| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Craft | $8,645,791 | $6,710,995 | 77.6% | $1,934,796 | 22.4% | 1,757 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | $7,515,050 | $5,826,810 | 77.5% | $1,688,240 | 22.5% | 1,604 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | The Quest | $5,307,080 | $4,216,980 | 79.5% | $1,090,100 | 20.5% | 2,098 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Primal Fear | $4,719,465 | $3,606,158 | 76.4% | $1,113,307 | 23.6% | 1,983 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Great White Hype | $4,246,344 | $3,349,481 | 78.9% | $896,863 | 21.1% | 1,496 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Last Dance | $3,562,855 | $2,690,253 | 75.5% | $872,602 | 24.5% | 1,563 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Birdcage | $3,324,063 | $2,503,872 | 75.3% | $820,191 | 24.7% | 1,664 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | Mulholland Falls | $3,082,515 | $2,241,821 | 72.7% | $840,694 | 27.3% | 1,625 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | James and the Giant Peach | $2,909,260 | $2,361,159 | 81.2% | $548,101 | 18.8% | 1,784 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Pallbearer | $2,907,719 | $2,319,236 | 79.8% | $588,483 | 20.2% | 829 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 11 | Braveheart | $30,593 | $21,519 | 70.3% | $9,074 | 29.7% | 39 | 51 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Open Season | $7,253 | $5,233 | 72.2% | $2,020 | 27.8% | 5 | 1 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Catwalk | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 12 | Arrow Releasing | - | false |
| - | For the Moment | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | John Aaron Productions | - | false |
| - | Madame Butterfly | - | $6,027 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Arrow Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Substitute | - | $1,084,881 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Fear | - | $1,223,850 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Kika | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | October Films | - | false |
| - | Sunset Park | - | $1,912,870 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | August | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate | - | $1,197,523 | - | - | - | - | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Denise Calls Up | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Anne Frank Remembered | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
