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R Movies Released in 1997
This list shows all R 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 R Movies for 1997
Release
Date | Movie | Genre | Release
Type | Revenue
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| January, 1997 |
| January 10 |
The Relic |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$33,956,608 |
|
|
Turbulence |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$11,532,774 |
|
| |
| January 17 |
Albino Alligator |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$354,204 |
|
|
Metro |
Action |
Theatrical |
$32,017,895 |
|
| |
| January 29 |
Gridlock'd |
Black Comedy |
Theatrical |
$5,573,929 |
|
| |
| January 31 |
Johns |
|
Theatrical |
$177,605 |
|
|
Meet Wally Sparks |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$4,073,582 |
|
|
Prisoner of the Mountains |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$790,078 |
|
|
Shadow Conspiracy |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$2,154,540 |
|
|
Waiting for Guffman |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$2,922,988 |
|
| February, 1997 |
| February 7 |
Hotel de Love |
|
Theatrical |
$152,720 |
|
|
Margaret's Museum |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$524,963 |
|
|
SubUrbia |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$726,207 |
|
| |
| February 12 |
Dangerous Ground |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$5,102,151 |
|
| |
| February 14 |
Absolute Power |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$50,068,310 |
|
|
Unhook the Stars |
|
Theatrical |
$301,888 |
|
| |
| February 21 |
Blood and Wine |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$1,083,350 |
|
|
Lost Highway |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$4,864,849 |
|
|
Rosewood |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$13,104,494 |
|
| |
| February 26 |
Booty Call |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$20,066,917 |
|
| |
| February 28 |
Donnie Brasco |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$65,303,052 |
|
|
Hard Eight |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$142,715 |
|
|
Kama Sutra |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$4,109,095 |
|
|
Smilla's Sense of Snow |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$2,221,994 |
|
| March, 1997 |
| March 5 |
The Daytrippers |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$2,096,256 |
|
|
Rhyme & Reason |
Documentary |
Theatrical |
$1,591,687 |
|
| |
| March 7 |
Private Parts |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$41,198,146 |
|
| |
| March 14 |
City of Industry |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,554,338 |
|
|
Drunks |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$5,000 |
|
|
Love Jones |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$12,554,569 |
|
|
The Substance of Fire |
|
Theatrical |
$31,638 |
|
| |
| March 26 |
The Devil's Own |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$140,900,000 |
|
| |
| March 28 |
Love and Other Catastrophes |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$743,216 |
|
| April, 1997 |
| April 4 |
Chasing Amy |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$15,155,095 |
|
|
Double Team |
Action |
Theatrical |
$11,328,565 |
|
|
Inventing the Abbotts |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$5,926,128 |
|
| |
| April 11 |
Cadillac Ranch |
Action |
Theatrical |
$5,000 |
|
|
Grosse Pointe Blank |
Black Comedy |
Theatrical |
$31,070,412 |
|
|
Keys to Tulsa |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$74,777 |
|
|
Kissed |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$465,417 |
|
|
Paradise Road |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,990,257 |
|
| |
| April 18 |
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag |
Black Comedy |
Theatrical |
$4,002,884 |
|
|
Hollow Reed |
|
Theatrical |
$244,337 |
|
|
Murder at 1600 |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$25,842,024 |
|
|
Traveller |
|
Theatrical |
$500,649 |
|
| |
| April 25 |
All Over Me |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$281,175 |
|
|
A Brother's Kiss |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$66,961 |
|
|
Female Perversions |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$883,973 |
|
|
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$29,235,353 |
|
| |
| April 30 |
Children of the Revolution |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$845,391 |
|
| May, 1997 |
| May 2 |
Breakdown |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$50,159,144 |
|
|
Commandments |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$548,562 |
|
| |
| May 9 |
Underworld |
|
Theatrical |
$5,000 |
|
| |
| May 14 |
Sprung |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$7,553,105 |
|
| |
| May 16 |
Love! Valour! Compassion! |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$2,936,611 |
|
|
Night Falls On Manhattan |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$9,889,670 |
|
|
The Van |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$6,214,038 |
|
| |
| May 23 |
Addicted To Love |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$34,673,095 |
|
| June, 1997 |
| June 6 |
Bliss |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$207,751 |
|
|
Con Air |
Action |
Theatrical |
$224,117,573 |
|
|
Tollbooth |
|
Theatrical |
$5,000 |
|
| |
| June 13 |
Temptress Moon |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,084,532 |
|
|
Ulee's Gold |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$15,600,000 |
|
|
Wedding Bell Blues |
|
Theatrical |
$22,002 |
|
| |
| June 20 |
Dream With The Fishes |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$542,909 |
|
|
The Last Time I Committed Suicide |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$12,836 |
|
| |
| June 27 |
Face/Off |
Action |
Theatrical |
$241,199,984 |
|
|
The Innocent Sleep |
|
Theatrical |
$8,225 |
|
| July, 1997 |
| July 11 |
This World, Then the Fireworks |
|
Theatrical |
$51,618 |
|
| |
| July 18 |
Kiss Me, Guido |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$1,916,898 |
|
|
Nothing To Lose |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$64,594,061 |
|
| |
| July 20 |
Cafe Society |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$6,325 |
|
| |
| July 23 |
Star Maps |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$592,573 |
|
| |
| July 25 |
Air Force One |
Action |
Theatrical |
$315,579,652 |
|
|
Alive and Kicking |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$294,467 |
|
|
Box of Moonlight |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$720,717 |
|
|
The Winner |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$21,000 |
|
| |
| July 30 |
One Eight Seven |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$5,747,802 |
|
| August, 1997 |
| August 1 |
In the Company of Men |
Black Comedy |
Theatrical |
$2,883,661 |
|
|
Love Serenade |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$604,523 |
|
| |
| August 6 |
Def Jam's How To Be a Player |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$14,010,363 |
|
| |
| August 8 |
Career Girls |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$2,506,039 |
|
|
Conspiracy Theory |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$143,034,750 |
|
| |
| August 13 |
The Full Monty |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$261,249,383 |
|
| |
| August 15 |
Cop Land |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$63,706,632 |
|
|
Event Horizon |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$26,673,954 |
|
| |
| August 22 |
G.I. Jane |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$48,169,156 |
|
|
Mimic |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$25,514,479 |
|
|
Money Talks |
Action |
Theatrical |
$41,076,865 |
|
|
A Smile Like Yours |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$3,317,930 |
|
| |
| August 27 |
Hoodlum |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$23,489,997 |
|
| |
| August 29 |
She's So Lovely |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$7,281,450 |
|
| September, 1997 |
| September 5 |
Catherine's Grove |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$26,641 |
|
|
Fire Down Below |
Action |
Theatrical |
$16,148,906 |
|
| |
| September 12 |
Different for Girls |
|
Theatrical |
$281,764 |
|
|
The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$226,427 |
|
|
The End of Violence |
|
Theatrical |
$386,673 |
|
|
The Game |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$80,369,970 |
|
| |
| September 17 |
The Myth of Fingerprints |
|
Theatrical |
$505,828 |
|
| |
| September 19 |
Going All the Way |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$89,823 |
|
|
L.A. Confidential |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$126,204,977 |
|
|
A Thousand Acres |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$9,497,079 |
|
|
Wes Craven's Wishmaster |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$15,719,109 |
|
| |
| September 26 |
The Assignment |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$600,843 |
|
|
The Edge |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$34,099,255 |
|
|
The Ice Storm |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$16,011,975 |
|
|
Kicked in the Head |
|
Theatrical |
$102,739 |
|
|
The Lay of the Land |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
The Peacemaker |
Action |
Theatrical |
$62,967,368 |
|
|
Soul Food |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$43,492,389 |
|
| October, 1997 |
| October 3 |
Kiss the Girls |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$60,527,873 |
|
|
The Locusts |
|
Theatrical |
$37,888 |
|
|
The MatchMaker |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$3,398,083 |
|
|
U-Turn |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$6,690,074 |
|
| |
| October 4 |
Lewis & Clark & George |
|
Theatrical |
$5,000 |
|
| |
| October 8 |
Gang Related |
Action |
Theatrical |
$5,906,773 |
|
|
Year of the Horse |
|
Theatrical |
$243,094 |
|
| |
| October 10 |
Boogie Nights |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$43,111,725 |
|
|
The House of Yes |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$617,403 |
|
|
Most Wanted |
Action |
Theatrical |
$6,343,015 |
|
|
The Sweet Hereafter |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$7,951,247 |
|
| |
| October 14 |
Raven |
Action |
Theatrical |
$24,236 |
|
| |
| October 17 |
Breaking Up |
|
Theatrical |
$5,000 |
|
|
Devil’s Advocate |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$153,007,424 |
|
|
Gummo |
|
Theatrical |
$365,375 |
|
|
I Know What You Did Last Summer |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$125,250,091 |
|
|
Playing God |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$4,428,527 |
|
| |
| October 24 |
A Life Less Ordinary |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$14,633,270 |
|
| |
| October 31 |
Critical Care |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$220,175 |
|
|
Red Corner |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$22,442,815 |
|
|
Switchback |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$6,504,442 |
|
| November, 1997 |
| November 7 |
Cold Around the Heart |
|
Theatrical |
$552 |
|
|
Eve's Bayou |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$14,843,425 |
|
|
The Hanging Garden |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$925,756 |
|
|
The James Gang |
|
Theatrical |
$5,000 |
|
|
Starship Troopers |
Action |
Theatrical |
$121,099,956 |
|
|
The Wings of the Dove |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$14,196,971 |
|
| |
| November 14 |
The Jackal |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$159,356,941 |
|
|
Kiss or Kill |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$771,091 |
|
|
Nick and Jane |
|
Theatrical |
$11,251 |
|
|
One Night Stand |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$2,642,718 |
|
| |
| November 19 |
Travolti da un insolito destino nellâ… |
Romantic Comedy |
Video |
$7,876 |
|
| |
| November 21 |
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$25,078,937 |
|
| |
| November 26 |
Alien: Resurrection |
Action |
Theatrical |
$160,707,848 |
|
|
Welcome to Sarajevo |
|
Theatrical |
$429,756 |
|
| December, 1997 |
| December 3 |
Office Killer |
Black Comedy |
Theatrical |
$37,446 |
|
| |
| December 5 |
Good Will Hunting |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$225,925,989 |
|
| |
| December 12 |
Amistad |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$65,542,212 |
|
|
Deconstructing Harry |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$10,686,841 |
|
|
Hugo Pool |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$3,620 |
|
|
Scream 2 |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$172,363,301 |
|
| |
| December 17 |
Guy |
|
Theatrical |
$5,000 |
|
|
Tromeo & Juliet |
Black Comedy |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| December 19 |
Open Your Eyes |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$370,720 |
|
| |
| December 24 |
The Winter Guest |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$870,290 |
|
| |
| December 25 |
An American Werewolf in Paris |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$26,570,463 |
|
|
Jackie Brown |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$74,727,492 |
|
|
The Postman |
Action |
Theatrical |
$20,841,123 |
|
|
Wag the Dog |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$64,252,038 |
|
| |
| December 26 |
Afterglow |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$2,537,428 |
|
|
Ma Vie en Rose |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$2,890,693 |
|
| |
| |
| Unknown TBD |
Driftwood |
|
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
The Rage |
Thriller/Suspense |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
The Boxer |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$5,896,037 |
|
