Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| December 19, 1997 | ||
 Tomorrow Never Dies
Action
Adventure
Thriller
With: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher 1 hr 59 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Wide |
 | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 | DreamWorks Distribution | Wide |
 | October Films | Limited |
| December 23, 1997 | ||
 As Good as It Gets
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr. 2 hr 19 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Limited |
| December 25, 1997 | ||
 The Postman
Action
Adventure
Drama
Sci-Fi
With: Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams 2 hr 57 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Mr. Magoo
Adventure
Comedy
Family
With: Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Matt Keeslar, Nick Chinlund 1 hr 27 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 An American Werewolf in Paris
Comedy
Fantasy
Horror
Thriller
With: Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Vince Vieluf, Phil Buckman 1 hr 38 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
As Good as It Gets
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr. 2 hr 19 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Jackie Brown
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda 2 hr 34 min | Miramax | Wide |
 | Fine Line Features | Limited |
 Wag the Dog
Comedy
Drama
With: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson 1 hr 37 min | New Line Cinema | Limited |
 Kundun
Biography
Drama
History
War
With: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang 2 hr 14 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Limited |
 The Education of Little Tree
Drama
With: James Cromwell, Joseph Ashton, Tantoo Cardinal, Mika Boorem 1 hr 56 min | Paramount Pictures | Limited |
| December 26, 1997 | ||
 Amistad
Biography
Drama
History
With: Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman 2 hr 35 min | DreamWorks Distribution | Wide |
 Ma vie en rose
Drama
With: Georges Du Fresne, Michèle Laroque, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Hélène Vincent 1 hr 28 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 Afterglow
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller 1 hr 59 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
| December 31, 1997 | ||
 The Boxer
Drama
Romance
Sport
With: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Daragh Donnelly, Frank Coughlan 1 hr 53 min | Universal Pictures | Limited |
| January 2, 1998 | ||
 Oscar and Lucinda
Drama
Romance
With: Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Wilkinson 2 hr 12 min | - | Limited |
| January 9, 1998 | ||
 | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Good Will Hunting
Drama
Romance
With: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård 2 hr 6 min | Miramax | Wide |
Wag the Dog
Comedy
Drama
With: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson 1 hr 37 min | New Line Cinema | Wide |
| January 16, 1998 | ||
 Fallen
Action
Crime
Drama
Fantasy
Mystery
Thriller
With: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz 2 hr 4 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Hard Rain
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver 1 hr 37 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Half Baked
Comedy
Crime
With: Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Diaz, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams 1 hr 22 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Star Kid
Adventure
Family
Sci-Fi
With: Joseph Mazzello, Joey Simmrin, Alex Daniels, Arthur Burghardt 1 hr 41 min | Trimark Pictures | Wide |
 Pretty Village, Pretty Flame
Drama
History
War
With: Dragan Bjelogrlic, Nikola Kojo, Dragan Maksimovic, Zoran Cvijanovic 1 hr 55 min | Wellspring Media | Limited |
 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
| January 21, 1998 | ||
 Fallen Angels
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Romance
With: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung 1 hr 39 min | Kino International | Limited |
| January 23, 1998 | ||
 | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Phantoms
Horror
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Joanna Going, Liev Schreiber 1 hr 36 min | Miramax | Wide |
 Slappy and the Stinkers
Comedy
Family
With: BD Wong, Bronson Pinchot, Jennifer Coolidge, Joseph Ashton 1 hr 18 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Limited |
 Swept from the Sea
Drama
Mystery
Romance
With: Rachel Weisz, Vincent Perez, Ian McKellen, Kathy Bates 1 hr 55 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Limited |
 The Gingerbread Man
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
With: Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr., Daryl Hannah 1 hr 54 min | PolyGram | Limited |
