| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Deep Impact | $28,823,765 | $23,266,622 | 80.7% | $5,557,143 | 19.3% | 3,192 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Horse Whisperer | $18,581,932 | $13,685,488 | 73.6% | $4,896,444 | 26.4% | 2,039 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Godzilla | $18,534,467 | - | - | - | - | 3,310 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 4 | Quest for Camelot | $7,461,687 | $6,041,602 | 81% | $1,420,085 | 19% | 3,107 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | City of Angels | $4,114,195 | $3,102,431 | 75.4% | $1,011,764 | 24.6% | 2,245 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | He Got Game | $3,107,059 | $2,445,521 | 78.7% | $661,538 | 21.3% | 1,414 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Titanic | $2,785,717 | $2,112,302 | 75.8% | $673,415 | 24.2% | 1,990 | 22 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Woo | $2,045,699 | $1,669,017 | 81.6% | $376,682 | 18.4% | 625 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 9 | Paulie | $1,974,153 | $1,616,547 | 81.9% | $357,606 | 18.1% | 1,812 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 10 | Sliding Doors | $1,541,268 | $1,121,297 | 72.8% | $419,971 | 27.2% | 522 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 11 | As Good as It Gets | $451,152 | $338,995 | 75.1% | $112,157 | 24.9% | 805 | 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 12 | Primary Colors | $331,060 | $237,695 | 71.8% | $93,365 | 28.2% | 254 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Bulworth | $228,337 | $141,816 | 62.1% | $86,521 | 37.9% | 2 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | Plump Fiction | $56,098 | $37,260 | 66.4% | $18,838 | 33.6% | 45 | 1 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 15 | Clockwatchers | $52,137 | $34,838 | 66.8% | $17,299 | 33.2% | 6 | 1 | Artistic License | - | false |
| 16 | Lawn Dogs | $31,734 | $22,491 | 70.9% | $9,243 | 29.1% | 12 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 17 | Mousehunt | $27,060 | $22,342 | 82.6% | $4,718 | 17.4% | 58 | 22 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| - | Wild Man Blues | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Go Now | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | TwentyFourSeven | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | October Films | - | false |
| - | The Big Hit | - | $1,420,609 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Les Misérables | - | $1,480,030 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Office Killer | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Black Dog | - | $1,340,485 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Suicide Kings | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | The Object of My Affection | - | $1,199,623 | - | - | - | - | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Character | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | The Big One | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Miramax | - | false |
