Domestic Box Office For August 1993
Wide releases are those released in at least 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fugitive | $183,875,760 | 2,425 | $23,758,855 | 12.9% | 2,340 | Aug 6 | Mar 24 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Hard Target | $32,589,677 | 1,999 | $10,106,500 | 31% | 1,972 | Aug 20 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | The Secret Garden | $31,181,347 | 1,332 | $4,625,583 | 14.8% | 1,319 | Aug 13 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | The Man Without a Face | $24,760,338 | 1,332 | $4,026,775 | 16.3% | 865 | Aug 27 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Heart and Souls | $16,589,540 | 1,301 | $4,322,250 | 26.1% | 1,275 | Aug 13 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday | $15,935,068 | 1,355 | $7,552,190 | 47.4% | 1,355 | Aug 13 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 7 | Needful Things | $15,185,672 | 1,986 | $5,202,478 | 34.3% | 1,963 | Aug 27 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 8 | The Meteor Man | $8,016,708 | 1,060 | $2,643,091 | 33% | 1,060 | Aug 6 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 9 | Surf Ninjas | $4,916,135 | 1,321 | $2,026,278 | 41.2% | 1,321 | Aug 20 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | Father Hood | $3,418,141 | 643 | $1,286,806 | 37.6% | 643 | Aug 27 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | My Boyfriend's Back | $3,335,984 | 1,165 | $1,465,476 | 43.9% | 1,165 | Aug 6 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | Only the Strong | $3,283,371 | 668 | $1,286,889 | 39.2% | 668 | Aug 27 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | Son of the Pink Panther | $2,438,031 | 983 | $1,129,689 | 46.3% | 983 | Aug 27 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
