| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 3 | $33,763,744 | +193.2% | 32.9% | 5 | Payback | $26,334,582 | 78% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $21,461,438 | -23.6% | 20.9% | 8 | She's All That | $13,564,864 | 63.2% | 2 | Miramax | - |
| 3 | 2 | $11,555,623 | -5.6% | 11.3% | 6 | A Civil Action | $3,767,541 | 32.6% | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 6 | $8,062,006 | +48.7% | 7.9% | 4 | Saving Private Ryan | $4,938,538 | 61.3% | 29 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 5 | 4 | $6,329,775 | -36.2% | 6.2% | 4 | Patch Adams | $5,464,200 | 86.3% | 7 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $5,521,884 | +15.4% | 5.4% | 3 | Simply Irresistible | $2,716,393 | 49.2% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 5 | $3,200,775 | -48.3% | 3.1% | 4 | Stepmom | $3,200,775 | 100% | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 8 | 8 | $3,082,886 | -21.2% | 3% | 2 | You've Got Mail | $2,662,674 | 86.4% | 8 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 9 | 14 | $2,199,402 | +262.6% | 2.1% | 4 | Les Boys II | $1,752,938 | 79.7% | 9 | Lionsgate | - |
| 10 | 9 | $1,897,251 | -45.4% | 1.8% | 1 | At First Sight | $1,897,251 | 100% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 11 | 10 | $1,728,907 | -14.5% | 1.7% | 1 | Waking Ned Devine | $1,728,907 | 100% | 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 12 | 17 | $821,781 | +138.5% | 0.8% | 5 | Central Station | $507,289 | 61.7% | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 13 | 12 | $820,308 | +7.5% | 0.8% | 3 | Hilary and Jackie | $732,312 | 89.3% | 7 | October Films | - |
| 14 | 11 | $804,738 | -9.1% | 0.8% | 1 | Elizabeth | $804,738 | 100% | 14 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 15 | 13 | $579,004 | -14.3% | 0.6% | 2 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $450,981 | 77.9% | 16 | IMAX | - |
| 16 | 16 | $374,117 | -3.7% | 0.4% | 1 | Everest | $374,117 | 100% | 49 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - |
| 17 | 15 | $230,059 | -43.6% | 0.2% | 4 | Rush Hour | $182,025 | 79.1% | 21 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 18 | 20 | $102,619 | +38% | <0.1% | 1 | Another Day in Paradise | $102,619 | 100% | 7 | Trimark Pictures | - |
| 19 | 18 | $102,253 | -48.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Hurlyburly | $102,253 | 100% | 7 | Fine Line Features | - |
| 20 | 19 | $43,784 | -60.6% | <0.1% | 2 | My Name Is Joe | $43,784 | 100% | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | - |
