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The year 1997 in film involved some significant events.

Events

The Star Wars original trilogy's 20th Anniversary Special Editions are released.
Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history even today.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park grosses a record $90,161,880 on Memorial Weekend.
The Spice Girls release Spice World, their first feature-length film.

Top grossing films

Following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States

and Canada

in 1997; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for the calendar year. The top ten films of 1997 as of January 26, 2006 (U.S. and Canada), January 26, 2006 (UK), and January 26, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:

1997 Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide Gross	U.S/Canada Gross	U.K. Gross	Mexico Gross	Australia Gross
1.	Titanic	Fox/Paramount	$1,848,879,955	$600,788,188	£68,532,746	$65,768,915	$57,644,334
2.	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	$618,638,999	$229,086,679	£25,799,961		$20,071,203
3.	Men in Black	Columbia	$589,390,539	$250,690,539	£35,820,921		$22,789,539
4.	Tomorrow Never Dies	United Artists	$333,011,068	$125,304,276	£19,584,504		$12,188,046
5.	Air Force One	Columbia	$315,156,409	$172,956,409
6.	As Good as It Gets	TriStar	$314,178,011	$148,478,011
7.	Liar Liar	Universal	$302,710,615	$181,410,615	£11,785,973	$21,117,778
8.	My Best Friend's Wedding	TriStar	$299,288,605	$127,120,029
9.	The Fifth Element	Columbia	$263,900,000	$63,800,000
10.	The Full Monty	Fox Searchlight	$257,850,122	$45,948,975	£51,992,765	$23,197,810

As of November 7, 2008, forty-one films released in 1997 have grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Three films have grossed more than $400 million, reaching "international blockbuster" status. One film (Titanic) has grossed more than $1,800,000,000 , making it the highest grossing film in history. On February 22, 1998, Titanic reached a $400 million domestic gross in a record time of 66 days. On March 26, 1998 after 98 days in release, Titanic reached $500 million domestically, becoming the first film in history to cross the half-billion-dollar domestic milestone. On August 27, 1998 Titanic reached $600 million domestically becoming the most successful box office film in history.

For a complete list of 1997's top-grossing films, follow these links:

Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1997&p=.htm
- U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1997&p=.htm
- United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
- Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/