Domestic Box Office For September 1997
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L.A. Confidential | $64,616,940 | 1,625 | $5,211,198 | 8.1% | 769 | Sep 19 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | In & Out | $63,856,929 | 2,452 | $15,019,821 | 23.5% | 1,992 | Sep 19 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | The Game | $48,323,648 | 2,521 | $14,337,029 | 29.7% | 2,403 | Sep 12 | - | PolyGram |
| 4 | Soul Food | $43,700,855 | 1,350 | $11,197,897 | 25.6% | 1,336 | Sep 26 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | The Peacemaker | $41,263,140 | 2,420 | $12,311,939 | 29.8% | 2,362 | Sep 26 | - | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 6 | The Edge | $27,873,386 | 2,355 | $7,733,445 | 27.7% | 2,350 | Sep 26 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | Fire Down Below | $16,228,448 | 2,350 | $6,073,094 | 37.4% | 2,336 | Sep 5 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | Wishmaster | $15,738,769 | 2,502 | $6,038,516 | 38.4% | 2,502 | Sep 19 | - | Live Entertainment |
| 9 | The Ice Storm | $8,038,061 | 230 | $75,183 | 0.9% | 3 | Sep 27 | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 10 | A Thousand Acres | $7,936,780 | 1,228 | $2,931,762 | 36.9% | 1,208 | Sep 19 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | The Myth of Fingerprints | $523,025 | 50 | $30,533 | 5.8% | 3 | Sep 17 | Jan 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 12 | The End of Violence | $386,673 | - | - | - | - | Sep 12 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 13 | The Assignment | $332,597 | 34 | $117,608 | 35.4% | 34 | Sep 26 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 14 | Different for Girls | $300,645 | 16 | $52,816 | 17.6% | 14 | Sep 12 | Dec 18 | First Look International |
| 15 | Latin Boys Go to Hell | $199,033 | 3 | $24,335 | 12.2% | 2 | Sep 5 | Feb 12 | Strand Releasing |
| 16 | Going All the Way | $113,069 | 17 | $20,796 | 18.4% | 4 | Sep 19 | Oct 30 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 17 | The Long Way Home | $60,509 | 7 | $10,606 | 17.5% | 7 | Sep 17 | - | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 18 | Julian Po | $51,942 | - | - | - | - | Sep 5 | Sep 18 | Fine Line Features |
| 19 | Bandwagon | $44,544 | 12 | $22,189 | 49.8% | 12 | Sep 12 | Sep 25 | Lionsgate |
| 20 | Trojan War | $309 | 1 | $217 | 70.2% | 1 | Sep 26 | Oct 2 | Warner Bros. |
