| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Message in a Bottle | $12,816,958 | -42% | 2,545 | +7 | $5,036 | $34,903,714 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Payback | $12,785,784 | -37.8% | 2,768 | +17 | $4,619 | $59,665,176 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | My Favorite Martian | $7,884,785 | -39.5% | 2,312 | +37 | $3,410 | $20,908,527 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Shakespeare in Love | $7,470,837 | -30.1% | 2,030 | +74 | $3,680 | $55,770,981 | 11 | Miramax | false | false |
| 5 | - | October Sky | $7,205,910 | - | 1,495 | - | $4,820 | $7,205,910 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 6 | Blast from the Past | $6,795,719 | -36.3% | 2,544 | +2 | $2,671 | $17,465,578 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | She's All That | $6,281,581 | -45.3% | 2,639 | -15 | $2,380 | $50,384,532 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 8 | - | Office Space | $5,450,601 | - | 1,740 | - | $3,132 | $5,450,601 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 9 | 8 | Rushmore | $3,549,044 | -19.7% | 764 | +191 | $4,645 | $10,503,370 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Saving Private Ryan | $3,195,213 | -33% | 1,139 | -1 | $2,805 | $203,929,588 | 31 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Life Is Beautiful | $3,104,569 | -11.6% | 685 | +41 | $4,532 | $25,420,248 | 18 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Patch Adams | $2,185,540 | -47.7% | 1,528 | -502 | $1,430 | $129,801,405 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Jawbreaker | $2,002,157 | - | 801 | - | $2,499 | $2,002,157 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 14 | 10 | Varsity Blues | $1,888,783 | -47.6% | 1,647 | -389 | $1,146 | $50,535,608 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Les Boys II | $1,751,585 | - | 36 | -7 | $48,655 | $5,913,821 | 11 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 16 | 19 | Elizabeth | $1,468,479 | +8.7% | 624 | +141 | $2,353 | $24,408,416 | 16 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 17 | 34 | Affliction | $1,452,487 | +351.8% | 323 | +302 | $4,496 | $2,455,874 | 9 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 18 | 12 | The Thin Red Line | $1,294,966 | -43% | 905 | -396 | $1,430 | $34,733,093 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Waking Ned Devine | $1,036,320 | -33.2% | 429 | -53 | $2,415 | $21,568,170 | 14 | - | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | The Rugrats Movie | $995,749 | -40.3% | 818 | -22 | $1,217 | $97,582,738 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 13 | A Civil Action | $953,913 | -53.6% | 890 | -513 | $1,071 | $55,333,142 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | A Simple Plan | $904,836 | -37.8% | 625 | -50 | $1,447 | $14,855,623 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 22 | The Waterboy | $864,554 | -31% | 632 | -89 | $1,367 | $159,070,799 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 14 | The Prince of Egypt | $827,208 | -56.1% | 836 | -572 | $989 | $96,528,542 | 10 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 25 | 25 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $712,440 | -13.6% | 28 | - | $25,444 | $6,671,894 | 18 | IMAX | false | false |
| 26 | 24 | Mighty Joe Young | $700,901 | -18.8% | 719 | -83 | $974 | $48,688,084 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 16 | Stepmom | $679,973 | -56.4% | 733 | -831 | $927 | $90,120,191 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 28 | 21 | A Bug's Life | $673,010 | -48.5% | 745 | -234 | $903 | $158,178,928 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 20 | You've Got Mail | $612,989 | -54.3% | 931 | -670 | $658 | $113,548,081 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 30 | 28 | Everest | $610,958 | -5% | 55 | -2 | $11,108 | $60,065,569 | 51 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 31 | 26 | Enemy of the State | $581,149 | -27.4% | 563 | -55 | $1,032 | $109,918,050 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 29 | Central Station | $489,596 | -22.7% | 110 | +8 | $4,450 | $3,109,163 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 33 | 30 | Hilary and Jackie | $436,046 | -29.9% | 280 | -20 | $1,557 | $3,793,007 | 9 | October Films | false | false |
| 34 | 27 | Little Voice | $372,170 | -43.1% | 190 | -25 | $1,958 | $3,988,215 | 12 | Miramax | false | false |
| 35 | 33 | Gods and Monsters | $325,005 | -6.7% | 149 | +25 | $2,181 | $3,731,217 | 16 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 36 | 31 | At First Sight | $205,890 | -64.5% | 346 | -549 | $595 | $21,883,706 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 37 | 41 | Virus | $187,130 | +48.5% | 246 | +25 | $760 | $13,753,200 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 38 | 35 | Jack Frost | $183,685 | -41.4% | 308 | -145 | $596 | $34,468,888 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 39 | 23 | Simply Irresistible | $181,866 | -84.7% | 299 | -1,054 | $608 | $4,086,294 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 40 | 37 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $175,525 | -5.3% | 12 | - | $14,627 | $5,329,314 | 43 | IMAX | false | false |
| 41 | 32 | Star Trek: Insurrection | $151,702 | -61.7% | 211 | -198 | $718 | $68,391,634 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 42 | 43 | Another Day in Paradise | $104,632 | +4.4% | 46 | +12 | $2,274 | $526,561 | 9 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 43 | 49 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $85,370 | +4.1% | 14 | -1 | $6,097 | $12,153,441 | 85 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 44 | 39 | The Faculty | $84,254 | -41.4% | 138 | -52 | $610 | $38,207,289 | 9 | Miramax | false | false |
| 45 | 48 | Children of Heaven | $79,550 | -5% | 10 | +2 | $7,955 | $277,841 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 46 | 46 | American History X | $70,038 | -21.7% | 64 | -17 | $1,094 | $6,504,328 | 17 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 47 | 52 | The Red Violin | $57,652 | -27.6% | 21 | -5 | $2,745 | $1,749,918 | 16 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 48 | 44 | Tango | $53,920 | -44.7% | 5 | - | $10,784 | $169,310 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 49 | 55 | Pleasantville | $52,198 | +22.6% | 33 | -3 | $1,581 | $39,411,614 | 18 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 50 | 42 | The General | $49,368 | -54.1% | 16 | -5 | $3,085 | $654,510 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 51 | 40 | In Dreams | $47,714 | -65.8% | 60 | -115 | $795 | $11,688,246 | 6 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
