| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Con Air | $34,218,759 | $24,131,738 | 70.5% | $10,087,021 | 29.5% | 2,824 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | $25,681,320 | $18,564,605 | 72.3% | $7,116,715 | 27.7% | 3,397 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Addicted to Love | $5,303,312 | $3,630,278 | 68.4% | $1,673,034 | 31.6% | 2,021 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Buddy | $4,927,298 | $3,504,671 | 71.1% | $1,422,627 | 28.9% | 2,113 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | Gone Fishin' | $4,216,509 | $2,967,041 | 70.4% | $1,249,468 | 29.6% | 1,846 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Trial and Error | $3,687,041 | $2,627,339 | 71.3% | $1,059,702 | 28.7% | 2,298 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 7 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | $3,445,455 | $2,379,075 | 69% | $1,066,380 | 31% | 1,754 | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 8 | The Fifth Element | $3,156,856 | $2,078,812 | 65.8% | $1,078,044 | 34.2% | 1,957 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | Breakdown | $2,335,790 | $1,757,432 | 75.2% | $578,358 | 24.8% | 1,865 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Liar Liar | $1,720,570 | $1,190,265 | 69.2% | $530,305 | 30.8% | 991 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Absolute Power | $244,595 | $177,037 | 72.4% | $67,558 | 27.6% | 235 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 12 | Bliss | $89,120 | $54,547 | 61.2% | $34,573 | 38.8% | 11 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 13 | Rough Magic | $51,205 | - | - | - | - | 30 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 14 | Red Cherry | $22,122 | $16,208 | 73.3% | $5,914 | 26.7% | 3 | 1 | Moonstone Entertainment | - | false |
| - | The Saint | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Twin Town | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Volcano | - | $602,076 | - | - | - | - | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1997 Special Edition | - | $30,708 | - | - | - | - | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Night Falls on Manhattan | - | $617,764 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
