| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | 8MM | $18,315,537 | - | 2,370 | - | $7,728 | $18,315,537 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 2 | - | The Other Sister | $8,559,208 | - | 1,343 | - | $6,373 | $8,559,208 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Payback | $8,461,478 | -33.8% | 2,852 | +84 | $2,966 | $68,126,654 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Message in a Bottle | $8,073,098 | -37% | 2,545 | - | $3,172 | $42,976,812 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | October Sky | $5,861,050 | -18.7% | 1,702 | +207 | $3,443 | $13,066,960 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Shakespeare in Love | $5,748,644 | -23.1% | 1,920 | -110 | $2,994 | $61,519,625 | 12 | Miramax | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | My Favorite Martian | $5,737,720 | -27.2% | 2,349 | +37 | $2,442 | $26,646,247 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | She's All That | $4,424,261 | -29.6% | 2,301 | -338 | $1,922 | $54,808,793 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Blast from the Past | $4,306,093 | -36.6% | 2,516 | -28 | $1,711 | $21,771,671 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 10 | - | 200 Cigarettes | $4,068,407 | - | 976 | - | $4,168 | $4,068,407 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 8 | Office Space | $3,242,765 | -40.5% | 1,740 | - | $1,863 | $8,693,366 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Life Is Beautiful | $2,785,779 | -10.3% | 681 | -4 | $4,090 | $28,206,027 | 19 | Miramax | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Rushmore | $2,524,566 | -28.9% | 790 | +26 | $3,195 | $13,027,936 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Saving Private Ryan | $2,209,255 | -30.9% | 1,008 | -131 | $2,191 | $206,138,843 | 32 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Patch Adams | $1,111,700 | -49.1% | 878 | -650 | $1,266 | $130,913,105 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | Elizabeth | $1,077,900 | -26.6% | 571 | -53 | $1,887 | $25,486,316 | 17 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | Varsity Blues | $906,221 | -52% | 1,184 | -463 | $765 | $51,441,829 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Affliction | $906,011 | -37.6% | 335 | +12 | $2,704 | $3,361,885 | 10 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 19 | 13 | Jawbreaker | $899,639 | -55.1% | 801 | - | $1,123 | $2,901,796 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | The Rugrats Movie | $885,985 | -11% | 708 | -110 | $1,251 | $98,468,723 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 41 | Star Trek: Insurrection | $762,807 | +402.8% | 671 | +460 | $1,136 | $69,154,441 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 19 | Waking Ned Devine | $757,911 | -26.9% | 358 | -71 | $2,117 | $22,326,081 | 15 | - | false | false |
| 23 | 24 | The Prince of Egypt | $721,301 | -12.8% | 727 | -109 | $992 | $97,249,843 | 11 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 24 | 25 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $685,687 | -3.8% | 29 | +1 | $23,644 | $7,357,581 | 19 | IMAX | false | false |
| 25 | 23 | The Waterboy | $641,729 | -25.8% | 532 | -100 | $1,206 | $159,712,528 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 26 | Mighty Joe Young | $566,077 | -19.2% | 627 | -92 | $902 | $49,254,161 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 18 | The Thin Red Line | $554,329 | -57.2% | 436 | -469 | $1,271 | $35,287,422 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 28 | 22 | A Simple Plan | $497,792 | -45% | 514 | -111 | $968 | $15,353,415 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 28 | A Bug's Life | $493,156 | -26.7% | 558 | -187 | $883 | $158,672,084 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | 44 | The Faculty | $462,929 | +449.4% | 1,129 | +991 | $410 | $38,670,218 | 10 | Miramax | false | false |
| 31 | 30 | Everest | $460,309 | -24.7% | 55 | - | $8,369 | $60,525,878 | 52 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 32 | 32 | Central Station | $448,829 | -8.3% | 129 | +19 | $3,479 | $3,557,992 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 33 | 31 | Enemy of the State | $427,290 | -26.5% | 445 | -118 | $960 | $110,345,340 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 34 | 49 | Pleasantville | $370,492 | +609.8% | 335 | +302 | $1,105 | $39,782,106 | 19 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 35 | - | Mysteries of Egypt | $350,262 | - | 18 | - | $19,459 | $4,702,580 | 28 | IMAX | false | false |
| 36 | 21 | A Civil Action | $340,189 | -64.3% | 426 | -464 | $798 | $55,673,331 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 37 | - | Just the Ticket | $310,361 | - | 82 | - | $3,784 | $310,361 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 38 | 29 | You've Got Mail | $275,381 | -55.1% | 310 | -621 | $888 | $113,823,462 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 39 | 34 | Little Voice | $221,650 | -40.4% | 143 | -47 | $1,550 | $4,209,865 | 13 | Miramax | false | false |
| 40 | 35 | Gods and Monsters | $220,375 | -32.2% | 115 | -34 | $1,916 | $3,951,592 | 17 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 41 | 51 | In Dreams | $195,447 | +309.6% | 188 | +128 | $1,039 | $11,883,693 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 42 | 40 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $179,689 | +2.4% | 12 | - | $14,974 | $5,509,003 | 44 | IMAX | false | false |
| 43 | 27 | Stepmom | $166,988 | -75.4% | 404 | -329 | $413 | $90,287,179 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 44 | - | Babar: King of the Elephants | $163,475 | - | 52 | - | $3,143 | $163,475 | 1 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | true | false |
| 45 | 36 | At First Sight | $150,932 | -26.7% | 228 | -118 | $661 | $22,034,638 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 46 | 42 | Another Day in Paradise | $138,362 | +32.2% | 65 | +19 | $2,128 | $664,923 | 10 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 47 | 37 | Virus | $100,170 | -46.5% | 178 | -68 | $562 | $13,853,370 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 48 | - | Histoires d'hiver | $96,028 | - | 30 | - | $3,200 | $96,028 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 49 | 48 | Tango | $75,412 | +39.9% | 5 | - | $15,082 | $244,722 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 50 | 45 | Children of Heaven | $68,053 | -14.5% | 12 | +2 | $5,671 | $345,894 | 6 | Miramax | false | false |
| 51 | 50 | The General | $65,607 | +32.9% | 18 | +2 | $3,644 | $720,117 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 52 | - | 20 Dates | $54,169 | - | 3 | - | $18,056 | $54,169 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 53 | 39 | Simply Irresistible | $51,716 | -71.6% | 102 | -197 | $507 | $4,138,010 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 54 | - | Dancemaker | $4,045 | - | - | - | - | $4,045 | 1 | Artistic License | true | false |
