1997

Theatrical releases

Films

• February 21 - Blood and Wine (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• February 28 - Smilla's Sense of Snow (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• March 28
  • Love and Other Catastrophes (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
  • Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
• April 4 - Inventing the Abbotts (Fox 2000 Pictures)
• April 11 - Paradise Road (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• April 25 - Volcano (Fox 2000 Pictures)
• May 16 - The Van (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• June 6 - Intimate Relations (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• June 13 - Speed 2: Cruise Control
• July 2 - Out to Sea
• July 25 - Star Maps (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• August 1 - Picture Perfect
• August 15 - The Full Monty (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• September 26
  • The Edge
  • Soul Food (Fox 2000 Pictures)
• October 24 - A Life Less Ordinary
• October 31 - The Ice Storm
• November 7 - Cold Around the Heart
• November 14 - Anastasia (20th Century Fox Animation / Fox Animation Studios) (New York City premiere)
• November 21 - Anastasia (20th Century Fox Animation / Fox Animation Studios)
• November 26 - Alien Resurrection
• December 12 - Home Alone 3
• December 18 - The Wiggles Movie
• December 19 - Titanic (Paramount Pictures / Lightstorm Entertainment)

Home Video releases

Direct-to-video releases

• September 9 - Casper: A Spirited Beginning

Character debuts

• November 14 - Dimitri, Vladimir, Sophie, Anastasia, Pooka, Bartok