| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Starship Troopers | $29,158,856 | $22,058,773 | 75.6% | $7,100,083 | 24.4% | 2,971 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | Bean | $16,855,542 | $12,733,827 | 75.6% | $4,121,715 | 24.4% | 1,948 | 4 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 3 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | $8,616,932 | $6,511,020 | 75.6% | $2,105,912 | 24.4% | 2,524 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 4 | The Devil's Advocate | $7,119,291 | $5,078,692 | 71.3% | $2,040,599 | 28.7% | 2,207 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Red Corner | $6,738,671 | $4,905,133 | 72.8% | $1,833,538 | 27.2% | 2,507 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Mad City | $6,332,719 | $4,649,742 | 73.4% | $1,682,977 | 26.6% | 2,194 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Boogie Nights | $5,388,662 | $3,940,924 | 73.1% | $1,447,738 | 26.9% | 951 | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 8 | Eve's Bayou | $4,387,376 | $3,287,846 | 74.9% | $1,099,530 | 25.1% | 659 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Kiss the Girls | $3,288,775 | $2,516,381 | 76.5% | $772,394 | 23.5% | 2,011 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | FairyTale: A True Story | $3,041,432 | $2,139,792 | 70.4% | $901,640 | 29.6% | 1,286 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Seven Years in Tibet | $2,842,114 | $2,003,129 | 70.5% | $838,985 | 29.5% | 1,562 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 12 | The Full Monty | $1,853,078 | $1,295,595 | 69.9% | $557,483 | 30.1% | 591 | 13 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Peacemaker | $426,530 | $302,553 | 70.9% | $123,977 | 29.1% | 505 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 14 | Men in Black | $374,774 | $252,630 | 67.4% | $122,144 | 32.6% | 505 | 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 15 | Air Force One | $374,774 | $252,630 | 67.4% | $122,144 | 32.6% | 505 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 16 | Cold Around the Heart | $1,308 | $552 | 42.2% | $756 | 57.8% | 1 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Gattaca | - | $1,380,024 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | In & Out | - | $1,107,728 | - | - | - | - | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Switchback | - | $1,409,611 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
