Domestic Box Office For August 2016
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
Key:Estimated
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthropoid | $2,964,845 | 452 | $1,233,519 | 41.6% | 452 | Aug 12 | Sep 22 | Bleecker Street Media |
| 2 | Greater | $2,000,093 | 340 | $627,974 | 31.4% | 340 | Aug 26 | Dec 15 | Hammond Entertainment |
| 3 | Mohenjo Daro | $1,264,339 | 246 | $747,791 | 59.1% | 246 | Aug 12 | Sep 8 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 4 | The Insanity of God | $1,102,525 | 531 | - | - | - | Aug 30 | Sep 13 | LifeWay Films |
| 5 | Rustom | $1,087,419 | 133 | $773,662 | 71.1% | 133 | Aug 12 | Aug 18 | Zee Cinema |
| 6 | Battle for Incheon: Operation Chromite | $1,023,348 | 114 | $31,662 | 3.1% | 1 | Aug 5 | Sep 22 | CJ Entertainment |
| 7 | The Hollars | $1,016,985 | 298 | $38,210 | 3.8% | 4 | Aug 26 | Dec 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 8 | 31 | $779,820 | 538 | - | - | - | Aug 26 | Oct 30 | Saban Films |
| 9 | Little Men | $702,537 | 61 | $30,368 | 4.3% | 2 | Aug 5 | Dec 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 10 | Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World | $594,912 | 51 | $114,273 | 19.2% | 39 | Aug 19 | Nov 17 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 11 | A Tale of Love and Darkness | $572,212 | 66 | $37,170 | 6.5% | 2 | Aug 19 | Oct 6 | Focus World |
| 12 | Tunnel | $568,876 | 36 | $172,521 | 30.3% | 36 | Aug 26 | Sep 29 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 13 | Happy Bhaag Jayegi | $351,840 | 78 | $159,895 | 45.4% | 78 | Aug 19 | Sep 22 | Eros Worldwide |
| 14 | My Mother | $303,002 | 35 | $34,098 | 11.3% | 6 | Aug 26 | Nov 3 | Music Box Films |
| 15 | The People Vs. Fritz Bauer | $288,483 | 35 | $33,781 | - | 6 | Aug 19 | Sep 29 | Cohen Media Group |
| 16 | Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV | $269,980 | 26 | $119,801 | 44.4% | 24 | Aug 19 | Sep 15 | Vertical Entertainment |
| 17 | Seed: The Untold Story | $207,825 | 35 | - | - | - | Aug 22 | - | Collective Eye Films |
| 18 | Complete Unknown | $191,761 | 63 | $14,149 | 7.4% | 2 | Aug 26 | Oct 2 | IFC Films |
| 19 | Apparition Hill | $170,457 | 26 | $4,152 | 2.4% | 1 | Aug 5 | Nov 18 | - |
| 20 | Howards End 2016 Re-release | $160,282 | 10 | $23,840 | 14.9% | 2 | Aug 26 | Sep 29 | Cohen Media Group |
| 21 | Generation Found | $151,751 | 22 | - | - | - | Aug 29 | Dec 8 | GathrFilms |
| 22 | Remember the Goal | $119,100 | 77 | $70,136 | 58.9% | 77 | Aug 26 | - | Five & Two Pictures |
| 23 | Elevator to the Gallows 2016 Re-release | $111,267 | 5 | $14,334 | 12.9% | 1 | Aug 3 | Dec 22 | Rialto Pictures |
| 24 | The Fight Within | $94,326 | 103 | $57,124 | 60.6% | 103 | Aug 12 | - | GVN Releasing |
| 25 | Morris from America | $91,151 | 20 | $15,673 | 17.2% | 2 | Aug 19 | Oct 6 | A24 |
| 26 | My Best Friend's Wedding | $78,578 | 37 | $39,984 | 50.9% | 37 | Aug 12 | Sep 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 27 | My King | $54,114 | 11 | $6,273 | 11.6% | 1 | Aug 12 | Nov 17 | Film Movement |
| 28 | Disorder | $51,879 | 8 | $11,699 | 22.6% | 2 | Aug 12 | Sep 5 | IFC Films |
| 29 | In Order of Disappearance 2016 Re-release | $50,251 | 10 | $5,208 | 10.4% | 2 | Aug 26 | Sep 22 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 30 | Fatima | $50,105 | 4 | $6,221 | 12.4% | 1 | Aug 26 | Nov 17 | Kino Lorber |
| 31 | Spa Night | $38,578 | 2 | $7,056 | 18.3% | 1 | Aug 19 | Dec 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 32 | Sweet Sixteen | $34,327 | 9 | $21,439 | 62.5% | 9 | Aug 19 | Sep 4 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 33 | Multiple Maniacs | $33,036 | 5 | $9,814 | 29.7% | 1 | Aug 5 | Aug 18 | Janus Films |
| 34 | The Intervention | $32,919 | 17 | $23,316 | 70.8% | 17 | Aug 26 | Sep 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 35 | Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins 2016 Re-release | $32,445 | 27 | - | - | - | Aug 8 | Aug 10 | FUNimation Entertainment |
| 36 | The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger | $28,456 | 2 | $5,304 | 18.6% | 1 | Aug 31 | May 12 | Icarus Films |
| 37 | Front Cover | $26,409 | 3 | $6,907 | 26.2% | 1 | Aug 5 | Oct 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 38 | Kate Plays Christine | $25,564 | 3 | $6,175 | 24.2% | 1 | Aug 26 | Dec 15 | Grasshopper Film |
| 39 | Sudden Fear | $24,476 | 25 | $11,126 | 45.5% | 13 | Aug 12 | Aug 25 | Cohen Media Group |
| 40 | The Black Dove | $22,517 | 3 | $7,124 | 31.6% | 2 | Aug 12 | - | Indican Pictures |
| 41 | This Last Lonely Place | $20,507 | 4 | $6,089 | 29.7% | 2 | Aug 12 | Jan 12 | Indican Pictures |
| 42 | The Sea of Trees | $20,444 | 101 | $1,877 | 9.2% | 2 | Aug 26 | Sep 15 | A24 |
| 43 | Never | $20,431 | 4 | $4,312 | 21.1% | 2 | Aug 19 | Feb 2 | Indican Pictures |
| 44 | Love Me True | $20,100 | 4 | $5,759 | 28.7% | 2 | Aug 12 | - | Indican Pictures |
| 45 | Five Nights in Maine | $15,587 | 10 | $9,059 | 58.1% | 10 | Aug 5 | Aug 18 | FilmRise |
| 46 | The Wakhan Front | $12,810 | 3 | $2,836 | 22.1% | 1 | Aug 5 | Nov 17 | Film Movement |
| 47 | When Two Worlds Collide | $12,080 | 1 | $2,548 | 21.1% | 1 | Aug 17 | Oct 20 | First Run |
| 48 | The Lost Arcade | $9,522 | 1 | $7,500 | - | 1 | Aug 12 | Aug 18 | 26 Aries |
| 49 | Ghost Team | $6,639 | 10 | $4,499 | 67.8% | 10 | Aug 12 | Sep 29 | The Orchard |
| 50 | Level Up | $1,469 | 27 | - | - | - | Aug 26 | Sep 1 | FilmBuff |
| 51 | A Small Good Thing | $1,196 | 2 | $1,196 | 100% | 2 | Aug 19 | Aug 25 | Kino Lorber |
| 52 | The Student and Mister Henri | $761 | 1 | $486 | 63.9% | 1 | Aug 19 | Aug 25 | Distrib Films |
| 53 | Down by Love | $675 | 2 | $390 | 57.8% | 2 | Aug 19 | Aug 25 | Distrib Films |
