| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Titanic | $22,315,779 | $17,605,849 | 78.9% | $4,709,930 | 21.1% | 3,103 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | U.S. Marshals | $21,523,852 | $16,863,988 | 78.4% | $4,659,864 | 21.6% | 2,817 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | The Wedding Singer | $7,938,023 | $6,198,896 | 78.1% | $1,739,127 | 21.9% | 2,826 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 4 | Twilight | $7,351,763 | $5,866,411 | 79.8% | $1,485,352 | 20.2% | 1,351 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Big Lebowski | $7,221,329 | $5,533,844 | 76.6% | $1,687,485 | 23.4% | 1,207 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 6 | Hush | $7,159,401 | $5,742,431 | 80.2% | $1,416,970 | 19.8% | 1,966 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | Good Will Hunting | $6,746,496 | $5,175,514 | 76.7% | $1,570,982 | 23.3% | 2,049 | 14 | Miramax | - | false |
| 8 | As Good as It Gets | $4,344,936 | $3,220,350 | 74.1% | $1,124,586 | 25.9% | 1,788 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | Dark City | $3,795,530 | $2,837,941 | 74.8% | $957,589 | 25.2% | 1,754 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 10 | The Borrowers | $2,498,494 | $2,073,962 | 83% | $424,532 | 17% | 1,581 | 4 | PolyGram | - | false |
| 11 | The Apostle | $2,025,864 | $1,512,756 | 74.7% | $513,108 | 25.3% | 747 | 12 | October Films | - | false |
| 12 | L.A. Confidential | $1,939,998 | $1,421,752 | 73.3% | $518,246 | 26.7% | 826 | 25 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | The Replacement Killers | $584,049 | $131,727 | 22.6% | $452,322 | 77.4% | 211 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 14 | Mousehunt | $179,701 | $138,662 | 77.2% | $41,039 | 22.8% | 275 | 12 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 15 | Amistad | $158,821 | $114,550 | 72.1% | $44,271 | 27.9% | 226 | 14 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 16 | A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | $22,260 | $10,350 | 46.5% | $11,910 | 53.5% | 1 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | The Leading Man | $3,519 | $2,483 | 70.6% | $1,036 | 29.4% | 2 | 1 | Northern Arts Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Ma vie en rose | - | - | - | - | - | 63 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Sphere | - | $1,239,387 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Senseless | - | $1,132,430 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| - | Caught Up | - | $1,024,103 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Live Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Kissing a Fool | - | $684,050 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Love and Death on Long Island | - | $78,151 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | Krippendorf's Tribe | - | $1,616,203 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Flower of My Secret | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | The Sweet Hereafter | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
