| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Game | - | - | - | $35,403,079 | 2,521 | $48,323,648 | Sep 12 | PolyGram | false |
| 2 | In & Out | - | - | - | $29,114,899 | 2,452 | $63,856,929 | Sep 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | G.I. Jane | - | - | - | $18,556,043 | 2,043 | $48,169,156 | Aug 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Hoodlum | - | - | - | $17,259,158 | 2,020 | $23,499,102 | Aug 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 5 | Conspiracy Theory | - | - | - | $16,478,697 | 2,806 | $75,982,834 | Aug 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Fire Down Below | - | - | - | $16,228,448 | 2,350 | $16,228,448 | Sep 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | Air Force One | - | - | - | $15,666,954 | 2,981 | $172,956,409 | Jul 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 8 | Money Talks | - | - | - | $14,914,420 | 2,033 | $40,922,619 | Aug 22 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 9 | The Peacemaker | - | - | - | $14,235,761 | 2,420 | $41,263,140 | Sep 26 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 10 | Hercules | - | - | - | $12,291,223 | 2,930 | $99,112,101 | Jun 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Full Monty | - | - | - | $11,956,507 | 783 | $45,950,122 | Aug 15 | - | false |
| 12 | George of the Jungle | - | - | - | $11,868,523 | 2,616 | $105,263,257 | Jul 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | Cop Land | - | - | - | $11,663,494 | 2,233 | $44,862,187 | Aug 15 | Miramax | false |
| 14 | Mimic | - | - | - | $11,641,392 | 2,255 | $25,480,490 | Aug 22 | Miramax | false |
| 15 | Excess Baggage | - | - | - | $11,438,595 | 2,211 | $14,515,490 | Aug 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 16 | L.A. Confidential | - | - | - | $11,425,754 | 1,625 | $64,616,940 | Sep 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 17 | Wishmaster | - | - | - | $10,634,451 | 2,502 | $15,738,769 | Sep 19 | - | false |
| 18 | Soul Food | - | - | - | $10,233,635 | 1,350 | $43,700,855 | Sep 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 19 | Men in Black | - | - | - | $7,937,178 | 3,180 | $250,690,539 | Jul 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 20 | My Best Friend's Wedding | - | - | - | $7,665,450 | 2,376 | $127,120,029 | Jun 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 21 | The Edge | - | - | - | $7,307,715 | 2,355 | $27,873,386 | Sep 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 22 | A Thousand Acres | - | - | - | $6,350,218 | 1,228 | $7,936,780 | Sep 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 23 | She's So Lovely | - | - | - | $5,747,104 | 844 | $7,281,450 | Aug 27 | Miramax | false |
| 24 | Event Horizon | - | - | - | $5,626,127 | 2,328 | $26,673,242 | Aug 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 25 | Leave It to Beaver | - | - | - | $4,796,308 | 1,885 | $10,925,060 | Aug 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 26 | Kull the Conqueror | - | - | - | $4,411,000 | 2,091 | $6,112,613 | Aug 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 27 | Career Girls | - | - | - | $2,263,535 | 148 | $2,416,734 | Aug 8 | October Films | false |
| 28 | Con Air | - | - | - | $2,131,701 | 2,941 | $101,117,573 | Jun 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 29 | In the Company of Men | - | - | - | $1,776,483 | 108 | $2,804,473 | Aug 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 30 | Air Bud | - | - | - | $1,229,246 | 1,795 | $23,144,499 | Aug 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 31 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | - | - | - | $1,119,840 | 3,565 | $229,086,679 | May 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 32 | Liar Liar | - | - | - | $711,700 | 2,909 | $181,410,615 | Mar 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 33 | Batman & Robin | - | - | - | $697,797 | 2,942 | $107,325,195 | Jun 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | Flamenco | - | - | - | $448,652 | 6 | $480,941 | Apr 25 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 35 | Latin Boys Go to Hell | - | - | - | $199,033 | 3 | $199,033 | Sep 5 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 36 | The Assignment | - | - | - | $127,450 | 34 | $332,597 | Sep 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 37 | The Ice Storm | - | - | - | $97,605 | 230 | $8,038,061 | Sep 27 | - | false |
| 38 | Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation 1997 Re-release | - | - | - | $88,515 | 23 | $141,626 | Aug 29 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 39 | Different for Girls | - | - | - | $75,012 | 16 | $300,645 | Sep 12 | First Look International | false |
| 40 | The Long Way Home | - | - | - | $60,509 | 7 | $60,509 | Sep 17 | Seventh Art Releasing | false |
| 41 | The Myth of Fingerprints | - | - | - | $53,852 | 50 | $523,025 | Sep 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 42 | Bandwagon | - | - | - | $44,544 | 12 | $44,544 | Sep 12 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 43 | Going All the Way | - | - | - | $29,760 | 17 | $113,069 | Sep 19 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 44 | Trojan Eddie | - | - | - | $15,081 | 2 | $21,264 | Aug 29 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 45 | Trojan War | - | - | - | $220 | 1 | $309 | Sep 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
