| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | $29,719,341 | +23.6% | 33.4% | 6 | A Civil Action | $15,163,484 | 51% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $13,429,773 | -33.5% | 15.1% | 5 | Patch Adams | $12,686,600 | 94.5% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 5 | $9,933,519 | -23.9% | 11.2% | 5 | Shakespeare in Love | $4,224,426 | 42.5% | 5 | Miramax | - |
| 4 | 3 | $9,178,523 | -48.1% | 10.3% | 4 | You've Got Mail | $8,102,869 | 88.3% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 4 | $8,083,625 | -47.1% | 9.1% | 4 | Stepmom | $7,905,257 | 97.8% | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 6 | 6 | $6,433,467 | -45.6% | 7.2% | 3 | The Prince of Egypt | $6,074,356 | 94.4% | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 7 | 7 | $4,707,109 | -41.3% | 5.3% | 3 | Star Trek: Insurrection | $2,960,225 | 62.9% | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 8 | 9 | $1,953,320 | +20.6% | 2.2% | 1 | Waking Ned Devine | $1,953,320 | 100% | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 9 | 11 | $1,770,831 | +92.6% | 2% | 3 | The Thin Red Line | $1,276,384 | 72.1% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 10 | 8 | $987,448 | -40% | 1.1% | 4 | Rush Hour | $837,765 | 84.8% | 17 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 11 | 10 | $801,412 | -24% | 0.9% | 1 | Elizabeth | $801,412 | 100% | 10 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 12 | 12 | $538,047 | -19.5% | 0.6% | 5 | Les Boys II | $252,496 | 46.9% | 5 | Lionsgate | - |
| 13 | 13 | $325,384 | -32.5% | 0.4% | 4 | Dancing at Lughnasa | $142,640 | 43.8% | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 14 | 14 | $316,892 | -21.5% | 0.4% | 1 | Everest | $316,892 | 100% | 45 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - |
| 15 | 15 | $287,127 | -23.6% | 0.3% | 2 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $199,934 | 69.6% | 12 | IMAX | - |
| 16 | 16 | $159,184 | -7.1% | 0.2% | 1 | Hurlyburly | $159,184 | 100% | 3 | Fine Line Features | - |
| 17 | 17 | $138,405 | -3.5% | 0.2% | 2 | Hilary and Jackie | $84,303 | 60.9% | 2 | October Films | - |
| 18 | 18 | $66,354 | -41.2% | <0.1% | 2 | Belly | $36,162 | 54.5% | 10 | Artisan Entertainment | - |
| 19 | 19 | $43,531 | -34.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Very Bad Things | $43,531 | 100% | 7 | PolyGram | - |
| 21 | 20 | $31,328 | -9.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Happiness | $31,328 | 100% | 13 | Good Machine | - |
