August Box Office
The month of August
Data as of May 2, 18:41 PDT
| Year | Cumulative Gross | %± LY | Releases | Average | #1 Release | Gross | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $812,833,316 | +74.1% | 104 | $7,815,704 | Barbie | $232,462,212 | 28.6% |
| 2022 | $466,953,463 | +11.8% | 93 | $5,021,004 | Bullet Train | $80,030,018 | 17.1% |
| 2021 | $417,701,047 | +1,192.5% | 94 | $4,443,628 | Free Guy | $81,323,882 | 19.5% |
| 2020 | $32,316,928 | -96.1% | 50 | $646,338 | Unhinged | $9,025,406 | 27.9% |
| 2019 | $837,630,353 | -2.2% | 211 | $3,969,812 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | $154,733,655 | 18.5% |
| 2018 | $856,823,026 | +30.1% | 217 | $3,948,493 | Mission: Impossible - Fallout | $121,381,701 | 14.2% |
| 2017 | $658,544,629 | -35.4% | 193 | $3,412,148 | Annabelle: Creation | $81,675,598 | 12.4% |
| 2016 | $1,019,239,621 | +20.8% | 204 | $4,996,272 | Suicide Squad | $286,417,209 | 28.1% |
| 2015 | $843,521,584 | -17.1% | 174 | $4,847,825 | Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation | $150,667,858 | 17.9% |
| 2014 | $1,017,712,675 | +9.6% | 203 | $5,013,362 | Guardians of the Galaxy | $275,379,530 | 27.1% |
| 2013 | $928,820,566 | +14.9% | 198 | $4,691,012 | We're the Millers | $104,657,282 | 11.3% |
| 2012 | $808,170,029 | -9.7% | 207 | $3,904,203 | The Dark Knight Rises | $122,683,470 | 15.2% |
| 2011 | $894,750,767 | +2.1% | 198 | $4,518,943 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $151,459,484 | 16.9% |
| 2010 | $876,222,471 | -3% | 178 | $4,922,598 | The Other Guys | $100,383,645 | 11.5% |
| 2009 | $903,053,265 | +2% | 181 | $4,989,244 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $132,734,979 | 14.7% |
| 2008 | $885,387,014 | -3.8% | 188 | $4,709,505 | The Dark Knight | $151,207,080 | 17.1% |
| 2007 | $920,731,473 | +20.9% | 201 | $4,580,753 | The Bourne Ultimatum | $192,019,200 | 20.9% |
| 2006 | $761,567,134 | +6.8% | 187 | $4,072,551 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | $130,673,381 | 17.2% |
| 2005 | $712,907,988 | -10.4% | 192 | $3,713,062 | The Dukes of Hazzard | $75,310,334 | 10.6% |
| 2004 | $795,305,042 | -11.2% | 184 | $4,322,310 | Collateral | $81,367,690 | 10.2% |
| 2003 | $895,336,135 | +8.6% | 197 | $4,544,853 | S.W.A.T. | $100,256,983 | 11.2% |
| 2002 | $824,719,920 | -3.9% | 190 | $4,340,631 | Signs | $186,954,575 | 22.7% |
| 2001 | $857,862,864 | +28.2% | 94 | $9,126,200 | Rush Hour 2 | $189,051,819 | 22% |
| 2000 | $669,344,321 | -21.1% | 98 | $6,830,044 | Hollow Man | $67,684,741 | 10.1% |
| 1999 | $847,916,310 | +28% | 98 | $8,652,207 | The Sixth Sense | $142,905,737 | 16.8% |
| 1998 | $662,207,797 | +11.7% | 46 | $14,395,821 | Saving Private Ryan | $99,292,238 | 15% |
| 1997 | $592,945,778 | +16% | 49 | $12,100,934 | Air Force One | $97,397,312 | 16.4% |
| 1996 | $510,992,613 | -9.4% | 50 | $10,219,852 | A Time to Kill | $62,343,401 | 12.2% |
| 1995 | $563,902,652 | -2.1% | 45 | $12,531,170 | Waterworld | $59,426,117 | 10.5% |
| 1994 | $575,984,324 | +12% | 32 | $17,999,510 | Forrest Gump | $90,040,957 | 15.6% |
| 1993 | $514,103,427 | +34.3% | 46 | $11,176,161 | The Fugitive | $110,793,951 | 21.6% |
| 1992 | $382,715,748 | -3.8% | 44 | $8,698,085 | Unforgiven | $55,620,134 | 14.5% |
| 1991 | $397,941,751 | -21.1% | 43 | $9,254,459 | Hot Shots! | $51,679,278 | 13% |
| 1990 | $504,620,081 | +8.7% | 38 | $13,279,475 | Ghost | $63,572,321 | 12.6% |
| 1989 | $464,286,798 | +17.4% | 41 | $11,324,068 | Parenthood | $56,608,186 | 12.2% |
| 1988 | $395,406,243 | -1.7% | 37 | $10,686,655 | Cocktail | $44,101,826 | 11.2% |
| 1987 | $402,372,314 | +11.6% | 42 | $9,580,293 | The Living Daylights | $40,950,259 | 10.2% |
| 1986 | $360,510,586 | -0.9% | 37 | $9,743,529 | Aliens | $34,395,577 | 9.5% |
| 1985 | $363,727,366 | +9.5% | 35 | $10,392,210 | Back to the Future | $56,509,338 | 15.5% |
| 1984 | $332,084,122 | +5% | 29 | $11,451,176 | Ghostbusters | $38,329,669 | 11.5% |
| 1983 | $316,267,376 | -4.4% | 29 | $10,905,771 | Vacation | $38,894,789 | 12.3% |
| 1982 | $330,817,235 | +426% | 25 | $13,232,689 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $62,969,615 | 19% |
| 1981 | $62,892,524 | -49.7% | 6 | $10,482,087 | An American Werewolf in London | $30,565,292 | 48.6% |
| 1980 | $125,082,602 | +8.6% | 8 | $15,635,325 | Smokey and the Bandit II | $66,132,626 | 52.9% |
| 1979 | $115,235,636 | - | 5 | $23,047,127 | Apocalypse Now | $78,784,010 | 68.4% |
| 1977 | $48,521,512 | - | 1 | $48,521,512 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope | $48,521,512 | 100% |
