| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | $11,843,680 | $9,406,297 | 79.4% | $2,437,383 | 20.6% | 2,524 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | The Devil's Advocate | $9,988,616 | $7,368,348 | 73.8% | $2,620,268 | 26.2% | 2,404 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Red Corner | $9,837,625 | $7,403,362 | 75.3% | $2,434,263 | 24.7% | 2,244 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Boogie Nights | $6,539,658 | $4,681,934 | 71.6% | $1,857,724 | 28.4% | 907 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 5 | Kiss the Girls | $4,645,773 | $3,511,531 | 75.6% | $1,134,242 | 24.4% | 2,354 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Seven Years in Tibet | $4,321,257 | $3,278,567 | 75.9% | $1,042,690 | 24.1% | 2,103 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | FairyTale: A True Story | $3,617,555 | $2,902,338 | 80.2% | $715,217 | 19.8% | 1,278 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Switchback | $3,561,767 | $2,704,568 | 75.9% | $857,199 | 24.1% | 1,128 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Gattaca | $3,527,092 | $2,585,604 | 73.3% | $941,488 | 26.7% | 1,279 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 10 | In & Out | $2,141,759 | $1,728,629 | 80.7% | $413,130 | 19.3% | 1,659 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Full Monty | $1,905,062 | $1,384,583 | 72.7% | $520,479 | 27.3% | 721 | 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Bean | $1,639,066 | $1,049,568 | 64% | $589,498 | 36% | 245 | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 13 | The Peacemaker | $1,069,703 | $804,033 | 75.2% | $265,670 | 24.8% | 1,120 | 6 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 14 | Men in Black | $775,408 | $621,083 | 80.1% | $154,325 | 19.9% | 1,010 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 15 | Air Force One | $775,408 | $621,083 | 80.1% | $154,325 | 19.9% | 1,010 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 16 | Critical Care | $59,748 | $43,380 | 72.6% | $16,368 | 27.4% | 10 | 1 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | RocketMan | - | $1,454,836 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Myth of Fingerprints | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | The House of Yes | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | I Love You, I Love You Not | - | $10,587 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | Soul Food | - | $1,226,180 | - | - | - | - | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Guantanamera | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | A Life Less Ordinary | - | $846,233 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
