| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Titanic | $32,134,797 | $25,907,172 | 80.6% | $6,227,625 | 19.4% | 2,853 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Great Expectations | $11,808,476 | $9,593,290 | 81.2% | $2,215,186 | 18.8% | 1,867 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Good Will Hunting | $10,384,682 | $8,432,211 | 81.2% | $1,952,471 | 18.8% | 1,831 | 9 | Miramax | - | false |
| 4 | As Good as It Gets | $8,292,685 | $6,609,700 | 79.7% | $1,682,985 | 20.3% | 1,778 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | Spice World | $7,738,345 | $7,027,688 | 90.8% | $710,657 | 9.2% | 2,339 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 6 | Desperate Measures | $7,247,527 | $5,833,412 | 80.5% | $1,414,115 | 19.5% | 1,963 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | Deep Rising | $5,866,201 | $4,737,793 | 80.8% | $1,128,408 | 19.2% | 1,758 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Wag the Dog | $5,672,985 | $4,775,744 | 84.2% | $897,241 | 15.8% | 1,685 | 7 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 9 | Fallen | $3,549,918 | $2,825,519 | 79.6% | $724,399 | 20.4% | 2,150 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Hard Rain | $3,237,981 | $2,686,082 | 83% | $551,899 | 17% | 2,132 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Tomorrow Never Dies | $2,224,345 | $1,755,578 | 78.9% | $468,767 | 21.1% | 1,306 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 12 | Amistad | $1,813,406 | $1,383,825 | 76.3% | $429,581 | 23.7% | 908 | 9 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 13 | Mousehunt | $1,760,175 | $1,524,237 | 86.6% | $235,938 | 13.4% | 1,350 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 14 | The Devil's Advocate | $273,888 | $204,341 | 74.6% | $69,547 | 25.4% | 305 | 16 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | Fallen Angels | $42,326 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | The Full Monty | - | - | - | - | - | 307 | 25 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| - | Phantoms | - | $1,122,168 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Half Baked | - | $1,880,255 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Slappy and the Stinkers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Deceiver | - | $279,103 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Swept from the Sea | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
