| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Breakdown | $15,563,470 | $12,307,128 | 79.1% | $3,256,342 | 20.9% | 2,108 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | $12,431,912 | $9,548,111 | 76.8% | $2,883,801 | 23.2% | 2,187 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 3 | Volcano | $11,261,208 | $9,099,743 | 80.8% | $2,161,465 | 19.2% | 2,777 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Liar Liar | $7,204,925 | $5,858,255 | 81.3% | $1,346,670 | 18.7% | 2,588 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | $6,683,624 | $5,326,806 | 79.7% | $1,356,818 | 20.3% | 1,606 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Anaconda | $5,678,732 | $4,720,202 | 83.1% | $958,530 | 16.9% | 2,456 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | Warriors of Virtue | $3,846,785 | $3,277,084 | 85.2% | $569,701 | 14.8% | 2,101 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | The Saint | $3,818,691 | $3,061,024 | 80.2% | $757,667 | 19.8% | 2,118 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Murder at 1600 | $3,590,234 | $2,845,827 | 79.3% | $744,407 | 20.7% | 1,970 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Grosse Pointe Blank | $2,673,894 | $2,051,361 | 76.7% | $622,533 | 23.3% | 1,177 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Jerry Maguire | $693,724 | $562,809 | 81.1% | $130,915 | 18.9% | 650 | 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 12 | Commandments | $409,495 | $312,437 | 76.3% | $97,058 | 23.7% | 269 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 13 | Children of the Revolution | $44,848 | $31,562 | 70.4% | $13,286 | 29.6% | 6 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 14 | Evita | $30,320 | $21,602 | 71.2% | $8,718 | 28.8% | 49 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Truth or Consequences, N.M. | $29,353 | $19,528 | 66.5% | $9,825 | 33.5% | 7 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 16 | Irma Vep | $18,999 | $11,852 | 62.4% | $7,147 | 37.6% | 1 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 17 | The Eighth Day | $4,943 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love | - | - | - | - | - | 81 | 10 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| - | Anna Karenina | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Hollow Reed | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | A Brother's Kiss | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | First Look International | - | false |
| - | Chasing Amy | - | $879,265 | - | - | - | - | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Shiloh | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1997 Special Edition | - | $50,163 | - | - | - | - | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Nothing Personal | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
