| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Volcano | $18,344,036 | $14,581,740 | 79.5% | $3,762,296 | 20.5% | 2,774 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | $9,531,557 | $7,429,406 | 78% | $2,102,151 | 22% | 1,602 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Liar Liar | $8,975,630 | $7,186,130 | 80.1% | $1,789,500 | 19.9% | 2,813 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Anaconda | $8,823,508 | $7,318,954 | 83% | $1,504,554 | 17% | 2,456 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | Murder at 1600 | $6,327,899 | $4,825,209 | 76.2% | $1,502,690 | 23.8% | 2,158 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | The Saint | $6,231,944 | $5,007,093 | 80.4% | $1,224,851 | 19.6% | 2,500 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Grosse Pointe Blank | $4,016,074 | $3,098,353 | 77.2% | $917,721 | 22.8% | 1,242 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Scream | $1,841,324 | $1,405,839 | 76.4% | $435,485 | 23.6% | 1,216 | 19 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 9 | Chasing Amy | $1,542,061 | $1,111,989 | 72.1% | $430,072 | 27.9% | 553 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 10 | Jerry Maguire | $561,374 | $416,929 | 74.3% | $144,445 | 25.7% | 579 | 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 11 | Shiloh | $151,760 | $115,710 | 76.2% | $36,050 | 23.8% | 70 | 1 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 12 | Evita | $80,827 | $58,772 | 72.7% | $22,055 | 27.3% | 98 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | A Chef in Love | $44,673 | $36,628 | 82% | $8,045 | 18% | 6 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 14 | A Brother's Kiss | $33,144 | $25,800 | 77.8% | $7,344 | 22.2% | 9 | 1 | First Look International | - | false |
| 15 | Flamenco | $32,289 | $22,106 | 68.5% | $10,183 | 31.5% | 2 | 1 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 16 | Nothing Personal | $9,624 | $5,563 | 57.8% | $4,061 | 42.2% | 1 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Irma Vep | $3,766 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 18 | Children of the Revolution | $3,665 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | The Eighth Day | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | The Devil's Own | - | $1,154,808 | - | - | - | - | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | That Old Feeling | - | $1,088,665 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Das Boot 1997 Director's Cut | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Traveller | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | October Films | - | false |
| - | McHale's Navy | - | $911,890 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | I Was a Jewish Sex Worker | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Greycat Films | - | false |
