| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Titanic | $24,200,714 | $19,633,056 | 81.1% | $4,567,658 | 18.9% | 3,035 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Wedding Singer | $10,763,817 | $8,719,890 | 81% | $2,043,927 | 19% | 2,826 | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 3 | Good Will Hunting | $8,494,460 | $6,636,861 | 78.1% | $1,857,599 | 21.9% | 2,203 | 13 | Miramax | - | false |
| 4 | Dark City | $7,352,718 | $5,576,953 | 75.8% | $1,775,765 | 24.2% | 1,754 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 5 | As Good as It Gets | $5,217,084 | $4,058,350 | 77.8% | $1,158,734 | 22.2% | 1,831 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 6 | Sphere | $4,858,604 | $3,809,123 | 78.4% | $1,049,481 | 21.6% | 2,238 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Krippendorf's Tribe | $4,024,201 | $3,316,377 | 82.4% | $707,824 | 17.6% | 1,529 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Senseless | $3,475,593 | $2,786,952 | 80.2% | $688,641 | 19.8% | 1,850 | 2 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 9 | The Borrowers | $3,434,345 | $2,771,184 | 80.7% | $663,161 | 19.3% | 1,606 | 3 | PolyGram | - | false |
| 10 | The Apostle | $3,069,113 | $2,304,203 | 75.1% | $764,910 | 24.9% | 751 | 11 | October Films | - | false |
| 11 | Caught Up | $3,053,510 | $2,422,631 | 79.3% | $630,879 | 20.7% | 713 | 1 | Live Entertainment | - | false |
| 12 | Kissing a Fool | $2,944,910 | $2,308,145 | 78.4% | $636,765 | 21.6% | 1,742 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | L.A. Confidential | $2,816,832 | $2,151,911 | 76.4% | $664,921 | 23.6% | 859 | 24 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | The Replacement Killers | $833,677 | $618,400 | 74.2% | $215,277 | 25.8% | 634 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 15 | Amistad | $348,439 | $252,201 | 72.4% | $96,238 | 27.6% | 401 | 13 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 16 | Mousehunt | $264,428 | $193,422 | 73.2% | $71,006 | 26.8% | 379 | 11 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 17 | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn | $40,351 | $28,992 | 71.8% | $11,359 | 28.2% | 19 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Kurt & Courtney | $28,557 | $16,835 | 59% | $11,722 | 41% | 1 | 1 | Roxie Releasing | - | false |
| - | Dangerous Beauty | - | $478,454 | - | - | - | 127 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Sweet Hereafter | - | - | - | - | - | 70 | 21 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | Comrades: Almost a Love Story | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Rim | - | false |
| - | Palmetto | - | $1,309,012 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Break | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Castle Hill Productions | - | false |
| - | The Peacemaker | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
