| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | $21,664,098 | +24.1% | 27.9% | 5 | Analyze This | $11,711,348 | 54.1% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 10 | $14,692,152 | +1,213% | 18.9% | 3 | Forces of Nature | $13,510,728 | 92% | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 3 | 1 | $12,594,613 | -42.1% | 16.2% | 5 | Baby Geniuses | $4,312,108 | 34.2% | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 4 | 6 | $5,836,392 | -6.2% | 7.5% | 6 | Shakespeare in Love | $2,975,498 | 51% | 15 | Miramax | - |
| 5 | 3 | $4,178,910 | -44.9% | 5.4% | 8 | The Other Sister | $2,049,347 | 49% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $3,751,053 | -47.5% | 4.8% | 2 | The Rage: Carrie 2 | $3,713,759 | 99% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 7 | $3,566,923 | -36.2% | 4.6% | 5 | Wing Commander | $2,269,491 | 63.6% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 8 | 5 | $3,462,929 | -47.5% | 4.5% | 3 | The Corruptor | $3,127,075 | 90.3% | 2 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 9 | 9 | $2,490,595 | -24.7% | 3.2% | 2 | October Sky | $1,865,490 | 74.9% | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 10 | 8 | $1,931,210 | -52.6% | 2.5% | 6 | Payback | $1,158,203 | 60% | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 11 | 11 | $1,093,558 | +28.2% | 1.4% | 2 | Elizabeth | $610,832 | 55.9% | 20 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 12 | 12 | $665,803 | +5.1% | 0.9% | 3 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $421,404 | 63.3% | 22 | IMAX | - |
| 13 | 13 | $543,021 | -3.5% | 0.7% | 3 | Affliction | $277,500 | 51.1% | 12 | Lionsgate | - |
| 14 | 14 | $453,163 | -13% | 0.6% | 3 | Central Station | $266,073 | 58.7% | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 15 | 16 | $279,363 | +1.7% | 0.4% | 1 | Everest | $279,363 | 100% | 55 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - |
| 16 | 15 | $243,727 | -26.9% | 0.3% | 2 | Waking Ned Devine | $178,633 | 73.3% | 18 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 17 | 17 | $133,112 | +6.4% | 0.2% | 1 | Hilary and Jackie | $133,112 | 100% | 12 | October Films | - |
| 18 | 18 | $37,036 | -29.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Another Day in Paradise | $37,036 | 100% | 12 | Trimark Pictures | - |
