| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | $20,261,514 | $15,818,645 | 78.1% | $4,442,869 | 21.9% | 2,524 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | The Devil's Advocate | $16,417,114 | $12,170,536 | 74.1% | $4,246,578 | 25.9% | 2,161 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Kiss the Girls | $8,970,292 | $6,975,730 | 77.8% | $1,994,562 | 22.2% | 2,385 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Seven Years in Tibet | $8,250,550 | $6,412,250 | 77.7% | $1,838,300 | 22.3% | 2,103 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | In & Out | $4,635,137 | $3,713,247 | 80.1% | $921,890 | 19.9% | 2,315 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Soul Food | $4,097,306 | $3,312,268 | 80.8% | $785,038 | 19.2% | 1,213 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | RocketMan | $3,486,665 | $2,987,753 | 85.7% | $498,912 | 14.3% | 1,839 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Peacemaker | $3,437,230 | $2,671,106 | 77.7% | $766,124 | 22.3% | 1,983 | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 9 | L.A. Confidential | $3,318,500 | $2,543,752 | 76.6% | $774,748 | 23.4% | 1,345 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Bean | $3,001,615 | $2,255,233 | 75.1% | $746,382 | 24.9% | 242 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 11 | Playing God | $2,602,890 | $1,937,374 | 74.4% | $665,516 | 25.6% | 1,479 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Full Monty | $2,343,967 | $1,734,066 | 74% | $609,901 | 26% | 644 | 10 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Edge | $2,239,279 | $1,672,729 | 74.7% | $566,550 | 25.3% | 1,588 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | Boogie Nights | $1,336,001 | $869,146 | 65.1% | $466,855 | 34.9% | 30 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 15 | Men in Black | $373,616 | $301,530 | 80.7% | $72,086 | 19.3% | 478 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 16 | Air Force One | $222,726 | $169,478 | 76.1% | $53,248 | 23.9% | 333 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 17 | Lilies | $34,411 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | Turbulent Arts | - | false |
| 18 | Happy Together | $18,328 | $12,360 | 67.4% | $5,968 | 32.6% | 1 | 2 | Kino International | - | false |
| 19 | Telling Lies in America | $16,663 | $11,470 | 68.8% | $5,193 | 31.2% | 2 | 1 | Banner Entertainment | - | false |
| 20 | Breaking Up | $6,049 | $4,493 | 74.3% | $1,556 | 25.7% | 2 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Gang Related | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Game | - | $1,010,118 | - | - | - | - | 6 | PolyGram | - | false |
| - | Endless Winter | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Warren Miller Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Going All the Way | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Different for Girls | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | First Look International | - | false |
| - | Most Wanted | - | $1,055,501 | - | - | - | - | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
