| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Lost in Space | $26,826,930 | $20,154,919 | 75.1% | $6,672,011 | 24.9% | 3,306 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 2 | Titanic | $15,422,392 | $11,533,480 | 74.8% | $3,888,912 | 25.2% | 3,265 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Mercury Rising | $13,385,465 | $10,104,715 | 75.5% | $3,280,750 | 24.5% | 2,386 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Grease 1998 Re-release | $7,173,264 | $5,466,763 | 76.2% | $1,706,501 | 23.8% | 2,064 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Primary Colors | $6,083,085 | $4,702,920 | 77.3% | $1,380,165 | 22.7% | 1,976 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Wild Things | $5,088,751 | $3,617,127 | 71.1% | $1,471,624 | 28.9% | 1,981 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | The Man in the Iron Mask | $5,076,472 | $3,507,255 | 69.1% | $1,569,217 | 30.9% | 2,504 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | As Good as It Gets | $4,514,229 | $3,330,431 | 73.8% | $1,183,798 | 26.2% | 1,556 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | Good Will Hunting | $4,383,056 | $3,169,473 | 72.3% | $1,213,583 | 27.7% | 1,576 | 18 | Miramax | - | false |
| 10 | Barney's Great Adventure | $3,119,330 | $2,203,865 | 70.6% | $915,465 | 29.4% | 540 | 1 | PolyGram | - | false |
| 11 | The Players Club | $2,526,565 | - | - | - | - | - | - | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 12 | Mousehunt | $539,208 | $368,000 | 68.2% | $171,208 | 31.8% | 670 | 16 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 13 | The Butcher Boy | $201,699 | $135,606 | 67.2% | $66,093 | 32.8% | 9 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Amistad | $62,893 | $27,655 | 44% | $35,238 | 56% | 169 | 18 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| - | The Full Monty | - | - | - | - | - | 286 | 34 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Wedding Singer | - | $1,178,282 | - | - | - | - | 8 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Wide Awake | - | $258,212 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Nil by Mouth | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Fireworks | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Milestone | - | false |
| - | The Winter Guest | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | A Price Above Rubies | - | $157,834 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | The Newton Boys | - | $2,303,889 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | The Proposition | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | PolyGram | - | false |
| - | U.S. Marshals | - | $2,180,893 | - | - | - | - | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Meet the Deedles | - | $947,854 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Ride | - | $1,412,575 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | L.A. Confidential | - | $1,063,576 | - | - | - | - | 29 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
