| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | City of Angels | $15,825,930 | $12,332,194 | 77.9% | $3,493,736 | 22.1% | 2,329 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | The Object of My Affection | $11,932,713 | $9,725,855 | 81.5% | $2,206,858 | 18.5% | 1,890 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Lost in Space | $9,180,101 | $7,451,911 | 81.2% | $1,728,190 | 18.8% | 3,306 | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 4 | Titanic | $9,017,561 | $7,407,989 | 82.2% | $1,609,572 | 17.8% | 3,012 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Paulie | $6,406,929 | $5,369,800 | 83.8% | $1,037,129 | 16.2% | 1,553 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 6 | Species II | $5,252,564 | $4,013,009 | 76.4% | $1,239,555 | 23.6% | 2,510 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | Mercury Rising | $4,795,510 | $3,728,905 | 77.8% | $1,066,605 | 22.2% | 2,213 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Odd Couple II | $4,739,354 | $3,775,347 | 79.7% | $964,007 | 20.3% | 1,852 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Players Club | $4,619,605 | $3,589,903 | 77.7% | $1,029,702 | 22.3% | 593 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 10 | Major League: Back to the Minors | $2,519,679 | $2,087,011 | 82.8% | $432,668 | 17.2% | 2,322 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | As Good as It Gets | $1,995,878 | $1,558,025 | 78.1% | $437,853 | 21.9% | 1,205 | 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 12 | Primary Colors | $1,921,632 | $1,534,305 | 79.8% | $387,327 | 20.2% | 1,317 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Good Will Hunting | $1,914,472 | $1,465,824 | 76.6% | $448,648 | 23.4% | 1,069 | 20 | Miramax | - | false |
| 14 | Barney's Great Adventure | $1,868,781 | $1,473,999 | 78.9% | $394,782 | 21.1% | 817 | 3 | PolyGram | - | false |
| 15 | Suicide Kings | $758,288 | $558,081 | 73.6% | $200,207 | 26.4% | 135 | 1 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 16 | Mousehunt | $207,993 | $185,148 | 89% | $22,845 | 11% | 439 | 18 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 17 | Chinese Box | $144,324 | $97,916 | 67.8% | $46,408 | 32.2% | 12 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Wild Man Blues | $83,505 | $54,458 | 65.2% | $29,047 | 34.8% | 3 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 19 | Sonatine | $32,882 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | Rolling Thunder Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | TwentyFourSeven | $8,318 | $5,522 | 66.4% | $2,796 | 33.6% | 1 | 2 | October Films | - | false |
| 21 | Amistad | $7,314 | $4,667 | 63.8% | $2,647 | 36.2% | 10 | 20 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| - | The Spanish Prisoner | - | $316,653 | - | - | - | 31 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | I Love You, Don't Touch Me! | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | I Think I Do | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Nightwatch | - | $585,733 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Grease 1998 Re-release | - | $1,228,490 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | My Giant | - | $1,482,052 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | My Favorite Season | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Filmopolis Pictures | - | false |
| - | No Looking Back | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Scream 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| - | Niagara, Niagara | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Stolen Moments | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | First Run | - | false |
