| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Blade | - | - | - | $70,087,718 | 2,389 | $17,073,856 | 24.4% | 2,322 | Aug 21 | - | New Line Cinema | false |
| 2 | Snake Eyes | - | - | - | $55,591,409 | 2,718 | $16,310,373 | 29.3% | 2,713 | Aug 7 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | - | - | - | $55,041,738 | 2,669 | $16,187,724 | 29.4% | 2,607 | Aug 7 | - | Dimension Films | false |
| 4 | Mysteries of Egypt | - | - | - | $40,593,486 | 27 | - | - | - | Aug 21 | - | IMAX | false |
| 5 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | - | - | - | $37,672,941 | 1,399 | $11,318,919 | 30% | 1,395 | Aug 14 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | The Avengers | - | - | - | $23,384,939 | 2,466 | $10,305,957 | 44.1% | 2,466 | Aug 14 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | 54 | - | - | - | $16,757,163 | 1,869 | $6,611,532 | 39.5% | 1,859 | Aug 28 | - | Miramax | false |
| 8 | Dance with Me | - | - | - | $15,923,122 | 1,467 | $4,507,663 | 28.3% | 1,467 | Aug 21 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | Dead Man on Campus | - | - | - | $15,064,946 | 1,830 | $4,704,688 | 31.2% | 1,797 | Aug 21 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | - | - | - | $12,461,773 | 1,377 | $3,946,382 | 31.7% | 1,369 | Aug 28 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Air Bud: Golden Receiver | - | - | - | $10,224,116 | 1,669 | $2,603,726 | 25.5% | 1,669 | Aug 14 | - | Miramax | false |
| 12 | Wrongfully Accused | - | - | - | $9,623,329 | 2,062 | $3,504,630 | 36.4% | 2,062 | Aug 21 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Return to Paradise | - | - | - | $8,341,087 | 985 | $2,465,129 | 29.6% | 965 | Aug 14 | - | PolyGram | false |
| 14 | Slums of Beverly Hills | - | - | - | $5,502,773 | 253 | $125,561 | 2.3% | 7 | Aug 14 | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 15 | Your Friends and Neighbors | - | - | - | $4,714,658 | 246 | $340,288 | 7.2% | 32 | Aug 21 | Nov 5 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 16 | Next Stop Wonderland | - | - | - | $3,395,581 | 224 | $123,055 | 3.6% | 8 | Aug 21 | - | Miramax | false |
| 17 | All I Wanna Do! | - | - | - | $907,996 | 133 | $307,763 | 33.9% | 133 | Aug 21 | Sep 3 | Miramax | false |
| 18 | The Eel | - | - | - | $418,480 | 6 | $29,879 | 7.1% | 3 | Aug 21 | Dec 9 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 19 | I Married a Strange Person! | - | - | - | $206,272 | 2 | $13,472 | 6.5% | 2 | Aug 28 | - | Lionsgate | false |
| 20 | The Young Girls of Rochefort | - | - | - | $91,837 | - | - | - | - | Aug 14 | Oct 1 | Miramax | false |
| 21 | Safe Men | - | - | - | $45,724 | 20 | $21,210 | 46.4% | 20 | Aug 7 | - | October Films | false |
| 22 | First Love, Last Rites | - | - | - | $42,953 | 6 | $13,809 | 32.1% | 6 | Aug 7 | Dec 24 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 23 | Regeneration | - | - | - | $33,131 | 6 | $19,593 | 59.1% | 6 | Aug 14 | - | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false |
