| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Jackal | $19,539,630 | $15,164,595 | 77.6% | $4,375,035 | 22.4% | 2,193 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Starship Troopers | $12,402,578 | $10,034,337 | 80.9% | $2,368,241 | 19.1% | 2,971 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | The Little Mermaid 1997 Re-release | $12,262,965 | $9,814,520 | 80% | $2,448,445 | 20% | 2,054 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Bean | $9,235,833 | $7,938,313 | 86% | $1,297,520 | 14% | 2,015 | 5 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 5 | The Man Who Knew Too Little | $5,636,574 | $4,604,819 | 81.7% | $1,031,755 | 18.3% | 2,036 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | $4,906,090 | $4,062,163 | 82.8% | $843,927 | 17.2% | 2,430 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | The Devil's Advocate | $4,449,756 | $3,502,688 | 78.7% | $947,068 | 21.3% | 2,016 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Eve's Bayou | $3,127,870 | $2,538,199 | 81.2% | $589,671 | 18.8% | 672 | 2 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Boogie Nights | $3,016,776 | $2,577,634 | 85.4% | $439,142 | 14.6% | 1,003 | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 10 | Men in Black | $2,308,293 | $2,117,200 | 91.7% | $191,093 | 8.3% | 776 | 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 11 | One Night Stand | $1,330,017 | $978,819 | 73.6% | $351,198 | 26.4% | 407 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 12 | Anastasia | $137,874 | $120,541 | 87.4% | $17,333 | 12.6% | 1 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | The Peacemaker | $102,063 | $79,967 | 78.4% | $22,096 | 21.6% | 214 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| - | The Wings of the Dove | - | $781,197 | - | - | - | 77 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Telling Lies in America | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | 5 | Banner Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Fast, Cheap & Out of Control | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Critical Care | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Happy Together | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 6 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | Mad City | - | $2,203,249 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Cold Around the Heart | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Red Corner | - | $2,619,291 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | FairyTale: A True Story | - | $1,305,173 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Kiss the Girls | - | $1,515,236 | - | - | - | - | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Tango Lesson | - | $19,752 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Seven Years in Tibet | - | $1,202,033 | - | - | - | - | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
