| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Titanic | $32,831,865 | $25,238,720 | 76.9% | $7,593,145 | 23.1% | 2,771 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Spice World | $11,975,009 | $10,527,222 | 87.9% | $1,447,787 | 12.1% | 2,339 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | Good Will Hunting | $11,218,707 | $8,507,974 | 75.8% | $2,710,733 | 24.2% | 1,831 | 8 | Miramax | - | false |
| 4 | As Good as It Gets | $9,858,281 | $7,519,940 | 76.3% | $2,338,341 | 23.7% | 1,763 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | Fallen | $6,555,710 | $4,947,268 | 75.5% | $1,608,442 | 24.5% | 2,448 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Wag the Dog | $5,842,885 | $4,381,332 | 75% | $1,461,553 | 25% | 1,726 | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 7 | Hard Rain | $4,796,279 | $3,703,706 | 77.2% | $1,092,573 | 22.8% | 2,132 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Half Baked | $4,090,285 | $3,100,230 | 75.8% | $990,055 | 24.2% | 1,703 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Phantoms | $3,963,395 | $3,065,951 | 77.4% | $897,444 | 22.6% | 1,859 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 10 | Tomorrow Never Dies | $3,656,718 | $2,743,754 | 75% | $912,964 | 25% | 1,905 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 11 | Mousehunt | $2,665,132 | $2,209,281 | 82.9% | $455,851 | 17.1% | 1,776 | 6 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 12 | Amistad | $2,433,818 | $1,759,880 | 72.3% | $673,938 | 27.7% | 1,019 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 13 | The Devil's Advocate | $484,166 | $312,532 | 64.6% | $171,634 | 35.4% | 650 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Swept from the Sea | $225,884 | $163,289 | 72.3% | $62,595 | 27.7% | 55 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 15 | The Gingerbread Man | $170,292 | $118,278 | 69.5% | $52,014 | 30.5% | 8 | 1 | PolyGram | - | false |
| 16 | Slappy and the Stinkers | $43,672 | $34,488 | 79% | $9,184 | 21% | 60 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 17 | Fallen Angels | $23,762 | $13,804 | 58.1% | $9,958 | 41.9% | 1 | 2 | Kino International | - | false |
| 18 | The Peacemaker | $804 | $554 | 68.9% | $250 | 31.1% | 2 | 18 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| - | Star Kid | - | $1,060,325 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| - | Angels and Insects | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Kundun | - | $822,043 | - | - | - | - | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The White Balloon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | October Films | - | false |
