| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Titanic | $38,131,241 | $28,167,947 | 73.9% | $9,963,294 | 26.1% | 3,002 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Wedding Singer | $25,423,518 | $18,865,080 | 74.2% | $6,558,438 | 25.8% | 2,821 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 3 | Sphere | $18,178,186 | $14,433,957 | 79.4% | $3,744,229 | 20.6% | 2,814 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Good Will Hunting | $11,075,873 | - | - | - | - | 2,172 | 11 | Miramax | - | false |
| 5 | As Good as It Gets | $8,716,161 | $6,435,850 | 73.8% | $2,280,311 | 26.2% | 1,801 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 6 | The Borrowers | $7,220,780 | $4,470,111 | 61.9% | $2,750,669 | 38.1% | 1,535 | 1 | PolyGram | - | false |
| 7 | The Replacement Killers | $5,531,500 | $4,068,335 | 73.6% | $1,463,165 | 26.4% | 1,936 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 8 | Great Expectations | $4,314,250 | - | - | - | - | 1,745 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Blues Brothers 2000 | $4,124,605 | - | - | - | - | 2,516 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | L.A. Confidential | $3,975,476 | - | - | - | - | 814 | 22 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | The Apostle | $3,172,826 | - | - | - | - | 404 | 9 | October Films | - | false |
| 12 | Wag the Dog | $3,037,409 | - | - | - | - | 1,102 | 9 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 13 | Amistad | $1,006,687 | $703,747 | 69.9% | $302,940 | 30.1% | 729 | 11 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 14 | Mousehunt | $845,820 | $450,105 | 53.2% | $395,715 | 46.8% | 801 | 9 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 15 | Hurricane Streets | $282,484 | - | - | - | - | 93 | 1 | United Artists | - | false |
| 16 | Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life | $32,486 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Desperate Measures | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Bugs Bunny Film Festival | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Zero Effect | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Deep Rising | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Nueba Yol 3: Bajo la nueva ley | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Kit Parker Films | - | false |
| - | Spice World | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
