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Drama Movies Released in 1997
This list shows all Drama films released in 1997, including films that went direct-to-video, or only got an international theatrical release. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic (US/Canada) theatrical release.
The revenue listed is the worldwide box office combined with the domestic home market revenue to date.
Domestic Analysis for Drama Movies for 1997
Release
Date | Movie | Creative Type | Release
Type | Revenue
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| January, 1997 |
| January 10 |
Inside |
|
Theatrical |
$5,000 |
|
| |
| January 17 |
Albino Alligator |
|
Theatrical |
$354,204 |
|
| |
| January 24 |
Prefontaine |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$590,817 |
|
| |
| January 31 |
Prisoner of the Mountains |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$790,078 |
|
| February, 1997 |
| February 7 |
Chorokmoolgogi (초록물고기) |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,172 |
|
|
Margaret's Museum |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$524,963 |
|
| |
| February 21 |
Rosewood |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$13,104,494 |
|
| |
| February 28 |
Donnie Brasco |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$65,303,052 |
|
|
Hard Eight |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$142,715 |
|
|
Kama Sutra |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$4,109,095 |
|
| March, 1997 |
| March 5 |
The Watermelon Woman |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$42,735 |
|
| |
| March 7 |
Boys Life 2 |
|
Theatrical |
$479,504 |
|
| |
| March 14 |
City of Industry |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,554,338 |
|
|
Drunks |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$5,000 |
|
|
Love Jones |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$12,554,569 |
|
|
Ponette |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,351,319 |
|
| |
| March 21 |
Selena |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$35,782,828 |
|
| April, 1997 |
| April 4 |
Anna Karenina |
|
Theatrical |
$858,553 |
|
|
Inventing the Abbotts |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$5,926,128 |
|
| |
| April 11 |
Keys to Tulsa |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$74,777 |
|
|
Kissed |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$465,417 |
|
|
Paradise Road |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$1,990,257 |
|
| |
| April 25 |
All Over Me |
|
Theatrical |
$281,175 |
|
|
A Brother's Kiss |
|
Theatrical |
$66,961 |
|
|
Female Perversions |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$883,973 |
|
|
Inside the Goldmine |
|
Theatrical |
$1,406 |
|
| May, 1997 |
| May 2 |
Broken English |
|
Theatrical |
$476,070 |
|
| |
| May 3 |
Biteu |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$68,283 |
|
| |
| May 9 |
Nowhere |
Science Fiction |
Theatrical |
$176,979 |
|
| |
| May 15 |
Carla's Song |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$5,000 |
|
| |
| May 16 |
Love! Valour! Compassion! |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,936,611 |
|
|
Night Falls On Manhattan |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$9,889,670 |
|
| June, 1997 |
| June 6 |
Bliss |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$207,751 |
|
|
The Pillow Book |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,482,446 |
|
| |
| June 7 |
Madadayo |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$49,452 |
|
| |
| June 13 |
Squeeze |
|
Theatrical |
$26,764 |
|
|
Temptress Moon |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,084,532 |
|
|
Ulee's Gold |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$15,600,000 |
|
| |
| June 20 |
Dream With The Fishes |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$542,909 |
|
|
The Last Time I Committed Suicide |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$12,836 |
|
| July, 1997 |
| July 6 |
Sindhooram |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| July 11 |
Contact |
Science Fiction |
Theatrical |
$165,900,000 |
|
| |
| July 18 |
Mrs. Brown |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$9,217,930 |
|
| |
| July 20 |
Cafe Society |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$6,325 |
|
| August, 1997 |
| August 8 |
Porto Santo |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$363 |
|
| |
| August 15 |
Cop Land |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$63,706,632 |
|
| |
| August 22 |
G.I. Jane |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$48,169,156 |
|
|
Sunday |
|
Theatrical |
$450,349 |
|
| |
| August 27 |
Hoodlum |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$23,489,997 |
|
| |
| August 29 |
She's So Lovely |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$7,281,450 |
|
| September, 1997 |
| September 5 |
Catherine's Grove |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$26,641 |
|
| |
| September 12 |
Marquise |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$73,683 |
|
| |
| September 19 |
Going All the Way |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$89,823 |
|
|
L.A. Confidential |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$126,204,977 |
|
|
A Thousand Acres |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$9,497,079 |
|
| |
| September 26 |
The Ice Storm |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$16,011,975 |
|
| October, 1997 |
| October 2 |
Happy Together |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$645,029 |
|
| |
| October 3 |
U-Turn |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$6,690,074 |
|
| |
| October 5 |
Washington Square |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,775,644 |
|
| |
| October 8 |
Seven Years in Tibet |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$131,445,884 |
|
| |
| October 10 |
Boogie Nights |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$43,111,725 |
|
|
Nil By Mouth |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$18,363 |
|
|
The Sweet Hereafter |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$7,951,247 |
|
| |
| October 24 |
Fairytale: A True Story |
Fantasy |
Theatrical |
$14,059,077 |
|
|
Gattaca |
Science Fiction |
Theatrical |
$12,532,777 |
|
| |
| October 29 |
Buscando un Sueño |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$461,691 |
|
| |
| October 31 |
Critical Care |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$220,175 |
|
|
Nueba Yol 3 |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$793,112 |
|
| November, 1997 |
| November 7 |
Eve's Bayou |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$14,843,425 |
|
|
The Hanging Garden |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$925,756 |
|
|
The Wings of the Dove |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$14,196,971 |
|
| |
| November 14 |
One Night Stand |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,642,718 |
|
|
The Tango Lesson |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$4,194,038 |
|
| |
| November 20 |
Topless Women Talk About Their Lives |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$651 |
|
| |
| November 21 |
The Rainmaker |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$47,159,786 |
|
| |
| November 26 |
Bent |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$405,409 |
|
| |
| November 28 |
Dead Heart |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$1,209 |
|
| December, 1997 |
| December 5 |
Good Will Hunting |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$225,925,989 |
|
| |
| December 12 |
Amistad |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$65,542,212 |
|
| |
| December 15 |
The Ride |
|
Theatrical |
$189,635 |
|
| |
| December 17 |
The Apostle |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$21,277,770 |
|
| |
| December 18 |
Titanic |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,223,048,786 |
Play |
| |
| December 19 |
Open Your Eyes |
Science Fiction |
Theatrical |
$370,720 |
|
| |
| December 24 |
The Winter Guest |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$870,290 |
|
| |
| December 25 |
Comedian Harmonists |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Jackie Brown |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$74,727,492 |
|
|
Kundun |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$5,686,694 |
|
|
Wag the Dog |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$64,252,038 |
|
| |
| December 26 |
Ma Vie en Rose |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,890,693 |
|
| |
| December 27 |
Brat (БРАТ) |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$873,118 |
|
| |
| |
| Unknown TBD |
Allyson Is Watching |
Contemporary Fiction |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
The Dark Side of the Sun |
Contemporary Fiction |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Drive, She Said |
Contemporary Fiction |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Managua |
|
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Momentos robados |
|
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Sub Down |
Contemporary Fiction |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
The Boxer |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$5,896,037 |
|
