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Domestic Box Office For Fall 1997
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In-season releases
Calendar grosses
All releases
Wide releases
Limited releases
Fall 1997 is September 2-November 6.
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Max Th
Opening
% of Total
Open Th
Open
Close
Distributor
Estimated
1
Bean
-
-
-
$45,319,423
2,015
$2,255,233
5%
242
Oct 17
-
Gramercy Pictures (I)
false
2
The Ice Storm
-
-
-
$8,038,061
230
$75,183
0.9%
3
Sep 27
-
Fox Searchlight Pictures
false
3
The Sweet Hereafter
-
-
-
$3,263,585
70
$31,149
1%
2
Oct 10
-
Fine Line Features
false
4
Washington Square
-
-
-
$1,851,761
35
$14,352
0.8%
1
Oct 5
Apr 16
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false
5
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
-
-
-
$878,960
40
$23,665
2.7%
2
Oct 3
Feb 26
Sony Pictures Classics
false
6
The House of Yes
-
-
-
$626,057
54
$63,266
10.1%
4
Oct 10
Nov 20
Miramax
false
7
The Myth of Fingerprints
-
-
-
$523,025
50
$30,533
5.8%
3
Sep 17
Jan 8
Sony Pictures Classics
false
8
The Assignment
-
-
-
$332,597
34
$117,608
35.4%
34
Sep 26
-
Sony Pictures Releasing
false
9
Happy Together
-
-
-
$320,319
9
-
-
-
Oct 10
-
Kino International
false
10
Telling Lies in America
-
-
-
$318,809
60
$11,470
3.6%
2
Oct 17
Jan 8
Banner Entertainment
false
11
Lilies
-
-
-
$301,548
7
$28,781
9.5%
4
Oct 10
Jan 28
Turbulent Arts
false
12
Different for Girls
-
-
-
$300,645
16
$52,816
17.6%
14
Sep 12
Dec 18
First Look International
false
13
Critical Care
-
-
-
$221,193
34
$43,380
19.6%
10
Oct 31
Dec 25
Artisan Entertainment
false
14
Latin Boys Go to Hell
-
-
-
$199,033
3
$24,335
12.2%
2
Sep 5
Feb 12
Strand Releasing
false
15
Going All the Way
-
-
-
$113,069
17
$20,796
18.4%
4
Sep 19
Oct 30
Gramercy Pictures (I)
false
16
The Long Way Home
-
-
-
$60,509
7
$10,606
17.5%
7
Sep 17
-
Seventh Art Releasing
false
17
Bandwagon
-
-
-
$44,544
12
$22,189
49.8%
12
Sep 12
Sep 25
Lionsgate
false
18
The Locusts
-
-
-
$40,158
12
$17,787
44.3%
12
Oct 3
-
Orion Pictures
false
19
Forgotten Silver
-
-
-
$26,459
1
$1,740
6.6%
1
Oct 3
-
First Run
false
20
I Love You, I Love You Not
-
-
-
$20,677
6
$10,587
51.2%
6
Oct 31
-
Lionsgate
false
21
Breaking Up
-
-
-
$11,690
2
$4,493
38.4%
2
Oct 17
-
Warner Bros.
false
22
Trojan War
-
-
-
$309
1
$217
70.2%
1
Sep 26
Oct 2
Warner Bros.
false