$0
	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	$27,000,000	$60,527,873
	The Locusts			$37,888
	The MatchMaker	Romantic Comedy		$3,398,083
	U-Turn	Drama		$6,690,074
October 4	Lewis & Clark & George			$5,000
October 5	Washington Square	Drama		$1,775,644
October 8	Gang Related	Drama		$5,906,773
	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	$70,000,000	$37,945,884
	Year of the Horse			$243,094
October 10	Boogie Nights	Drama	$15,000,000	$26,410,771
	Dancehall Queen			$223,426
	The House of Yes	Comedy		$617,403
	Most Wanted	Action		$6,343,015
	Napolean			$100,127
	Rocket Man	Comedy		$15,448,043
	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	$5,000,000	$4,306,697
October 12	Happy Together			$240,442
October 14	Raven	Action		$5,000
October 15	Snowriders 2	Documentary		$2,287,639
October 17	Bean	Comedy		$45,334,169
	Best Men	Comedy		$5,000
	Breaking Up			$5,000
	Devil's Advocate	Drama	$57,000,000	$61,007,424
	Gummo			$87,403
	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	$17,000,000	$72,250,091
	Kiss and Tell			$5,000
	Playing God	Thriller/Suspense		$4,166,918
	Telling Lies in America			$291,000
October 24	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama		$14,059,077
	Gattaca	Drama	$36,000,000	$12,532,777
	A Life Less Ordinary	Comedy		$4,287,595
	Rien na va plus			$25,696
	Twilight of the Golds			$20,868
October 29	Buscando un Sueño	Drama		$461,661
October 31	Critical Care	Drama	$12,000,000	$220,175
	Grizzly Mountain			$340,556
	I Love You, I Love You Not			$20,325
	Nueba Yol 3	Drama		$793,112
	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense		$22,442,815
	Switchback	Action	$38,000,000	$6,504,442
	The Wind in the Willows			$72,844
November, 1997
November 7	Cold Around the Heart			$552
	The Deli			$5,000
	Eve's Bayou	Drama	$5,000,000	$14,843,425
	The Hanging Garden	Drama		$925,756
	The James Gang			$5,000
	Mad City	Drama	$50,000,000	$10,561,038
	Sick			$191,833
	Starship Troopers	Action	$100,000,000	$54,768,952
	The Wings of the Dove	Drama		$13,718,385
November 14	Anastasia	Musical	$53,000,000	$58,403,409
	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	$60,000,000	$54,956,941
	Kiss or Kill	Thriller/Suspense		$771,091
	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	$20,000,000	$13,801,755
	The Mouse			$6,707
	Nick and Jane			$11,251
	One Night Stand	Drama		$2,642,718
	The Tango Lesson	Drama		$1,026,402
November 18	Legal Deceit			$5,000
November 21	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	$35,000,000	$25,078,937
	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	Action	$30,000,000	$35,927,406
	The Rainmaker	Drama	$40,000,000	$45,916,769
November 26	Alien: Resurrection	Action	$60,000,000	$47,795,018
	Bent	Drama		$405,409
	Flubber	Comedy	$80,000,000	$92,993,801
	Welcome to Sarajevo			$339,648
November 28	Dead Heart			$1,209
December, 1997
December 3	Office Killer	Black Comedy		$37,446
December 5	Good Will Hunting	Drama	$10,000,000	$138,433,435
	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy		$2,835,851
December 12	Amistad	Drama	$40,000,000	$44,229,441
	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	$20,000,000	$10,686,841
	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy		$31,680,796
	Home Alone III	Comedy		$30,692,437
	Hugo Pool	Romantic Comedy		$3,620
	Les Boys	Comedy		$4,602,341
	Scream 2	Horror	$24,000,000	$101,363,301
December 15	The Ride	Drama		$189,635
December 17	The Apostle	Drama	$5,000,000	$20,733,485
	Guy			$5,000
December 19	Matusalem II			$88,675
	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	$38,000,000	$61,894,591
	Titanic	Thriller/Suspense	$200,000,000	$658,672,302	Play
	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	$110,000,000	$125,304,276
December 24	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	$50,000,000	$148,478,011
	The Winter Guest	Drama		$870,290
December 25	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror		$26,570,463
	The Education of Little Tree			$161,831
	Jackie Brown	Drama	$12,000,000	$39,673,162
	Kundun	Drama	$28,000,000	$5,686,694
	Mr. Magoo	Comedy		$21,437,192
	The Postman	Action	$80,000,000	$17,650,704
	Wag the Dog	Drama	$15,000,000	$43,057,470
December 26	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy		$2,537,428
	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama		$2,280,573
December 31	The Boxer	Drama		$5,896,037
	Danger Zone			$0
	Demolition University			$0
	Driftwood			$0
	Hack			$0
	Kenpu denki beruseruku	Action		$0
	Little Ghost			$0
	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	$12,500,000	$1,612,957
	Walking Thunder			$0

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