| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Titanic | $25,825,294 | $21,036,343 | 81.5% | $4,788,951 | 18.5% | 3,006 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Wedding Singer | $14,690,442 | $12,228,970 | 83.2% | $2,461,472 | 16.8% | 2,837 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 3 | Sphere | $10,475,540 | $7,684,122 | 73.4% | $2,791,418 | 26.6% | 2,814 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Good Will Hunting | $8,264,811 | $6,471,601 | 78.3% | $1,793,210 | 21.7% | 2,185 | 12 | Miramax | - | false |
| 5 | Senseless | $6,462,654 | $5,337,651 | 82.6% | $1,125,003 | 17.4% | 1,843 | 1 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 6 | As Good as It Gets | $5,892,016 | $4,608,900 | 78.2% | $1,283,116 | 21.8% | 1,837 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | The Borrowers | $4,541,040 | $4,011,304 | 88.3% | $529,736 | 11.7% | 1,593 | 2 | PolyGram | - | false |
| 8 | Palmetto | $3,837,339 | $2,876,753 | 75% | $960,586 | 25% | 1,505 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | The Apostle | $3,125,406 | $2,403,800 | 76.9% | $721,606 | 23.1% | 676 | 10 | October Films | - | false |
| 10 | L.A. Confidential | $3,080,711 | $2,376,331 | 77.1% | $704,380 | 22.9% | 814 | 23 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | The Replacement Killers | $2,216,959 | $1,658,125 | 74.8% | $558,834 | 25.2% | 1,500 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 12 | Amistad | $565,351 | $412,888 | 73% | $152,463 | 27% | 601 | 12 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 13 | Mousehunt | $358,458 | $288,253 | 80.4% | $70,205 | 19.6% | 515 | 10 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 14 | I Love You, Don't Touch Me! | $43,504 | $33,598 | 77.2% | $9,906 | 22.8% | 9 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 15 | Comrades: Almost a Love Story | $10,498 | $8,510 | 81.1% | $1,988 | 18.9% | 1 | 1 | Rim | - | false |
| 16 | The Break | $7,780 | $5,975 | 76.8% | $1,805 | 23.2% | 1 | 1 | Castle Hill Productions | - | false |
| 17 | The Peacemaker | $662 | $431 | 65.1% | $231 | 34.9% | 1 | 22 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| - | The Full Monty | - | - | - | - | - | 585 | 28 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| - | Great Expectations | - | $1,552,001 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Wag the Dog | - | $1,607,788 | - | - | - | - | 10 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Blues Brothers 2000 | - | $1,302,350 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hurricane Streets | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | United Artists | - | false |
| - | Mrs Dalloway | - | $90,127 | - | - | - | - | 1 | First Look International | - | false |
