| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Full Monty | - | - | - | $45,950,122 | 783 | $176,585 | 0.4% | 6 | Aug 15 | May 14 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 2 | Mrs. Brown | - | - | - | $9,229,808 | 432 | $76,268 | 0.8% | 6 | Jul 18 | - | Miramax | false |
| 3 | Ulee's Gold | - | - | - | $9,161,691 | 350 | $89,563 | 1% | 7 | Jun 13 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 4 | A Smile Like Yours | - | - | - | $3,330,352 | 582 | $1,163,576 | 34.9% | 582 | Aug 22 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | In the Company of Men | - | - | - | $2,804,473 | 108 | $100,006 | 3.6% | 8 | Aug 1 | Jan 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 6 | Brassed Off | - | - | - | $2,576,331 | 231 | $52,534 | 2% | 12 | May 23 | Aug 14 | Miramax | false |
| 7 | Career Girls | - | - | - | $2,416,734 | 148 | $93,303 | 3.9% | 8 | Aug 8 | Oct 30 | October Films | false |
| 8 | Temptress Moon | - | - | - | $1,100,788 | 46 | $66,471 | 6% | 5 | Jun 13 | Aug 14 | Miramax | false |
| 9 | Guantanamera | - | - | - | $903,840 | 12 | $8,851 | 1% | 3 | Jul 4 | Feb 19 | Lionsgate | false |
| 10 | The Van | - | - | - | $712,095 | 25 | $23,366 | 3.3% | 3 | May 16 | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 11 | Star Maps | - | - | - | $661,465 | 39 | $63,477 | 9.6% | 5 | Jul 23 | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 12 | Commandments | - | - | - | $548,561 | 269 | $312,437 | 57% | 269 | May 2 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 13 | Dream with the Fishes | - | - | - | $543,708 | 32 | $31,777 | 5.8% | 7 | Jun 20 | Dec 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 14 | Dirty Dancing 1997 Re-release | - | - | - | $507,892 | 54 | $162,378 | 32% | 54 | Aug 22 | - | Live Entertainment | false |
| 15 | Pippi Longstocking | - | - | - | $505,335 | 73 | $62,196 | 12.3% | 73 | Aug 22 | Oct 30 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | false |
| 16 | The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo | - | - | - | $346,056 | 101 | $157,049 | 45.4% | 101 | May 16 | - | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 17 | Bliss | - | - | - | $294,064 | 12 | $54,547 | 18.5% | 11 | Jun 6 | - | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 18 | The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain | - | - | - | $273,644 | 97 | $50,208 | 18.3% | 97 | Jul 18 | - | Legacy Releasing Corporation | false |
| 19 | Rough Magic | - | - | - | $247,202 | 30 | $59,026 | 23.9% | 28 | May 30 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 20 | Nowhere | - | - | - | $194,201 | 6 | $27,354 | 14.1% | 2 | May 9 | - | Fine Line Features | false |
| 21 | Paperback Romance | - | - | - | $151,068 | 28 | $13,939 | 9.2% | 4 | Aug 15 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 22 | Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation 1997 Re-release | - | - | - | $141,626 | 23 | $53,111 | 37.5% | 23 | Aug 29 | - | Lionsgate | false |
| 23 | 4 Little Girls | - | - | - | $130,146 | 4 | $13,528 | 10.4% | 1 | Jul 9 | Oct 2 | - | false |
| 24 | Twin Town | - | - | - | $127,923 | 18 | $6,827 | 5.3% | 1 | May 9 | Jun 26 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 25 | For Roseanna | - | - | - | $123,330 | 6 | $6,580 | 5.3% | 1 | Jun 18 | - | Fine Line Features | false |
| 26 | Truth or Consequences, N.M. | - | - | - | $109,261 | 7 | $19,528 | 17.9% | 7 | May 2 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 27 | Intimate Relations | - | - | - | $53,662 | 10 | $12,918 | 24.1% | 6 | Jun 6 | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 28 | This World, Then the Fireworks | - | - | - | $51,618 | 5 | $19,906 | 38.6% | 5 | Jul 11 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 29 | Fall | - | - | - | $51,266 | 3 | $12,045 | 23.5% | 1 | Jun 20 | Jul 10 | Five Minutes Before the Miracle | false |
| 30 | Hamsun | - | - | - | $50,000 | 1 | $7,529 | 15.1% | 1 | Aug 6 | - | First Run | false |
| 31 | The Last Time I Committed Suicide | - | - | - | $46,362 | 4 | $12,836 | 27.7% | 4 | Jun 20 | - | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 32 | Red Cherry | - | - | - | $44,846 | 3 | $16,208 | 36.1% | 3 | Jun 6 | Jun 26 | Moonstone Entertainment | false |
| 33 | Wedding Bell Blues | - | - | - | $44,052 | 11 | $22,002 | 49.9% | 11 | Jun 13 | - | Legacy Releasing Corporation | false |
| 34 | Head Above Water | - | - | - | $32,212 | 10 | $11,589 | 36% | 10 | Jun 25 | - | Fine Line Features | false |
| 35 | Soul in the Hole | - | - | - | $30,697 | 6 | $14,077 | 45.9% | 6 | Aug 8 | - | - | false |
| 36 | The Winner | - | - | - | $26,004 | 3 | $12,639 | 48.6% | 3 | Jul 25 | - | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 37 | Trojan Eddie | - | - | - | $21,264 | 2 | $11,867 | 55.8% | 2 | Aug 29 | Sep 18 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 38 | Brothers in Trouble | - | - | - | $8,000 | 1 | $1,596 | 20% | 1 | May 14 | - | First Run | false |
| 39 | Beyond Barbed Wire | - | - | - | $3,109 | 1 | $1,668 | 53.7% | 1 | Jul 18 | - | Mac & Ava Films | false |
