| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1997 Special Edition | $27,075,078 | $21,975,993 | 81.2% | $5,099,085 | 18.8% | 2,111 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1997 Special Edition | $13,304,163 | $11,031,743 | 82.9% | $2,272,420 | 17.1% | 2,200 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Absolute Power | $11,449,543 | $9,014,333 | 78.7% | $2,435,210 | 21.3% | 2,568 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 4 | Dante's Peak | $8,750,970 | $7,137,185 | 81.6% | $1,613,785 | 18.4% | 2,761 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Vegas Vacation | $7,963,756 | $6,549,243 | 82.2% | $1,414,513 | 17.8% | 2,070 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Fools Rush In | $6,771,025 | $5,511,620 | 81.4% | $1,259,405 | 18.6% | 1,701 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | Rosewood | $4,267,471 | $3,154,075 | 73.9% | $1,113,396 | 26.1% | 991 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | That Darn Cat | $4,224,415 | $3,625,278 | 85.8% | $599,137 | 14.2% | 1,891 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Jerry Maguire | $3,951,808 | $3,080,444 | 78% | $871,364 | 22% | 1,506 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 10 | The English Patient | $3,808,417 | $2,823,228 | 74.1% | $985,189 | 25.9% | 1,186 | 15 | Miramax | - | false |
| 11 | Shine | $3,103,726 | $2,282,998 | 73.6% | $820,728 | 26.4% | 893 | 14 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 12 | Scream | $2,303,334 | $1,827,708 | 79.4% | $475,626 | 20.6% | 1,212 | 10 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 13 | Evita | $1,674,427 | $1,228,586 | 73.4% | $445,841 | 26.6% | 870 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Booty Call | $1,575,828 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 15 | Michael | $1,418,892 | $1,065,095 | 75.1% | $353,797 | 24.9% | 974 | 10 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 16 | The Beautician and the Beast | $1,341,961 | $1,104,097 | 82.3% | $237,864 | 17.7% | 1,724 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Sling Blade | $1,060,334 | $752,148 | 70.9% | $308,186 | 29.1% | 122 | 13 | Miramax | - | false |
| 18 | Mother | $824,459 | $628,248 | 76.2% | $196,211 | 23.8% | 551 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Secrets & Lies | $807,680 | $610,507 | 75.6% | $197,173 | 24.4% | 272 | 22 | October Films | - | false |
| 20 | Ransom | $804,049 | $634,446 | 78.9% | $169,603 | 21.1% | 558 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Space Jam | $541,362 | $455,553 | 84.2% | $85,809 | 15.8% | 680 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 22 | Everyone Says I Love You | $508,795 | $383,886 | 75.4% | $124,909 | 24.6% | 182 | 12 | Miramax | - | false |
| 23 | Hamlet | $399,686 | $290,488 | 72.7% | $109,198 | 27.3% | 88 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 24 | Lost Highway | $297,416 | $212,710 | 71.5% | $84,706 | 28.5% | 12 | 1 | October Films | - | false |
| 25 | Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love | $30,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hotel de Love | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | 3 | Live Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Blood and Wine | - | $420,993 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| - | SubUrbia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Before the Rain | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Metro | - | $454,096 | - | - | - | - | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Touch | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Whole Wide World | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Marvin's Room | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Beverly Hills Ninja | - | $304,026 | - | - | - | - | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Artistic License | - | false |
| - | Dangerous Ground | - | $1,057,313 | - | - | - | - | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
