Domestic Box Office For August 1997
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conspiracy Theory | $75,982,834 | 2,806 | $19,313,566 | 25.4% | 2,806 | Aug 8 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Spawn | $54,870,175 | 2,604 | $19,738,749 | 36% | 2,536 | Aug 1 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 3 | G.I. Jane | $48,169,156 | 2,043 | $11,094,241 | 23% | 1,945 | Aug 22 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | The Full Monty | $45,950,122 | 783 | $176,585 | 0.4% | 6 | Aug 15 | May 14 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 5 | Cop Land | $44,862,187 | 2,233 | $13,510,482 | 30.1% | 2,233 | Aug 15 | - | Miramax |
| 6 | Money Talks | $40,922,619 | 2,033 | $10,654,369 | 26% | 2,005 | Aug 22 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 7 | Picture Perfect | $31,407,873 | 1,727 | $7,809,026 | 24.9% | 1,707 | Aug 1 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | Event Horizon | $26,673,242 | 2,328 | $9,511,915 | 35.7% | 2,311 | Aug 15 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | Mimic | $25,480,490 | 2,255 | $7,818,208 | 30.7% | 2,255 | Aug 22 | - | Miramax |
| 10 | Hoodlum | $23,499,102 | 2,020 | $8,162,768 | 34.7% | 2,020 | Aug 29 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 11 | Air Bud | $23,144,499 | 1,795 | $4,878,632 | 21.1% | 1,795 | Aug 1 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | Excess Baggage | $14,515,490 | 2,211 | $6,309,583 | 43.5% | 2,211 | Aug 29 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | How to Be a Player | $14,009,368 | 756 | $4,206,656 | 30% | 751 | Aug 8 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 14 | Leave It to Beaver | $10,925,060 | 1,885 | $3,252,450 | 29.8% | 1,880 | Aug 22 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | She's So Lovely | $7,281,450 | 844 | $3,020,015 | 41.5% | 824 | Aug 27 | - | Miramax |
| 16 | Kull: The Conqueror | $6,112,613 | 2,091 | $3,450,145 | 56.4% | 2,091 | Aug 29 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | Free Willy 3: The Rescue | $3,446,539 | 1,258 | $992,651 | 28.8% | 1,258 | Aug 8 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | A Smile Like Yours | $3,330,352 | 582 | $1,163,576 | 34.9% | 582 | Aug 22 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 19 | In the Company of Men | $2,804,473 | 108 | $100,006 | 3.6% | 8 | Aug 1 | Jan 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 20 | Career Girls | $2,416,734 | 148 | $93,303 | 3.9% | 8 | Aug 8 | Oct 30 | October Films |
| 21 | Masterminds | $1,935,539 | 1,186 | $1,014,606 | 52.4% | 1,186 | Aug 22 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 22 | Steel | $1,710,972 | 1,260 | $870,068 | 50.9% | 1,260 | Aug 15 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | Love Serenade | $604,523 | - | - | - | - | Aug 1 | - | Miramax |
| 24 | Dirty Dancing 1997 Re-release | $507,892 | 54 | $162,378 | 32% | 54 | Aug 22 | - | Live Entertainment |
| 25 | Pippi Longstocking | $505,335 | 73 | $62,196 | 12.3% | 73 | Aug 22 | Oct 30 | Legacy Releasing Corporation |
| 26 | Paperback Romance | $151,068 | 28 | $13,939 | 9.2% | 4 | Aug 15 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 27 | Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation 1997 Re-release | $141,626 | 23 | $53,111 | 37.5% | 23 | Aug 29 | - | Lionsgate |
| 28 | Hamsun | $50,000 | 1 | $7,529 | 15.1% | 1 | Aug 6 | - | First Run |
| 29 | Soul in the Hole | $30,697 | 6 | $14,077 | 45.9% | 6 | Aug 8 | - | - |
| 30 | Trojan Eddie | $21,264 | 2 | $11,867 | 55.8% | 2 | Aug 29 | Sep 18 | Castle Hill Productions |
