| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The X Files | $41,604,418 | $30,138,758 | 72.4% | $11,465,660 | 27.6% | 2,629 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Mulan | $37,216,746 | $22,745,143 | 61.1% | $14,471,603 | 38.9% | 2,888 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Truman Show | $18,160,527 | $12,418,709 | 68.4% | $5,741,818 | 31.6% | 2,911 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Six Days Seven Nights | $15,892,351 | $10,702,570 | 67.3% | $5,189,781 | 32.7% | 2,579 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | A Perfect Murder | $10,872,206 | $7,382,061 | 67.9% | $3,490,145 | 32.1% | 2,755 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Can't Hardly Wait | $6,819,729 | $3,823,967 | 56.1% | $2,995,762 | 43.9% | 1,987 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | Hope Floats | $5,403,822 | $3,266,965 | 60.5% | $2,136,857 | 39.5% | 1,876 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Godzilla | $4,704,162 | $2,980,534 | 63.4% | $1,723,628 | 36.6% | 2,337 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | The Horse Whisperer | $4,158,886 | $2,576,416 | 62% | $1,582,470 | 38% | 1,852 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Deep Impact | $3,819,553 | $2,685,670 | 70.3% | $1,133,883 | 29.7% | 1,972 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Titanic | $1,633,956 | $1,029,362 | 63% | $604,594 | 37% | 810 | 27 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Opposite of Sex | $341,959 | $214,622 | 62.8% | $127,337 | 37.2% | 70 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 13 | Paulie | $281,443 | $146,799 | 52.2% | $134,644 | 47.8% | 402 | 10 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 14 | Primary Colors | $97,005 | $61,875 | 63.8% | $35,130 | 36.2% | 99 | 14 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Henry Fool | $68,200 | $40,939 | 60% | $27,261 | 40% | 2 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 16 | As Good as It Gets | $63,032 | $44,753 | 71% | $18,279 | 29% | 58 | 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 17 | Dream for an Insomniac | $10,277 | $6,201 | 60.3% | $4,076 | 39.7% | 6 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 18 | Mousehunt | $8,346 | $4,266 | 51.1% | $4,080 | 48.9% | 22 | 27 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| - | Cousin Bette | - | - | - | - | - | 68 | 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| - | Dirty Work | - | $1,712,666 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Hav Plenty | - | $1,102,036 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Artificial Eye | - | false |
