| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 8MM | $18,315,537 | $14,252,888 | 77.8% | $4,062,649 | 22.2% | 2,370 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | The Other Sister | $8,559,208 | $6,624,445 | 77.4% | $1,934,763 | 22.6% | 1,343 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Payback | $8,461,478 | $6,788,367 | 80.2% | $1,673,111 | 19.8% | 2,852 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Message in a Bottle | $8,073,098 | $6,412,737 | 79.4% | $1,660,361 | 20.6% | 2,545 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | October Sky | $5,861,050 | $4,808,150 | 82% | $1,052,900 | 18% | 1,702 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Shakespeare in Love | $5,748,644 | $4,372,632 | 76.1% | $1,376,012 | 23.9% | 1,920 | 12 | Miramax | - | false |
| 7 | My Favorite Martian | $5,737,720 | $4,973,960 | 86.7% | $763,760 | 13.3% | 2,349 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | She's All That | $4,424,261 | $3,608,973 | 81.6% | $815,288 | 18.4% | 2,301 | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| 9 | Blast from the Past | $4,306,093 | $3,503,125 | 81.4% | $802,968 | 18.6% | 2,516 | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 10 | 200 Cigarettes | $4,068,407 | $3,244,277 | 79.7% | $824,130 | 20.3% | 976 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Office Space | $3,242,765 | $2,494,756 | 76.9% | $748,009 | 23.1% | 1,740 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Life Is Beautiful | $2,785,779 | $1,915,628 | 68.8% | $870,151 | 31.2% | 681 | 19 | Miramax | - | false |
| 13 | Rushmore | $2,524,566 | $1,974,063 | 78.2% | $550,503 | 21.8% | 790 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Saving Private Ryan | $2,209,255 | $1,635,318 | 74% | $573,937 | 26% | 1,008 | 32 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 15 | Patch Adams | $1,111,700 | $873,260 | 78.6% | $238,440 | 21.4% | 878 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Elizabeth | $1,077,900 | $787,961 | 73.1% | $289,939 | 26.9% | 571 | 17 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 17 | Varsity Blues | $906,221 | $740,072 | 81.7% | $166,149 | 18.3% | 1,184 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Affliction | $906,011 | $704,855 | 77.8% | $201,156 | 22.2% | 335 | 10 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 19 | Jawbreaker | $899,639 | $705,225 | 78.4% | $194,414 | 21.6% | 801 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 20 | The Rugrats Movie | $885,985 | $704,009 | 79.5% | $181,976 | 20.5% | 708 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Star Trek: Insurrection | $762,807 | $567,144 | 74.4% | $195,663 | 25.6% | 671 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | Waking Ned Devine | $757,911 | $572,729 | 75.6% | $185,182 | 24.4% | 358 | 15 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | The Prince of Egypt | $721,301 | $538,859 | 74.7% | $182,442 | 25.3% | 727 | 11 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 24 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $685,687 | $451,662 | 65.9% | $234,025 | 34.1% | 29 | 19 | IMAX | - | false |
| 25 | The Waterboy | $641,729 | $503,681 | 78.5% | $138,048 | 21.5% | 532 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | Mighty Joe Young | $566,077 | $433,257 | 76.5% | $132,820 | 23.5% | 627 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 27 | The Thin Red Line | $554,329 | $392,982 | 70.9% | $161,347 | 29.1% | 436 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 28 | A Simple Plan | $497,792 | $379,170 | 76.2% | $118,622 | 23.8% | 514 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | A Bug's Life | $493,156 | $359,901 | 73% | $133,255 | 27% | 558 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | The Faculty | $462,929 | $349,517 | 75.5% | $113,412 | 24.5% | 1,129 | 10 | Miramax | - | false |
| 31 | Everest | $460,309 | $302,095 | 65.6% | $158,214 | 34.4% | 55 | 52 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - | false |
| 32 | Central Station | $448,829 | $339,385 | 75.6% | $109,444 | 24.4% | 129 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 33 | Enemy of the State | $427,290 | $319,954 | 74.9% | $107,336 | 25.1% | 445 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | Pleasantville | $370,492 | $275,606 | 74.4% | $94,886 | 25.6% | 335 | 19 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 35 | Mysteries of Egypt | $350,262 | $119,280 | 34% | $230,982 | 66% | 18 | 28 | IMAX | - | false |
| 36 | A Civil Action | $340,189 | $261,129 | 76.8% | $79,060 | 23.2% | 426 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 37 | Just the Ticket | $310,361 | $247,585 | 79.8% | $62,776 | 20.2% | 82 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 38 | You've Got Mail | $275,381 | $216,609 | 78.7% | $58,772 | 21.3% | 310 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 39 | Little Voice | $221,650 | $165,060 | 74.5% | $56,590 | 25.5% | 143 | 13 | Miramax | - | false |
| 40 | Gods and Monsters | $220,375 | $165,418 | 75.1% | $54,957 | 24.9% | 115 | 17 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 41 | In Dreams | $195,447 | $67,018 | 34.3% | $128,429 | 65.7% | 188 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 42 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $179,689 | $109,072 | 60.7% | $70,617 | 39.3% | 12 | 44 | IMAX | - | false |
| 43 | Stepmom | $166,988 | $141,005 | 84.4% | $25,983 | 15.6% | 404 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 44 | Babar: King of the Elephants | $163,475 | $49,090 | 30% | $114,385 | 70% | 52 | 1 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | - | false |
| 45 | At First Sight | $150,932 | $109,212 | 72.4% | $41,720 | 27.6% | 228 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 46 | Another Day in Paradise | $138,362 | $80,470 | 58.2% | $57,892 | 41.8% | 65 | 10 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 47 | Virus | $100,170 | $70,310 | 70.2% | $29,860 | 29.8% | 178 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 48 | Histoires d'hiver | $96,028 | $33,009 | 34.4% | $63,019 | 65.6% | 30 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 49 | Tango | $75,412 | $41,109 | 54.5% | $34,303 | 45.5% | 5 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 50 | Children of Heaven | $68,053 | $46,738 | 68.7% | $21,315 | 31.3% | 12 | 6 | Miramax | - | false |
| 51 | The General | $65,607 | $42,113 | 64.2% | $23,494 | 35.8% | 18 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 52 | 20 Dates | $54,169 | $40,244 | 74.3% | $13,925 | 25.7% | 3 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 53 | Simply Irresistible | $51,716 | $41,732 | 80.7% | $9,984 | 19.3% | 102 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 54 | Dancemaker | $4,045 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Artistic License | - | false |
| - | Hilary and Jackie | - | $216,915 | - | - | - | 192 | 10 | October Films | - | false |
| - | The 24 Hour Woman | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Jack Frost | - | $76,142 | - | - | - | - | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Beloved | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | American History X | - | $40,944 | - | - | - | - | 18 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | The School of Flesh | - | $43,021 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Stratosphere Entertainment | - | false |
