Box Office Game — August 26, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Wednesday, August 26, 2026 (day #1637 of the game): the weekend of October 10, 1997 — a 1997 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1637
The weekend to guessOctober 10, 1997Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Kiss the Girls
ParamountLast week #1Week 2 in release-15.8% vs last week
Weekend$11,122,441Total$28,541,579
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Seven Years in Tibet
TriStar PicturesNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$10,020,378Total$10,066,508
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Soul Food
20th Century FoxLast week #2Week 3 in release-32.7% vs last week
Weekend$5,622,362Total$30,302,742
4
Poster of the #4 movie
In & Out
ParamountLast week #4Week 4 in release-29.1% vs last week
Weekend$5,474,143Total$47,953,963
5
Poster of the #5 movie
The Peacemaker
Dreamworks SKGLast week #3Week 3 in release-36.2% vs last week
Weekend$5,208,646Total$31,480,085

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About the five films

Kiss the Girls poster

#1 Kiss the Girls IMDb →

“Smart girls. Pretty girls. Missing girls.”

Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.

Director: Gary Fleder · Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes · Genre: Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama · Budget: $27,000,000 · Worldwide: $60,527,873 · Domestic total: $60,527,873
Seven Years in Tibet poster

#2 Seven Years in Tibet IMDb →

“At the end of the world his real journey began.”

Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud · Starring: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B.D. Wong · Genre: Adventure, Drama, History · Budget: $70,000,000 · Worldwide: $131,457,682 · Domestic total: $37,957,682
Soul Food poster

#3 Soul Food IMDb →

“Every family needs some.”

Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's turn sour when sisters Teri, Bird and Maxine start bringing their problems to the dinner table in this ensemble comedy. When tragedy strikes, it's up to grandson Ahmad to pull the family together and put the soul back into the family's weekly gatherings.

Director: George Tillman Jr. · Starring: Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long · Genre: Comedy, Drama · Budget: $7,500,000 · Worldwide: $43,700,855 · Domestic total: $43,700,855
In & Out poster

#4 In & Out IMDb →

“An out-and-out comedy.”

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

Director: Frank Oz · Starring: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck · Genre: Comedy · Budget: $35,000,000 · Worldwide: $63,900,000 · Domestic total: $63,856,929
The Peacemaker poster

#5 The Peacemaker IMDb →

“In the fall of 1997, every nuclear device in the world will be accounted for...except one.”

When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special Forces Colonel.

Director: Mimi Leder · Starring: George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Marcel Iureș · Genre: Action, Thriller · Budget: $50,000,000 · Worldwide: $110,463,140 · Domestic total: $41,263,140

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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