| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Titanic | $22,699,938 | $17,165,239 | 75.6% | $5,534,699 | 24.4% | 3,169 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Primary Colors | $15,238,535 | $12,045,395 | 79% | $3,193,140 | 21% | 1,965 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Man in the Iron Mask | $13,912,036 | $11,077,005 | 79.6% | $2,835,031 | 20.4% | 3,101 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Wild Things | $12,544,494 | $9,622,444 | 76.7% | $2,922,050 | 23.3% | 2,177 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | U.S. Marshals | $9,065,827 | $7,225,511 | 79.7% | $1,840,316 | 20.3% | 2,817 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Mr. Nice Guy | $6,526,672 | $5,250,704 | 80.4% | $1,275,968 | 19.6% | 1,463 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 7 | Good Will Hunting | $5,878,301 | $4,026,752 | 68.5% | $1,851,549 | 31.5% | 1,805 | 16 | Miramax | - | false |
| 8 | As Good as It Gets | $4,940,678 | $3,260,123 | 66% | $1,680,555 | 34% | 1,604 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | The Wedding Singer | $4,205,393 | $3,254,479 | 77.4% | $950,914 | 22.6% | 2,065 | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 10 | The Big Lebowski | $2,439,065 | $1,830,629 | 75% | $608,436 | 25% | 1,123 | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 11 | L.A. Confidential | $2,171,399 | $1,496,331 | 68.9% | $675,068 | 31.1% | 723 | 27 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | The Full Monty | $549,414 | $364,703 | 66.4% | $184,711 | 33.6% | 285 | 32 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Amistad | $312,396 | $213,748 | 68.4% | $98,648 | 31.6% | 426 | 16 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 14 | Fireworks | $92,304 | $59,508 | 64.5% | $32,796 | 35.5% | 9 | 1 | Milestone | - | false |
| 15 | Mousehunt | $66,425 | $44,545 | 67.1% | $21,880 | 32.9% | 203 | 14 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 16 | Niagara, Niagara | $21,770 | $16,745 | 76.9% | $5,025 | 23.1% | 3 | 1 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 17 | A Price Above Rubies | $7,525 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Afterglow | - | - | - | - | - | 353 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Apostle | - | $1,169,836 | - | - | - | - | 14 | October Films | - | false |
| - | The Borrowers | - | $1,041,278 | - | - | - | - | 6 | PolyGram | - | false |
| - | Dark City | - | $415,245 | - | - | - | - | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Hush | - | $1,250,392 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Twilight | - | $1,624,714 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Education of Little Tree | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
