1997 in film

Highest-grossing films

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 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.

Award ceremonies

• 2nd Empire Awards
• 24th Saturn Awards

  Awards

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
• 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