| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Titanic | $42,626,796 | $30,011,034 | 70.4% | $12,615,762 | 29.6% | 2,767 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Good Will Hunting | $16,269,690 | - | - | - | - | 1,819 | 7 | Miramax | - | false |
| 3 | As Good as It Gets | $12,301,708 | $8,288,137 | 67.4% | $4,013,571 | 32.6% | 1,753 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 4 | Fallen | $11,983,137 | - | - | - | - | 2,448 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Hard Rain | $9,138,800 | - | - | - | - | 2,107 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Half Baked | $8,879,235 | - | - | - | - | 1,701 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Wag the Dog | $7,412,671 | - | - | - | - | 1,752 | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 8 | Tomorrow Never Dies | $7,277,466 | - | - | - | - | 2,427 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | Mousehunt | $5,906,797 | $4,159,346 | 70.4% | $1,747,451 | 29.6% | 2,003 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 10 | Amistad | $3,963,401 | $2,763,129 | 69.7% | $1,200,272 | 30.3% | 1,001 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 11 | Star Kid | $3,125,836 | - | - | - | - | 1,041 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Kundun | $1,932,070 | - | - | - | - | 439 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Full Monty | $1,278,772 | - | - | - | - | 469 | 23 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Devil's Advocate | $915,653 | $628,250 | 68.6% | $287,403 | 31.4% | 802 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | Fallen Angels | $4,829 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Kino International | - | false |
| 16 | The Peacemaker | $2,265 | $1,487 | 65.6% | $778 | 34.4% | 5 | 17 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 17 | Pretty Village, Pretty Flame | $211 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| - | Air Force One | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Firestorm | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | The Boxer | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Welcome to Sarajevo | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | French Twist | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Jackie Brown | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Flubber | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | For Richer or Poorer | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
