| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Liar Liar | $36,833,960 | $25,377,435 | 68.9% | $11,456,525 | 31.1% | 2,850 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Devil's Own | $18,786,052 | $14,274,503 | 76% | $4,511,549 | 24% | 2,504 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | Selena | $8,685,544 | $6,138,838 | 70.7% | $2,546,706 | 29.3% | 1,873 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Jungle 2 Jungle | $6,884,617 | $4,132,422 | 60% | $2,752,195 | 40% | 2,283 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1997 Special Edition | $6,547,624 | $4,451,955 | 68% | $2,095,669 | 32% | 1,832 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | The Sixth Man | $6,021,876 | $4,128,178 | 68.6% | $1,893,698 | 31.4% | 1,227 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie | $4,604,160 | $3,301,135 | 71.7% | $1,303,025 | 28.3% | 2,113 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | The English Patient | $4,448,412 | $3,019,179 | 67.9% | $1,429,233 | 32.1% | 1,409 | 20 | Miramax | - | false |
| 9 | B*A*P*S | $3,854,057 | $2,742,679 | 71.2% | $1,111,378 | 28.8% | 1,204 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 10 | Sling Blade | $3,031,347 | $2,172,206 | 71.7% | $859,141 | 28.3% | 992 | 18 | Miramax | - | false |
| 11 | Jerry Maguire | $2,211,388 | $1,647,901 | 74.5% | $563,487 | 25.5% | 830 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 12 | Absolute Power | $541,452 | $402,134 | 74.3% | $139,318 | 25.7% | 468 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 13 | Evita | $418,765 | $261,511 | 62.4% | $157,254 | 37.6% | 388 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | When We Were Kings | - | - | - | - | - | 92 | 23 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Michael | - | $783,312 | - | - | - | - | 15 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Secrets & Lies | - | $369,474 | - | - | - | - | 27 | October Films | - | false |
| - | Fools Rush In | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Cats Don't Dance | - | $939,781 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Fargo | - | - | - | - | - | - | 56 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Love Jones | - | $1,099,527 | - | - | - | - | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Shine | - | $797,310 | - | - | - | - | 19 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | Mandela | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Palm Pictures | - | false |
| - | Private Parts | - | $2,411,222 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Kolya | - | $445,598 | - | - | - | - | 11 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Donnie Brasco | - | $1,760,300 | - | - | - | - | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Too Outrageous Animation | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Expanded Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Dante's Peak | - | $400,975 | - | - | - | - | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | 101 Dalmatians | - | $411,542 | - | - | - | - | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
