| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Titanic | $36,014,544 | - | 2,767 | - | $13,015 | $242,748,914 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Good Will Hunting | $13,707,525 | - | 1,819 | - | $7,535 | $37,301,061 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 3 | - | Fallen | $10,401,586 | - | 2,448 | - | $4,249 | $10,401,586 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | - | As Good as It Gets | $10,028,920 | - | 1,753 | - | $5,721 | $66,831,247 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | - | Hard Rain | $8,009,024 | - | 2,107 | - | $3,801 | $8,009,024 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | - | Half Baked | $7,722,540 | - | 1,701 | - | $4,540 | $7,722,540 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | - | Wag the Dog | $6,472,817 | - | 1,752 | - | $3,694 | $17,975,187 | - | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 8 | - | Tomorrow Never Dies | $6,336,656 | - | 2,427 | - | $2,610 | $111,815,560 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | - | Mousehunt | $5,490,106 | - | 2,003 | - | $2,740 | $52,033,203 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 10 | - | Amistad | $3,341,031 | - | 1,001 | - | $3,337 | $35,032,339 | 6 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 11 | - | Star Kid | $2,958,768 | - | 1,041 | - | $2,842 | $3,033,609 | - | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | - | Firestorm | $2,132,917 | - | 2,057 | - | $1,036 | $6,992,799 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | - | Jackie Brown | $1,981,608 | - | 1,247 | - | $1,589 | $36,609,405 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 14 | - | Scream 2 | $1,939,119 | - | 1,549 | - | $1,251 | $93,597,728 | - | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 15 | - | Kundun | $1,620,041 | - | 439 | - | $3,690 | $1,948,423 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | - | The Boxer | $1,440,865 | - | 523 | - | $2,755 | $3,920,507 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | - | Flubber | $1,225,541 | - | 1,052 | - | $1,164 | $87,190,216 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | - | For Richer or Poorer | $1,060,495 | - | 880 | - | $1,205 | $27,974,735 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | - | The Full Monty | $1,034,175 | - | 469 | - | $2,205 | $36,845,342 | - | - | - | false |
| 20 | - | The Devil's Advocate | $723,700 | - | 802 | - | $902 | $59,845,350 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 21 | - | The Peacemaker | $1,740 | - | 5 | - | $348 | $41,195,410 | 17 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 22 | - | Pretty Village, Pretty Flame | $141 | - | 1 | - | $141 | $141 | - | Wellspring Media | - | false |
