Domestic Box Office For August 1997
Wide releases are those released in at least 600 theaters.
| 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 | Cop Land | $44,862,187 | 2,233 | $13,510,482 | 30.1% | 2,233 | Aug 15 | - | Miramax |
| 5 | Money Talks | $40,922,619 | 2,033 | $10,654,369 | 26% | 2,005 | Aug 22 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 6 | Picture Perfect | $31,407,873 | 1,727 | $7,809,026 | 24.9% | 1,707 | Aug 1 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | Event Horizon | $26,673,242 | 2,328 | $9,511,915 | 35.7% | 2,311 | Aug 15 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | Mimic | $25,480,490 | 2,255 | $7,818,208 | 30.7% | 2,255 | Aug 22 | - | Miramax |
| 9 | Hoodlum | $23,499,102 | 2,020 | $8,162,768 | 34.7% | 2,020 | Aug 29 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 10 | Air Bud | $23,144,499 | 1,795 | $4,878,632 | 21.1% | 1,795 | Aug 1 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | Excess Baggage | $14,515,490 | 2,211 | $6,309,583 | 43.5% | 2,211 | Aug 29 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | How to Be a Player | $14,009,368 | 756 | $4,206,656 | 30% | 751 | Aug 8 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 13 | Leave It to Beaver | $10,925,060 | 1,885 | $3,252,450 | 29.8% | 1,880 | Aug 22 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | She's So Lovely | $7,281,450 | 844 | $3,020,015 | 41.5% | 824 | Aug 29 | - | Miramax |
| 15 | Kull: The Conqueror | $6,112,613 | 2,091 | $3,450,145 | 56.4% | 2,091 | Aug 29 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 16 | Free Willy 3: The Rescue | $3,446,539 | 1,258 | $992,651 | 28.8% | 1,258 | Aug 8 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | Masterminds | $1,935,539 | 1,186 | $1,014,606 | 52.4% | 1,186 | Aug 22 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 18 | Steel | $1,710,972 | 1,260 | $870,068 | 50.9% | 1,260 | Aug 15 | - | Warner Bros. |
