| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Everest | - | - | - | $87,178,599 | 62 | $364,244 | 0.4% | 10 | Mar 6 | - | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false |
| 2 | Ride | - | - | - | $5,485,295 | 509 | $2,513,334 | 45.8% | 496 | Mar 27 | Apr 30 | Miramax | false |
| 3 | Dangerous Beauty | - | - | - | $4,553,271 | 313 | $105,989 | 2.3% | 10 | Feb 20 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Mrs Dalloway | - | - | - | $3,309,421 | 8 | $90,127 | 2.7% | 8 | Feb 20 | - | First Look International | false |
| 5 | Love and Death on Long Island | - | - | - | $2,581,012 | 6 | $78,151 | 3% | 6 | Mar 6 | - | Lionsgate | false |
| 6 | Zero Effect | - | - | - | $2,087,471 | 129 | $434,840 | 20.8% | 100 | Jan 30 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | Oscar and Lucinda | - | - | - | $1,897,404 | 65 | $83,461 | 4.4% | 7 | Jan 2 | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 8 | The Gingerbread Man | - | - | - | $1,677,131 | 30 | $118,278 | 7.1% | 8 | Jan 23 | - | PolyGram | false |
| 9 | A Price Above Rubies | - | - | - | $1,130,732 | 44 | $36,063 | 3.2% | 4 | Mar 27 | - | Miramax | false |
| 10 | Kurt & Courtney | - | - | - | $668,228 | 12 | $16,835 | 2.5% | 1 | Feb 27 | - | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 11 | Character | - | - | - | $623,983 | 42 | $37,268 | 6% | 6 | Mar 27 | Jun 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 12 | Deceiver | - | - | - | $572,433 | 211 | $279,103 | 48.8% | 211 | Jan 30 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 13 | Fireworks | - | - | - | $500,000 | 12 | $59,508 | 11.9% | 9 | Mar 20 | - | Milestone | false |
| 14 | Bugs Bunny Film Festival | - | - | - | $413,076 | 1 | $12,285 | 3% | 1 | Feb 13 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Four Days in September | - | - | - | $397,517 | 43 | $32,017 | 8.1% | 6 | Jan 30 | - | Miramax | false |
| 16 | Swept from the Sea | - | - | - | $397,020 | 55 | $163,289 | 41.1% | 55 | Jan 23 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Hurricane Streets | - | - | - | $375,634 | 93 | $231,500 | 61.6% | 93 | Feb 13 | - | United Artists | false |
| 18 | Wide Awake | - | - | - | $282,175 | 43 | $95,875 | 34% | 29 | Mar 20 | Apr 9 | Miramax | false |
| 19 | Nil by Mouth | - | - | - | $266,130 | 18 | $28,367 | 10.7% | 2 | Feb 6 | May 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 20 | No Looking Back | - | - | - | $222,099 | 23 | $44,003 | 19.8% | 7 | Mar 27 | May 28 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 21 | Niagara, Niagara | - | - | - | $214,661 | 33 | $16,745 | 7.8% | 3 | Mar 20 | May 7 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 22 | Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life | - | - | - | $205,246 | 4 | $26,101 | 12.7% | 2 | Feb 13 | Nov 12 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 23 | Chairman of the Board | - | - | - | $181,233 | 196 | $181,233 | 100% | 196 | Mar 13 | - | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 24 | Fallen Angels | - | - | - | $163,145 | 3 | $13,804 | 8.5% | 1 | Jan 21 | Jun 11 | Kino International | false |
| 25 | The Proposition | - | - | - | $147,773 | 17 | $61,560 | 41.7% | 17 | Mar 27 | - | PolyGram | false |
| 26 | The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time | - | - | - | $146,072 | 24 | $68,316 | 46.8% | 24 | Mar 27 | - | Miramax | false |
| 27 | The Night Flier | - | - | - | $125,397 | 95 | $91,549 | 73% | 95 | Feb 6 | - | New Line Cinema | false |
| 28 | I Love You, Don't Touch Me! | - | - | - | $98,973 | 10 | $33,598 | 33.9% | 9 | Feb 20 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 29 | The Real Blonde | - | - | - | $83,488 | 10 | $83,488 | 100% | 10 | Feb 27 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 30 | Slappy and the Stinkers | - | - | - | $80,837 | 60 | $34,488 | 42.7% | 60 | Jan 23 | Feb 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 31 | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn | - | - | - | $45,779 | 19 | $28,992 | 63.3% | 19 | Feb 27 | Mar 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 32 | Century of Cinema: A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | - | - | - | $39,075 | 1 | $10,350 | 26.5% | 1 | Mar 6 | Mar 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 33 | Mean Streets 1998 Re-release | - | - | - | $32,645 | 3 | $32,645 | 100% | 3 | Mar 13 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | The Leading Man | - | - | - | $18,012 | 3 | $2,483 | 13.8% | 2 | Mar 6 | Apr 16 | Northern Arts Entertainment | false |
| 35 | Comrades: Almost a Love Story | - | - | - | $17,676 | 1 | $8,510 | 48.1% | 1 | Feb 20 | - | Rim | false |
| 36 | The Break | - | - | - | $14,760 | 1 | $5,975 | 40.5% | 1 | Feb 20 | Mar 5 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 37 | Eden | - | - | - | $4,210 | 1 | $1,564 | 37.1% | 1 | Mar 27 | Apr 9 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | false |
| 38 | Pretty Village, Pretty Flame | - | - | - | $211 | 1 | $141 | 66.8% | 1 | Jan 16 | Jan 22 | Wellspring Media | false |
