Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1997
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1997 | |||
| January 1 | Retroactive (Wide) | Orion Pictures | |
| January 10 | Inside (Wide) | $5,000 | |
| Jackie Chan's First Strike (Wide) | New Line | $14,601,662 | |
| The Relic (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $33,956,608 | |
| Turbulence (Wide) | MGM | $11,532,774 | |
| January 12 | The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (Wide) | $5,000 | |
| January 17 | Albino Alligator (Wide) | Miramax | $353,480 |
| Beverly Hills Ninja (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $31,245,344 | |
| Metro (Wide) | Walt Disney | $32,017,895 | |
| January 24 | Fierce Creatures (Wide) | Universal | $9,254,184 |
| Kolya (Wide) | Miramax | $5,770,254 | |
| Prefontaine (Wide) | Walt Disney | $590,817 | |
| Zeus and Roxanne (Wide) | MGM | $7,233,324 | |
| January 29 | Gridlock'd (Wide) | Gramercy | $5,573,929 |
| January 31 | Johns (Wide) | First Look | $177,605 |
| Meet Wally Sparks (Wide) | Trimark | $4,073,582 | |
| Prisoner of the Mountains (Wide) | Orion Classics | $790,078 | |
| Shadow Conspiracy (Wide) | Walt Disney | $2,154,540 | |
| Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope (Wide, re-release) | 20th Century Fox | $460,998,007 | |
| Waiting for Guffman (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $2,922,988 | |
| February 1997 | |||
| February 7 | The Beautician and the Beast (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $11,486,880 |
| Dante’s Peak (Wide) | Universal | $67,163,857 | |
| Hotel de Love (Wide) | $152,720 | ||
| Margaret’s Museum (Wide) | Cinepix Film Properties | $524,963 | |
| The Pest (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $3,533,790 | |
| SubUrbia (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $726,207 | |
| February 9 | Frankenstein and Me (Wide) | Trimark | $5,000 |
| February 12 | Dangerous Ground (Wide) | New Line | $5,102,151 |
| February 14 | Absolute Power (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $50,068,310 |
| Fools Rush In (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $29,299,524 | |
| That Darn Cat (Wide) | Walt Disney | $18,301,828 | |
| Touch (Wide) | MGM | $408,097 | |
| Unforgotten: Twenty-Five Years After Willowbrook (Wide) | Castle Hill Productions | $5,000 | |
| Unhook the Stars (Wide) | Miramax | $301,888 | |
| Vegas Vacation (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $36,470,465 | |
| The Graduate (Limited, re-release) | Embassy | $104,397,102 | |
| February 21 | Blood and Wine (Wide) | Fox Searchlight | $1,083,350 |
| Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back (Wide, re-release) | 20th Century Fox | $291,738,960 | |
| Lost Highway (Wide) | October Films | $3,814,727 | |
| Rosewood (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $13,104,494 | |
| February 26 | Booty Call (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $20,066,917 |
| February 28 | Donnie Brasco (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $41,954,997 |
| Follow Me Home (Wide) | $5,000 | ||
| Hard Eight (Wide) | MGM | $142,356 | |
| Kama Sutra (Wide) | Trimark | $4,109,095 | |
| Smilla's Sense of Snow (Wide) | Fox Searchlight | $2,221,994 | |
| Le Samouraï (1972) (Re-Release) (Limited, re-release) | $216,696 | ||
| March 1997 | |||
| March 5 | The Daytrippers (Wide) | Lionsgate | $2,096,256 |
| Rhyme & Reason (Wide) | Miramax | $1,591,687 | |
| The Watermelon Woman (Limited) | First Run Features | $42,735 | |
| March 7 | Boys Life 2 (Wide) | Strand Releasing | $479,504 |
| Good Luck (Wide) | $39,962 | ||
| Jerusalem (Wide) | First Look | $5,000 | |
| Jungle 2 Jungle (Wide) | Walt Disney | $59,925,026 | |
| Private Parts (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $41,198,146 | |
| March 14 | City of Industry (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $1,554,338 |
| Drunks (Wide) | Northern Arts Entertainment | $5,000 | |
| J'en Suis (Wide) | $510,977 | ||
| Love Jones (Wide) | New Line | $12,554,569 | |
| Ponette (Wide) | Arrow Releasing | $1,351,319 | |
| Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi (Wide, re-release) | 20th Century Fox | $316,465,003 | |
| The Substance of Fire (Wide) | Miramax | $31,638 | |
| March 19 | Gray's Anatomy (Wide) | Northern Arts Entertainment | $5,000 |
| March 21 | Liar Liar (Wide) | Universal | $181,410,615 |
| Selena (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $35,868,790 | |
| The Godfather (Limited, re-release) | Paramount Pictures | $136,479,994 | |
| March 26 | Cats Don't Dance (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $3,588,602 |
| The Devil’s Own (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $42,885,593 | |
| March 28 | B*A*P*S (Wide) | New Line | $7,246,735 |
| Le Plus Beau Metier du Monde (Wide) | $23,862 | ||
| Love and Other Catastrophes (Wide) | Fox Searchlight | $212,285 | |
| The Sixth Man (Wide) | Walt Disney | $14,765,099 | |
| Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $8,363,899 | |
| April 1997 | |||
| April 4 | Anna Karenina (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $858,553 |
| Chasing Amy (Wide) | Miramax | $12,006,514 | |
| Double Team (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $11,328,565 | |
| Inventing the Abbotts (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $5,926,128 | |
| The Saint (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $61,363,304 | |
| That Old Feeling (Wide) | Universal | $16,408,534 | |
| Das Boot (1982) (Re-Release) (Limited, re-release) | Sony Pictures | $11,487,676 | |
| April 9 | Schizopolis (Limited) | Northern Arts Entertainment | $250,000 |
| April 11 | Anaconda (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $65,598,907 |
| Cadillac Ranch (Wide) | Legacy Releasing | $5,000 | |
| Grind (Wide) | Castle Hill Productions | $5,000 | |
| Grosse Pointe Blank (Wide) | Walt Disney | $28,084,357 | |
| Keys to Tulsa (Wide) | Gramercy | $57,252 | |
| Kissed (Wide) | Goldwyn Entertainment | $465,417 | |
| Paradise Road (Wide) | Fox Searchlight | $1,990,257 | |
| Pink Flamingos (Wide) | Fine Line | $413,802 | |
| April 18 | 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $3,602,884 |
| Hollow Reed (Wide) | $244,337 | ||
| McHale's Navy (Wide) | Universal | $4,408,420 | |
| Murder at 1600 (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $25,842,024 | |
| Traveller (Wide) | October Films | $500,649 | |
| April 23 | A Chef in Love (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $686,121 |
| April 25 | All Over Me (Wide) | Fine Line | $281,175 |
| A Brother's Kiss (Wide) | First Look | $66,961 | |
| Female Perversions (Wide) | October Films | $883,973 | |
| Flamenco (Wide) | New Yorker | $420,392 | |
| Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion (Wide) | Walt Disney | $29,235,353 | |
| Shiloh (Wide) | Legacy Releasing | $1,002,175 | |
| Volcano (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $47,546,796 | |
| I Was a Jewish Sex Worker (Limited) | Greycat Films | $8,526 | |
| Inside the Goldmine (Limited) | Dove Entertainment | $1,406 | |
| April 30 | Children of the Revolution (Wide) | Miramax | $845,391 |
| May 1997 | |||
| May 2 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (Wide) | New Line | $53,883,989 |
| Breakdown (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $50,159,144 | |
| Broken English (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $476,070 | |
| Commandments (Wide) | Gramercy | $548,562 | |
| Irma Vep (Wide) | Zeitgeist | $191,164 | |
| Truth or Consequences, N.M. (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $54,154 | |
| Un Air de Famille (Wide) | Leisure Time Features | $316,872 | |
| Warriors of Virtue (Wide) | MGM | $6,448,817 | |
| May 9 | Father's Day (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $28,681,080 |
| The Fifth Element (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $63,570,862 | |
| Nowhere (Wide) | Fine Line | $176,979 | |
| Twin Town (Wide) | Gramercy | $74,188 | |
| Underworld (Wide) | Trimark | $5,000 | |
| May 14 | Sprung (Wide) | Trimark | $7,553,105 |
| May 15 | Carla's Song (Wide) | Shadow | $5,000 |
| May 16 | Love! Valour! Compassion! (Wide) | New Line | $2,936,611 |
| Night Falls On Manhattan (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $9,889,670 | |
| The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $479,099 | |
| The Van (Wide) | Fox Searchlight | $621,093 | |
| May 22 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Wide) | Universal | $229,086,679 |
| May 23 | Addicted To Love (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $34,673,095 |
| Brassed Off (Wide) | Miramax | $2,589,188 | |
| May 30 | Gone Fishin' (Wide) | Walt Disney | $19,745,922 |
| Rough Magic (Wide) | Goldwyn Entertainment | $171,979 | |
| Til There Was You (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $3,525,125 | |
| Trial And Error (Wide) | New Line | $13,602,831 | |
| June 1997 | |||
| June 6 | Bliss (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $207,751 |
| Buddy (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $10,067,104 | |
| Con Air (Wide) | Walt Disney | $101,117,573 | |
| The Pillow Book (Wide) | Lionsgate | $2,372,744 | |
| Tollbooth (Wide) | $5,000 | ||
| Hijacking Hollywood (Limited) | Broken Twig Productions | $10,174 | |
| June 13 | Hercules (Wide) | Walt Disney | $99,112,101 |
| Speed II: Cruise Control (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $48,097,081 | |
| Temptress Moon (Wide) | Miramax | $1,084,532 | |
| Ulee's Gold (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $9,054,736 | |
| Wedding Bell Blues (Wide) | $22,002 | ||
| Squeeze (Limited) | Miramax | $26,764 | |
| June 18 | For Roseanna (Wide) | Fine Line | $111,851 |
| June 20 | Batman & Robin (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $107,325,195 |
| Dream With The Fishes (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $542,909 | |
| The Last Time I Committed Suicide (Wide) | Roxie Releasing | $12,836 | |
| My Best Friend's Wedding (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $126,813,153 | |
| Underground (Limited) | New Yorker | ||
| June 25 | Head Above Water (Wide) | Fine Line | $32,212 |
| June 27 | Face/Off (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $112,276,146 |
| Late Bloomers (Wide) | Strand Releasing | $91,285 | |
| The Innocent Sleep (Limited) | Castle Hill Productions | $8,225 | |
| Contempt (Limited, re-release) | Rialto Pictures | $924,087 | |
| July 1997 | |||
| July 1 | Men in Black (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $250,690,539 |
| July 2 | Out to Sea (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $28,985,323 |
| Wild America (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $7,365,417 | |
| July 4 | Guantanamera (Wide) | Lionsgate | $855,579 |
| July 9 | 4 Little Girls (Wide) | $218,444 | |
| July 11 | Contact (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $100,920,329 |
| Shall We Dance? (Wide) | Miramax | $9,772,166 | |
| Shooting Porn (Wide) | $133,048 | ||
| A Simple Wish (Wide) | Universal | $8,165,213 | |
| This World, Then the Fireworks (Wide) | Orion Classics | $51,618 | |
| Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun (IMAX) | Sony Pictures Classics | $18,798,682 | |
| July 16 | George Of The Jungle (Wide) | Walt Disney | $105,263,257 |
| July 18 | Kiss Me, Guido (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $1,916,898 |
| Mrs. Brown (Wide) | Miramax | $9,217,930 | |
| Nothing To Lose (Wide) | Walt Disney | $44,480,039 | |
| Operation Condor (Wide) | Miramax | $10,461,161 | |
| The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain (Wide) | Legacy Releasing | $235,766 | |
| July 20 | Cafe Society (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $6,325 |
| July 23 | Star Maps (Wide) | Fox Searchlight | $592,573 |
| July 25 | Air Force One (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $172,956,409 |
| Alive and Kicking (Wide) | First Look | $294,467 | |
| Box of Moonlight (Wide) | Trimark | $720,717 | |
| Good Burger (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $23,712,993 | |
| A Life Apart: Hasidism in America (Wide) | First Run Features | $197,338 | |
| The Winner (Wide) | Live Entertainment | $26,004 | |
| Day for Night (1973) (Re-Release) (Limited, re-release) | Warner Bros. | $17,808 | |
| July 30 | One Eight Seven (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $5,747,802 |
| July 31 | Spawn (Wide) | New Line | $54,979,992 |
| August 1997 | |||
| August 1 | Air Bud (Wide) | Walt Disney | $26,033,546 |
| In the Company of Men (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $2,883,661 | |
| Love Serenade (Wide) | Miramax | $604,523 | |
| Picture Perfect (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $31,301,775 | |
| August 6 | Def Jam's How To Be a Player (Wide) | Gramercy | $14,010,363 |
| Hamsun (Wide) | First Run Features | $40,000 | |
| August 8 | Career Girls (Wide) | October Films | $2,506,039 |
| Conspiracy Theory (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $76,118,990 | |
| Free Willy 3: The Rescue (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $3,519,178 | |
| Soul in the Hole (Limited) | Northern Arts Entertainment | $10,758 | |
| August 13 | The Full Monty (Wide) | Fox Searchlight | $45,950,122 |
| August 15 | Cop Land (Wide) | Miramax | $44,906,632 |
| The Delta (Wide) | Strand Releasing | $18,134 | |
| Event Horizon (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $26,673,242 | |
| Paperback Romance (Wide) | Goldwyn Entertainment | $147,651 | |
| Steel (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $1,686,429 | |
| August 22 | Fire (Wide) | Zeitgeist | $501,533 |
| G.I.Jane (Wide) | Walt Disney | $48,169,156 | |
| Leave It To Beaver (Wide) | Universal | $11,307,615 | |
| Masterminds (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $1,890,472 | |
| Mimic (Wide) | Miramax | $25,514,166 | |
| Money Talks (Wide) | New Line | $41,076,865 | |
| Pippi Longstocking (Wide) | Legacy Releasing | $779,200 | |
| A Smile Like Yours (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $3,317,930 | |
| Sunday (Wide) | $410,919 | ||
| Dirty Dancing (1987) (Re-Release) (Limited, re-release) | Vestron | $63,892,689 | |
| August 24 | The Grimm Brothers' Snow White (Wide) | Gramercy | $5,000 |
| August 27 | Hoodlum (Wide) | MGM | $23,489,997 |
| She's So Lovely (Special Engagement) | Miramax | $7,281,450 | |
| August 29 | Excess Baggage (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $14,351,432 |
| Kull The Conqueror (Wide) | Universal | $6,086,891 | |
| She's So Lovely (Wide) | Miramax | $7,281,450 | |
| Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1995) (Re-Release) (Wide, re-release) | New Line | $94,558 | |
| September 1997 | |||
| September 5 | Catherine's Grove (Wide) | $26,641 | |
| Fire Down Below (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $16,148,906 | |
| Julian Po (Wide) | Fine Line | $33,148 | |
| Latin Boys Go to Hell (Wide) | Strand Releasing | $189,022 | |
| Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (Re-Release) (Wide, re-release) | Sony Pictures | $37,495,385 | |
| Mouth to Mouth (Limited) | Miramax | $62,411 | |
| September 12 | Bandwagon (Wide) | Cinepix Film Properties | $44,544 |
| Different for Girls (Wide) | First Look | $281,764 | |
| The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $226,427 | |
| The End of Violence (Wide) | MGM | $386,673 | |
| The Game (Wide) | Polygram | $48,265,581 | |
| Marquise (Wide) | $71,384 | ||
| A Self-Made Hero (Wide) | Strand Releasing | $69,977 | |
| September 17 | The Myth of Fingerprints (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $506,309 |
| September 19 | Going All the Way (Wide) | Gramercy | $89,823 |
| In & Out (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $63,826,569 | |
| L.A. Confidential (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $64,604,977 | |
| The Long Way Home (Wide) | Seventh Art Releasing | $18,665 | |
| Repulsion (Wide, re-release) | $5,000 | ||
| A Thousand Acres (Wide) | Walt Disney | $7,928,412 | |
| Wes Craven's Wishmaster (Wide) | Live Entertainment | $15,719,109 | |
| Intimate Relations (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $28,978 | |
| September 26 | The Assignment (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $600,843 |
| La conciergerie (Wide) | $160,944 | ||
| The Edge (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $27,799,255 | |
| The Ice Storm (Wide) | Fox Searchlight | $8,038,061 | |
| Kicked in the Head (Wide) | October Films | $102,739 | |
| The Peacemaker (Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $41,263,140 | |
| Soul Food (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $43,492,389 | |
| The Lay of the Land (Limited) | Northern Arts Entertainment | ||
| Trojan War (Limited) | Warner Bros. | $217 | |
| October 1997 | |||
| October 3 | Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $848,801 |
| Forgotten Silver (Wide) | Zeitgeist | ||
| Kiss the Girls (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $60,527,873 | |
| The Locusts (Wide) | MGM | $37,888 | |
| The MatchMaker (Wide) | Gramercy | $3,398,083 | |
| U-Turn (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $6,690,074 | |
| October 4 | Lewis & Clark & George (Wide) | $5,000 | |
| October 5 | Washington Square (Wide) | Walt Disney | $1,775,644 |
| October 8 | Gang Related (Wide) | MGM | $5,906,773 |
| Seven Years in Tibet (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $37,945,884 | |
| Year of the Horse (Wide) | October Films | $243,094 | |
| October 10 | Dancehall Queen (Wide) | $223,426 | |
| The House of Yes (Wide) | Miramax | $617,403 | |
| Most Wanted (Wide) | New Line | $6,343,015 | |
| Napoleon (Wide) | Goldwyn Entertainment | $100,127 | |
| Rocket Man (Wide) | Walt Disney | $15,448,043 | |
| The Sweet Hereafter (Canada Only) | $4,306,697 | ||
| Boogie Nights (Limited) | New Line | $26,410,771 | |
| October 12 | Happy Together (Wide) | $240,442 | |
| October 14 | Raven (Wide) | $5,000 | |
| October 15 | Snowriders 2 (Wide) | Warren Miller Entertainment | $2,287,639 |
| October 17 | Bean (Wide) | Gramercy | $45,334,169 |
| Best Men (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $5,000 | |
| Breaking Up (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $5,000 | |
| Devil’s Advocate (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $61,007,424 | |
| Gummo (Wide) | Fine Line | $87,403 | |
| I Know What You Did Last Summer (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $72,250,091 | |
| Kiss and Tell (Wide) | Phaedra Cinema | $5,000 | |
| Playing God (Wide) | Walt Disney | $4,166,918 | |
| Telling Lies in America (Wide) | $291,000 | ||
| October 24 | Fairytale: A True Story (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $14,059,077 |
| Gattaca (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $12,532,777 | |
| A Life Less Ordinary (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $4,287,595 | |
| The Swindle (Wide) | New Yorker | $245,359 | |
| Twilight of the Golds (Wide) | $20,868 | ||
| October 29 | Habit (Limited) | Glass Eye Pix | $17,165 |
| In Search of a Dream (Limited) | $461,691 | ||
| October 31 | Critical Care (Wide) | $220,175 | |
| Grizzly Mountain (Wide) | Legacy Releasing | $340,556 | |
| I Love You, I Love You Not (Wide) | $20,325 | ||
| Nueba Yol 3 (Wide) | Kit Parker Films | $793,112 | |
| Red Corner (Wide) | MGM | $22,442,815 | |
| Switchback (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $6,504,442 | |
| The Wind in the Willows (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $72,844 | |
| Boogie Nights (Expands Wide) | New Line | $26,410,771 | |
| November 1997 | |||
| November 7 | Cold Around the Heart (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $552 |
| The Deli (Wide) | $5,000 | ||
| Eve's Bayou (Wide) | Trimark | $14,843,425 | |
| The Hanging Garden (Wide) | Goldwyn Entertainment | $925,756 | |
| The James Gang (Wide) | Polygram | $5,000 | |
| Mad City (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $10,561,038 | |
| Sick (Wide) | $191,833 | ||
| Starship Troopers (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $54,768,952 | |
| The Wings of the Dove (Wide) | Miramax | $14,196,971 | |
| November 14 | Anastasia (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $58,403,409 |
| The Jackal (Wide) | Universal | $54,956,941 | |
| Kiss or Kill (Wide) | October Films | $771,091 | |
| The Little Mermaid (Wide, re-release) | Walt Disney | $111,543,479 | |
| The Man Who Knew Too Little (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $13,801,755 | |
| The Mouse (Wide) | Strand Releasing | $6,707 | |
| Nick and Jane (Wide) | Avalanche Releasing | $11,251 | |
| One Night Stand (Wide) | New Line | $2,642,718 | |
| The Tango Lesson (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,026,402 | |
| Slaves to the Underground (Limited) | Neo Motion Pictures | ||
| November 17 | A Couch in New York (Limited) | $5,000 | |
| November 18 | Legal Deceit (Wide) | $5,000 | |
| November 21 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $25,078,937 |
| Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (Wide) | New Line | $35,927,406 | |
| The Rainmaker (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $47,159,786 | |
| Mean Guns (Limited) | |||
| The Sweet Hereafter (Limited) | Fine Line | $4,306,697 | |
| November 26 | Alien: Resurrection (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $47,802,866 |
| Bent (Wide) | MGM | $405,409 | |
| Flubber (Wide) | Walt Disney | $92,993,801 | |
| Welcome to Sarajevo (Wide) | Miramax | $429,756 | |
| November 28 | Dead Heart (Wide) | $1,209 | |
| December 1997 | |||
| December 3 | Office Killer (Wide) | Strand Releasing | $37,446 |
| December 5 | Good Will Hunting (Wide) | Miramax | $138,433,435 |
| Marius et Jeannette (Wide) | New Yorker | $2,835,851 | |
| December 12 | Amistad (Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $51,504,653 |
| Deconstructing Harry (Wide) | Fine Line | $10,686,841 | |
| For Richer or Poorer (Wide) | Universal | $31,680,796 | |
| Home Alone III (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $30,692,437 | |
| Hugo Pool (Wide) | Northern Arts Entertainment | $3,620 | |
| Les Boys (Wide) | Distributor Unknown | $4,602,341 | |
| Scream 2 (Wide) | Miramax | $101,363,301 | |
| December 15 | The Ride (Limited) | RS Entertainment | $189,635 |
| December 17 | The Apostle (Wide) | October Films | $20,733,485 |
| Guy (Wide) | Gramercy | $5,000 | |
| Will it Snow for Christmas (Limited) | Zeitgeist | $51,950 | |
| December 19 | Matusalem II (Wide) | $88,675 | |
| Mouse Hunt (Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $61,894,591 | |
| Titanic (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $674,460,013 | |
| Tomorrow Never Dies (Wide) | MGM | $125,304,276 | |
| December 24 | As Good as it Gets (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $148,478,011 |
| The Winter Guest (Wide) | Fine Line | $870,290 | |
| December 25 | An American Werewolf in Paris (Wide) | Walt Disney | $26,570,463 |
| The Education of Little Tree (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $161,831 | |
| Jackie Brown (Wide) | Miramax | $39,673,162 | |
| Kundun (Wide) | Walt Disney | $5,686,694 | |
| Mr. Magoo (Wide) | Walt Disney | $21,437,192 | |
| The Postman (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $17,650,704 | |
| Wag the Dog (Wide) | New Line | $43,057,470 | |
| December 26 | Afterglow (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $2,537,428 |
| Ma Vie en Rose (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $2,280,573 | |
| December 31 | The Boxer (Limited) | Universal | $5,896,037 |