Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| April 4, 1997 | ||
 The Saint
Action
Adventure
Romance
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija, Valeriy Nikolaev 1 hr 56 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Double Team
Action
Comedy
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke, Paul Freeman 1 hr 33 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 That Old Feeling
Comedy
Romance
With: Bette Midler, Dennis Farina, Paula Marshall, Gail O'Grady 1 hr 45 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Inventing the Abbotts
Drama
Romance
With: Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup 1 hr 50 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Das Boot1997 Director's Cut
Drama
War
With: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch 2 hr 29 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Limited |
 | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 Chasing Amy
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Ethan Suplee, Scott Mosier 1 hr 53 min | Miramax | Limited |
 Childhood's End
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Cameron Foord, Heather Gottlieb, Sam Trammell, Colleen Werthmann 1 hr 55 min | Plainview Pictures | Limited |
| April 9, 1997 | ||
 Schizopolis
Comedy
Fantasy
Mystery
With: Steven Soderbergh, Scott Allen, Betsy Brantley, Marcus Lyle Brown 1 hr 36 min | Northern Arts Entertainment | Limited |
| April 11, 1997 | ||
 Anaconda
Action
Adventure
Horror
Thriller
With: Jon Voight, Jennifer Lopez, Eric Stoltz, Ice Cube 1 hr 29 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Grosse Pointe Blank
Action
Comedy
Crime
Romance
Thriller
With: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack 1 hr 47 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Keys to Tulsa
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Eric Stoltz, James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Joanna Going 1 hr 53 min | Gramercy Pictures (I) | Limited |
 Paradise Road
Drama
History
War
With: Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett 2 hr 2 min | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Limited |
 Cosi
Comedy
Drama
Music
Romance
With: Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths 1 hr 40 min | Miramax | Limited |
| April 18, 1997 | ||
 Murder at 1600
Action
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Daniel Benzali, Dennis Miller 1 hr 47 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 McHale's Navy
Action
Comedy
With: Tom Arnold, Dean Stockwell, Ernest Borgnine, Debra Messing 1 hr 48 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
Adventure
Comedy
Crime
Mystery
With: Joe Pesci, Andy Comeau, Kristy Swanson, George Hamilton 1 hr 35 min | Orion Pictures | Wide |
 Traveller
Crime
Drama
Romance
With: Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg, Julianna Margulies, James Gammon 1 hr 41 min | October Films | Limited |
 | Lionsgate | Limited |
 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
| April 23, 1997 | ||
 A Chef in Love
Comedy
Romance
With: Pierre Richard, Nino Kirtadze, Micheline Presle, Jean-Yves Gautier 1 hr 40 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
| April 25, 1997 | ||
 Volcano
Action
Drama
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle 1 hr 44 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Comedy
With: Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow, Janeane Garofalo, Alan Cumming 1 hr 32 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | Limited |
 A Brother's Kiss
Drama
With: Nick Chinlund, Michael Raynor, Justin Pierce, Joshua Danowsky 1 hr 32 min | First Look International | Limited |
 Flamenco
Documentary
Music
With: La Paquera de Jerez, Merche Esmeralda, Manolo Sanlúcar, Joaquín Cortés 1 hr 40 min | New Yorker Films | Limited |
 | Trimark Pictures | Limited |
 All Over Me
Crime
Drama
Romance
With: Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser, Wilson Cruz 1 hr 26 min | Fine Line Features | Limited |
 Female Perversions
Drama
Fantasy
Thriller
With: Tilda Swinton, Amy Madigan, Clancy Brown, John Diehl 2 hr | October Films | Limited |
 I Was a Jewish Sex Worker
Biography
Documentary
With: Brandon Judell, Lynn Krupp, Phillip B. Roth, Annie Sprinkle 1 hr 12 min | Greycat Films | Limited |
| April 30, 1997 | ||
 Irma Vep
Comedy
Drama
With: Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard, Antoine Basler 1 hr 39 min | Zeitgeist Films | Limited |
| May 1, 1997 | ||
 Children of the Revolution
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham, Richard Roxburgh 1 hr 41 min | Miramax | Limited |
| May 2, 1997 | ||
 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Adventure
Comedy
With: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Mimi Rogers 1 hr 34 min | New Line Cinema | Wide |
 Breakdown
Action
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, M.C. Gainey 1 hr 33 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Warriors of Virtue
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
With: Angus Macfadyen, Mario Yedidia, Marley Shelton, Chao Li Chi 2 hr 11 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Wide |
 Commandments
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Aidan Quinn, Courteney Cox, Anthony LaPaglia, Shirl Bernheim 1 hr 28 min | Gramercy Pictures (I) | Limited |
 Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Action
Crime
Drama
Romance
Thriller
With: Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Dickens, Vincent Gallo, Mykelti Williamson 1 hr 46 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Limited |
 Broken English
Drama
Romance
With: Aleksandra Vujcic, Julian Arahanga, Rade Serbedzija, Marton Csokas 1 hr 32 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 | Trimark Pictures | Limited |
 | First Look International | Limited |
| May 9, 1997 | ||
 The Fifth Element
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
With: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm 2 hr 6 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Fathers' Day
Comedy
Romance
With: Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nastassja Kinski 1 hr 38 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Nowhere
Comedy
Drama
Sci-Fi
With: James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Chiara Mastroianni 1 hr 22 min | Fine Line Features | Limited |
 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | Limited |
