| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 3 | Evita | $7,325,757 | -32.8% | 1,016 | +93 | $7,210 | $32,375,622 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Metro | $7,221,152 | -45.5% | 2,005 | +4 | $3,601 | $20,476,856 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 5 | Jerry Maguire | $7,138,422 | -20.2% | 2,207 | -79 | $3,234 | $111,405,438 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | - | In Love and War | $6,806,412 | - | 1,610 | - | $4,227 | $6,811,892 | 7 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 5 | 1 | Beverly Hills Ninja | $6,716,766 | -50.2% | 2,112 | - | $3,180 | $20,202,377 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Scream | $5,304,873 | -37% | 1,994 | +90 | $2,660 | $65,857,930 | 6 | Dimension Films | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | The Relic | $5,242,357 | -43.1% | 2,128 | - | $2,463 | $26,501,924 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Fierce Creatures | $4,822,185 | - | 1,593 | - | $3,027 | $4,822,185 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 7 | Michael | $4,095,624 | -48.4% | 2,206 | -119 | $1,856 | $77,617,231 | 6 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Mother | $3,513,600 | -7.9% | 621 | +241 | $5,657 | $9,800,886 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Zeus and Roxanne | $3,258,713 | - | 1,745 | - | $1,867 | $3,258,713 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 12 | 8 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $2,840,047 | -38.3% | 1,233 | - | $2,303 | $16,651,107 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | The English Patient | $2,592,732 | -12.9% | 615 | +62 | $4,215 | $37,352,118 | 11 | Miramax | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Shine | $1,975,969 | -16.1% | 314 | +8 | $6,292 | $13,168,879 | 10 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | First Strike | $1,861,183 | -55.4% | 1,154 | -190 | $1,612 | $13,310,826 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | Everyone Says I Love You | $1,499,282 | -28.8% | 270 | +2 | $5,552 | $4,052,973 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | One Fine Day | $1,415,336 | -55.6% | 1,084 | -359 | $1,305 | $42,926,513 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 18 | 11 | 101 Dalmatians | $1,375,987 | -60.8% | 1,249 | -279 | $1,101 | $131,502,662 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 13 | Turbulence | $1,172,744 | -62.3% | 1,499 | -595 | $782 | $10,174,468 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 20 | - | Gridlock'd | $924,677 | - | - | - | - | $924,677 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 21 | - | Jingle All the Way | $730,614 | - | 655 | - | $1,115 | $59,673,467 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 22 | - | Hamlet | $627,267 | - | 56 | - | $11,201 | $1,234,438 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
