Domestic Box Office For October 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 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | $72,586,134 | 2,524 | $15,818,645 | 21.8% | 2,524 | Oct 17 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | The Devil's Advocate | $60,944,660 | 2,404 | $12,170,536 | 20% | 2,161 | Oct 17 | Feb 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Kiss the Girls | $60,527,873 | 2,406 | $13,215,167 | 21.8% | 2,271 | Oct 3 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | Seven Years in Tibet | $37,957,682 | 2,103 | $10,020,378 | 26.4% | 2,103 | Oct 10 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | Boogie Nights | $26,400,640 | 1,003 | $50,168 | 0.2% | 2 | Oct 31 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 6 | Red Corner | $22,459,274 | 2,507 | $7,403,362 | 33% | 2,244 | Oct 31 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 7 | RocketMan | $15,448,043 | 1,867 | $4,472,937 | 29% | 1,836 | Oct 10 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | FairyTale: A True Story | $14,059,077 | 1,286 | $3,515,323 | 25% | 1,058 | Oct 24 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | Gattaca | $12,532,777 | 1,279 | $4,320,202 | 34.5% | 1,279 | Oct 24 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | U Turn | $6,682,098 | 1,311 | $2,730,440 | 40.9% | 1,230 | Oct 3 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | Switchback | $6,492,660 | 1,128 | $2,704,568 | 41.7% | 1,128 | Oct 31 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | Most Wanted | $6,391,946 | 2,098 | $2,836,490 | 44.4% | 2,098 | Oct 10 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 13 | Gang Related | $5,906,773 | 1,260 | $2,443,237 | 41.4% | 1,260 | Oct 10 | Jan 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 14 | A Life Less Ordinary | $4,366,722 | 1,208 | $2,007,279 | 46% | 1,207 | Oct 24 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 15 | Playing God | $4,166,918 | 1,479 | $1,937,374 | 46.5% | 1,479 | Oct 17 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | The MatchMaker | $3,392,080 | 705 | $1,378,930 | 40.7% | 705 | Oct 3 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
