| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Men in Black | - | - | - | $250,690,539 | 3,180 | $51,068,455 | 20.4% | 3,020 | Jul 2 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 2 | Air Force One | - | - | - | $172,956,409 | 2,981 | $37,132,505 | 21.5% | 2,919 | Jul 25 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | George of the Jungle | - | - | - | $105,263,257 | 2,616 | $16,540,791 | 15.7% | 2,506 | Jul 18 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Contact | - | - | - | $100,920,329 | 2,314 | $20,584,908 | 20.4% | 1,923 | Jul 11 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Nothing to Lose | - | - | - | $44,480,039 | 1,888 | $11,617,767 | 26.1% | 1,862 | Jul 18 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Out to Sea | - | - | - | $29,022,252 | 1,736 | $5,887,675 | 20.3% | 1,736 | Jul 4 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | Good Burger | - | - | - | $23,712,993 | 1,893 | $7,058,333 | 29.8% | 1,887 | Jul 25 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | - | - | - | $18,798,590 | 81 | - | - | - | Jul 11 | Dec 28 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 9 | Armour of God 2: Operation Condor | - | - | - | $10,405,394 | 1,532 | $4,731,751 | 45.5% | 1,532 | Jul 18 | - | Miramax | false |
| 10 | Shall We Dance? | - | - | - | $9,499,091 | - | - | - | - | Jul 11 | - | Miramax | false |
| 11 | Mrs. Brown | - | - | - | $9,229,808 | 432 | $76,268 | 0.8% | 6 | Jul 18 | - | Miramax | false |
| 12 | A Simple Wish | - | - | - | $8,345,056 | 1,699 | $2,732,880 | 32.7% | 1,676 | Jul 11 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | Wild America | - | - | - | $7,342,923 | 1,812 | $1,810,586 | 24.7% | 1,812 | Jul 4 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | One Eight Seven | - | - | - | $5,727,130 | 1,121 | $2,222,984 | 38.8% | 1,121 | Jul 30 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Kiss Me, Guido | - | - | - | $1,918,497 | - | - | - | - | Jul 18 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | Guantanamera | - | - | - | $903,840 | 12 | $8,851 | 1% | 3 | Jul 4 | Feb 19 | Lionsgate | false |
| 17 | Box of Moonlight | - | - | - | $782,641 | - | - | - | - | Jul 25 | - | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 18 | Star Maps | - | - | - | $661,465 | 39 | $63,477 | 9.6% | 5 | Jul 23 | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain | - | - | - | $273,644 | 97 | $50,208 | 18.3% | 97 | Jul 18 | - | Legacy Releasing Corporation | false |
| 20 | 4 Little Girls | - | - | - | $130,146 | 4 | $13,528 | 10.4% | 1 | Jul 9 | Oct 2 | - | false |
| 21 | This World, Then the Fireworks | - | - | - | $51,618 | 5 | $19,906 | 38.6% | 5 | Jul 11 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 22 | The Winner | - | - | - | $26,004 | 3 | $12,639 | 48.6% | 3 | Jul 25 | - | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 23 | For Ever Mozart | - | - | - | $25,000 | - | - | - | - | Jul 4 | - | New Yorker Films | false |
| 24 | Beyond Barbed Wire | - | - | - | $3,109 | 1 | $1,668 | 53.7% | 1 | Jul 18 | - | Mac & Ava Films | false |
