| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 45 | Independence Day | - | - | - | $13,178 | 2,977 | $306,169,268 | Jul 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 1 | Jerry Maguire | - | - | - | $47,177,265 | 2,531 | $153,952,592 | Dec 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 23 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1997 Special Edition | - | - | - | $6,640,205 | 2,375 | $138,257,865 | Jan 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 28 | Ransom | - | - | - | $5,223,714 | 2,768 | $136,492,681 | Nov 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | 101 Dalmatians | - | - | - | $23,374,677 | 2,901 | $136,189,294 | Nov 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Scream | - | - | - | $42,413,498 | 1,994 | $103,046,663 | Dec 20 | Dimension Films | false |
| 2 | Michael | - | - | - | $46,212,367 | 2,325 | $95,318,203 | Dec 25 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 25 | Star Trek: First Contact | - | - | - | $6,035,904 | 2,812 | $92,027,888 | Nov 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 34 | Space Jam | - | - | - | $2,588,524 | 2,650 | $90,418,342 | Nov 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | The English Patient | - | - | - | $13,902,545 | 1,409 | $78,676,425 | Nov 15 | Miramax | false |
| 10 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | - | - | - | $19,719,744 | 2,417 | $63,118,386 | Dec 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 26 | Jingle All the Way | - | - | - | $5,573,591 | 2,404 | $60,592,389 | Nov 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | Evita | - | - | - | $33,036,339 | 1,045 | $50,047,179 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Preacher's Wife | - | - | - | $18,125,665 | 2,008 | $48,102,795 | Dec 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 29 | Romeo + Juliet | - | - | - | $4,683,262 | 1,963 | $46,351,345 | Nov 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | One Fine Day | - | - | - | $21,203,124 | 1,975 | $46,151,454 | Dec 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | Mars Attacks! | - | - | - | $10,160,726 | 1,955 | $37,771,017 | Dec 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | Shine | - | - | - | $9,241,871 | 1,050 | $35,892,330 | Nov 22 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 5 | The Relic | - | - | - | $27,001,866 | 2,128 | $33,956,608 | Jan 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | Daylight | - | - | - | $7,153,130 | 2,189 | $33,023,469 | Dec 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Metro | - | - | - | $21,254,346 | 2,005 | $32,000,301 | Jan 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Beverly Hills Ninja | - | - | - | $20,892,919 | 2,112 | $31,480,418 | Jan 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 18 | My Fellow Americans | - | - | - | $10,116,054 | 1,915 | $22,313,201 | Dec 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | - | - | - | $16,050,267 | 1,233 | $20,300,385 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 19 | Mother | - | - | - | $10,062,451 | 735 | $19,145,198 | Dec 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 14 | First Strike | - | - | - | $13,310,826 | 1,344 | $15,318,863 | Jan 10 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 21 | In Love and War | - | - | - | $7,417,121 | 1,612 | $14,481,231 | Dec 18 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 15 | Ghosts of Mississippi | - | - | - | $12,782,812 | 1,268 | $13,323,144 | Dec 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 24 | The Evening Star | - | - | - | $6,597,030 | 1,268 | $12,767,815 | Dec 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | Turbulence | - | - | - | $10,174,468 | 2,094 | $11,538,235 | Jan 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 31 | Everyone Says I Love You | - | - | - | $4,162,536 | 276 | $9,759,200 | Dec 6 | Miramax | false |
| 27 | Fierce Creatures | - | - | - | $5,229,454 | 1,620 | $9,381,260 | Jan 24 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 30 | The Crucible | - | - | - | $4,523,171 | 344 | $7,343,114 | Nov 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 33 | Zeus and Roxanne | - | - | - | $3,555,163 | 1,745 | $7,233,324 | Jan 24 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 35 | Gridlock'd | - | - | - | $1,376,579 | 743 | $5,571,205 | Jan 31 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 36 | Hamlet | - | - | - | $1,164,624 | 93 | $4,708,156 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 38 | Meet Wally Sparks | - | - | - | $393,314 | 1,552 | $4,073,582 | Jan 31 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 32 | The Portrait of a Lady | - | - | - | $3,558,031 | 570 | $3,692,836 | Dec 27 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 46 | Waiting for Guffman | - | - | - | $7,957 | 59 | $2,923,982 | Jan 31 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 40 | Shadow Conspiracy | - | - | - | $252,919 | 837 | $2,312,463 | Jan 31 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 47 | Prisoner of the Mountains | - | - | - | $3,693 | 36 | $790,078 | Jan 31 | Orion Classics | false |
| 42 | Some Mother's Son | - | - | - | $49,288 | 35 | $671,437 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 37 | Prefontaine | - | - | - | $589,304 | 201 | $589,304 | Jan 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 39 | Albino Alligator | - | - | - | $339,379 | 12 | $339,379 | Jan 17 | Miramax | false |
| 44 | Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern | - | - | - | $15,524 | 8 | $140,000 | Jan 3 | Artistic License | false |
| 41 | Reggie's Prayer | - | - | - | $52,665 | 1 | $52,665 | Jan 24 | Arrow Releasing | false |
| 43 | Koyla | - | - | - | $37,795 | 3 | $37,795 | Jan 24 | Miramax | false |
