| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Titanic | $23,027,838 | -11.1% | 2,956 | +103 | $7,790 | $337,355,666 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Replacement Killers | $8,046,553 | - | 1,936 | - | $4,156 | $8,046,553 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | Good Will Hunting | $6,828,903 | -19% | 2,157 | +326 | $3,165 | $68,295,518 | 10 | Miramax | false | false |
| 4 | - | Blues Brothers 2000 | $6,129,615 | - | 2,507 | - | $2,445 | $6,129,615 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Great Expectations | $5,302,676 | -44.7% | 1,906 | +39 | $2,782 | $17,111,152 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | As Good as It Gets | $5,029,396 | -23.9% | 1,795 | +17 | $2,801 | $92,284,397 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Spice World | $4,010,133 | -42.9% | 2,272 | -67 | $1,765 | $23,723,487 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Wag the Dog | $3,372,808 | -29.4% | 1,586 | -99 | $2,126 | $33,803,719 | 7 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Desperate Measures | $3,004,790 | -48.5% | 1,963 | - | $1,530 | $10,252,317 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Deep Rising | $2,517,485 | -46.9% | 1,788 | +30 | $1,407 | $8,383,686 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Fallen | $1,283,184 | -54.6% | 1,705 | -445 | $752 | $23,371,949 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Hard Rain | $1,211,358 | -54.9% | 1,962 | -170 | $617 | $18,384,418 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Tomorrow Never Dies | $1,054,449 | -39.9% | 983 | -323 | $1,072 | $119,691,882 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Mousehunt | $972,036 | -36.2% | 1,082 | -268 | $898 | $57,847,237 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Amistad | $958,728 | -30.7% | 818 | -90 | $1,172 | $40,860,661 | 9 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | Zero Effect | $450,624 | +3.6% | 124 | +24 | $3,634 | $1,051,386 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | - | The Full Monty | $329,111 | - | 263 | - | $1,251 | $38,814,971 | 26 | - | false | false |
| 18 | 18 | The Devil's Advocate | $104,086 | -49.1% | 193 | -112 | $539 | $60,899,443 | 17 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | - | The Night Flier | $91,549 | - | 95 | - | $963 | $91,549 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 20 | - | Nil by Mouth | $28,367 | - | 2 | - | $14,183 | $28,367 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
