Domestic Box Office For 1998
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 282 | Genealogies of a Crime | $77,998 | - | - | - | - | Mar 27 | Aug 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 268 | The Beyond | $123,843 | 15 | $18,148 | 14.7% | 7 | Jun 12 | Mar 9 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 238 | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | $354,004 | 12 | $63,202 | 17.9% | 10 | Oct 7 | Dec 23 | Strand Releasing |
| 229 | The Eel | $418,480 | 6 | $29,879 | 7.1% | 3 | Aug 21 | Dec 9 | New Yorker Films |
| 286 | The Mirror | $69,915 | - | - | - | - | Sep 18 | Dec 2 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 250 | The Swindle | $250,899 | 5 | $24,917 | 9.9% | 3 | Dec 23 | Nov 25 | New Yorker Films |
| 224 | Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary | $563,482 | 6 | $7,607 | 1.3% | 1 | Jul 10 | Oct 14 | Providence Entertainment |
| 249 | A Place Called Chiapas | $252,546 | - | - | - | - | Nov 4 | Oct 14 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 291 | The Ogre | $50,935 | - | - | - | - | Dec 11 | Sep 23 | Kino International |
| 76 | Waking Ned Devine | $24,792,251 | 540 | $148,971 | 0.6% | 9 | Nov 20 | Jun 24 | - |
| 201 | The General | $1,214,198 | 41 | $26,771 | 2.2% | 2 | Dec 18 | May 27 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 4 | A Bug's Life | $162,798,565 | 2,773 | $291,121 | 0.2% | 1 | Nov 20 | May 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 59 | The Thin Red Line | $36,400,491 | 1,657 | $282,534 | 0.8% | 5 | Dec 25 | May 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 276 | The Brandon Teena Story | $92,113 | 2 | $11,281 | 12.2% | 1 | Sep 23 | May 13 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 176 | Dancing at Lughnasa | $2,287,818 | 93 | $83,759 | 3.7% | 4 | Nov 13 | Apr 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 245 | Marius and Jeannette | $285,038 | - | - | - | - | Apr 24 | Apr 8 | New Yorker Films |
| 264 | Six-String Samurai | $146,125 | 16 | $36,896 | 25.2% | 16 | Sep 18 | Apr 8 | Palm Pictures |
| 261 | The Hi-Lo Country | $166,082 | 16 | $17,712 | 10.7% | 3 | Dec 30 | Mar 18 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 329 | The Jew in the Lotus | $6,940 | - | - | - | - | Sep 3 | Feb 11 | Blind Dog Films |
| 307 | The Last Big Thing | $22,731 | - | - | - | - | Sep 25 | Feb 11 | - |
| 205 | The Thief | $1,126,506 | 39 | $33,340 | 3% | 3 | Jul 17 | Feb 11 | - |
| 284 | The Theory of Flight | $73,233 | 13 | $15,179 | 20.7% | 6 | Dec 23 | Feb 4 | Fine Line Features |
| 206 | Déjà Vu | $1,086,181 | 39 | $29,018 | 2.7% | 7 | Apr 24 | Jan 21 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 164 | The Governess | $3,719,509 | 135 | $57,799 | 1.6% | 6 | Jul 31 | Jan 14 | Miramax |
| 272 | Shattered Image | $106,116 | 24 | $31,859 | 30% | 24 | Dec 4 | Jan 14 | Lionsgate Films |
| 179 | Touch of Evil 1998 Re-release | $2,247,465 | 45 | $70,725 | 3.1% | 3 | Sep 11 | Jan 7 | October Films |
| 213 | Firelight | $785,482 | 39 | $135,401 | 17.2% | 10 | Sep 4 | Dec 31 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 297 | First Love, Last Rites | $42,953 | 6 | $13,809 | 32.1% | 6 | Aug 7 | Dec 24 | Strand Releasing |
| 241 | Monument Ave. | $333,760 | 24 | $41,556 | 12.5% | 10 | Sep 25 | Dec 24 | Lionsgate Films |
| 317 | Hard Core Logo | $14,540 | 2 | $3,864 | 26.6% | 2 | Nov 13 | Dec 24 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 326 | Hi-Life | $9,066 | 1 | $3,773 | 41.6% | 1 | Dec 4 | Dec 24 | Lionsgate Films |
| 227 | Cube | $501,818 | 24 | $57,147 | 11.4% | 16 | Sep 11 | Dec 3 | Trimark Pictures |
| 168 | Pi | $3,221,152 | 68 | $31,069 | 1% | 1 | Jul 10 | Dec 3 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 313 | Ten Benny | $15,843 | - | - | - | - | Nov 13 | Dec 3 | Artistic License |
| 318 | Savior | $14,328 | 4 | $3,898 | 27.2% | 2 | Nov 20 | Dec 3 | Lionsgate Films |
| 222 | Orgazmo | $602,302 | 94 | $210,073 | 34.9% | 94 | Oct 23 | Nov 26 | October Films |
| 214 | Without Limits | $777,423 | 110 | $56,180 | 7.2% | 5 | Sep 11 | Nov 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 151 | The Opposite of Sex | $5,881,367 | 165 | $102,385 | 1.7% | 5 | May 22 | Nov 26 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 335 | Thursday | $3,121 | 2 | $1,971 | 63.2% | 2 | Nov 13 | Nov 19 | - |
| 42 | Small Soldiers | $54,682,547 | 2,613 | $14,047,592 | 25.7% | 2,539 | Jul 10 | Nov 19 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 198 | Henry Fool | $1,338,335 | 51 | $40,939 | 3.1% | 2 | Jun 19 | Nov 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 203 | Permanent Midnight | $1,171,001 | 90 | $260,562 | 22.3% | 55 | Sep 18 | Nov 12 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 309 | Talk of Angels | $18,281 | 2 | $6,876 | 37.6% | 2 | Oct 30 | Nov 12 | Miramax |
| 258 | Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life | $205,246 | 4 | $26,101 | 12.7% | 2 | Feb 13 | Nov 12 | Strand Releasing |
| 271 | Lawn Dogs | $106,404 | 12 | $22,491 | 21.1% | 12 | May 15 | Nov 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 159 | Your Friends and Neighbors | $4,714,658 | 246 | $340,288 | 7.2% | 32 | Aug 21 | Nov 5 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 215 | Nights of Cabiria 1998 Re-release | $752,045 | 9 | $38,988 | 5.2% | 2 | Jul 1 | Nov 5 | Rialto Pictures |
| 292 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | $49,582 | 5 | $27,492 | 55.4% | 5 | Jun 26 | Nov 5 | - |
| 296 | Digging to China | $43,961 | 10 | $19,162 | 43.6% | 10 | Sep 11 | Oct 22 | - |
| 243 | Whatever | $307,037 | - | - | - | - | Jul 10 | Oct 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 225 | Clockwatchers | $537,948 | 9 | $34,838 | 6.5% | 6 | May 15 | Oct 22 | Artistic License |
| 334 | Detroit 9000 | $3,179 | 2 | $2,054 | 64.6% | 2 | Oct 9 | Oct 15 | - |
| 320 | Hit Me | $12,500 | 3 | $3,348 | 26.8% | 1 | Oct 2 | Oct 15 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 306 | Chicago Cab | $23,946 | 2 | $2,947 | 12.3% | 1 | Sep 11 | Oct 8 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 314 | Esmeralda Comes by Night | $15,671 | - | - | - | - | Sep 18 | Oct 8 | Fine Line Features |
| 327 | Ill Gotten Gains | $8,329 | 8 | $4,401 | 52.8% | 8 | Sep 18 | Oct 1 | Spats Films |
| 277 | The Young Girls of Rochefort | $91,837 | - | - | - | - | Aug 14 | Oct 1 | Miramax |
| 185 | Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss | $2,070,399 | - | - | - | - | Jul 24 | Oct 1 | Trimark Pictures |
| 251 | Passion in the Desert | $250,897 | - | - | - | - | Jun 12 | Sep 17 | Fine Line Features |
| 303 | Carla's Song | $25,845 | - | - | - | - | Jun 26 | Sep 3 | Shadow Distribution |
| 212 | Strike! | $907,996 | 133 | $307,763 | 33.9% | 133 | Aug 21 | Sep 3 | Miramax |
| 187 | The Butcher Boy | $1,995,911 | 90 | $135,606 | 6.8% | 9 | Apr 3 | Aug 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 193 | Suicide Kings | $1,740,156 | 152 | $558,081 | 32.1% | 135 | Apr 17 | Jul 23 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 181 | Chinese Box | $2,178,160 | 106 | $97,916 | 4.5% | 12 | Apr 17 | Jul 16 | Trimark Pictures |
| 226 | Wild Man Blues | $533,759 | 25 | $54,458 | 10.2% | 3 | Apr 17 | Jul 16 | New Line Cinema |
| 259 | Beyond Silence | $181,881 | 21 | $14,015 | 7.7% | 4 | Jun 5 | Jul 9 | Miramax |
| 308 | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | $19,285 | - | - | - | - | May 15 | Jul 2 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 319 | Little Boy Blue | $12,958 | - | - | - | - | May 29 | Jul 2 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 275 | Family Resemblances | $92,806 | - | - | - | - | Jun 12 | Jul 2 | Leisure Time Features |
| 54 | Primary Colors | $39,001,187 | 1,976 | $12,045,395 | 30.9% | 1,965 | Mar 20 | Jun 25 | Universal Pictures |
| 237 | Artemisia | $356,749 | 17 | $32,941 | 9.2% | 4 | May 8 | Jun 18 | Miramax |
| 221 | Character | $623,983 | 42 | $37,268 | 6% | 6 | Mar 27 | Jun 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 262 | Fallen Angels | $163,145 | 3 | $13,804 | 8.5% | 1 | Jan 21 | Jun 11 | Kino International |
| 304 | Go Now | $25,695 | 3 | $3,657 | 14.2% | 1 | May 1 | May 28 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 285 | Plump Fiction | $71,145 | 45 | $37,260 | 52.4% | 45 | May 15 | May 28 | - |
| 255 | No Looking Back | $222,099 | 23 | $44,003 | 19.8% | 7 | Mar 27 | May 28 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 216 | The Big One | $720,074 | 53 | $146,909 | 20.4% | 33 | Apr 10 | May 28 | Miramax |
| 253 | Still Breathing | $228,455 | 67 | $86,659 | 37.9% | 67 | May 1 | May 28 | October Films |
| 273 | Little Men | $104,255 | 111 | $77,924 | 74.7% | 111 | May 8 | May 21 | - |
| 248 | Nil by Mouth | $266,130 | 18 | $28,367 | 10.7% | 2 | Feb 6 | May 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 332 | The Other Side of Sunday | $4,769 | 1 | $2,621 | 55% | 1 | May 1 | May 7 | First Look International |
| 256 | Niagara, Niagara | $214,661 | 33 | $16,745 | 7.8% | 3 | Mar 20 | May 7 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 156 | Ride | $5,485,295 | 509 | $2,513,334 | 45.8% | 496 | Mar 27 | Apr 30 | Miramax |
| 288 | Sonatine | $58,834 | 6 | $17,527 | 29.8% | 2 | Apr 10 | Apr 23 | - |
| 310 | The Leading Man | $18,012 | 3 | $2,483 | 13.8% | 2 | Mar 6 | Apr 16 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 328 | The Last of the High Kings | $7,682 | 3 | $5,569 | 72.5% | 3 | Apr 10 | Apr 16 | Miramax |
| 246 | Wide Awake | $282,175 | 43 | $95,875 | 34% | 29 | Mar 20 | Apr 9 | Miramax |
| 333 | Eden | $4,210 | 1 | $1,564 | 37.1% | 1 | Mar 27 | Apr 9 | - |
| 298 | Century of Cinema: A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | $39,075 | 1 | $10,350 | 26.5% | 1 | Mar 6 | Mar 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 293 | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn | $45,779 | 19 | $28,992 | 63.3% | 19 | Feb 27 | Mar 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 316 | The Break | $14,760 | 1 | $5,975 | 40.5% | 1 | Feb 20 | Mar 5 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 322 | True Friends | $12,231 | - | - | - | - | Jan 30 | Feb 12 | 2nd Generation Films |
| 280 | Slappy and the Stinkers | $80,837 | 60 | $34,488 | 42.7% | 60 | Jan 23 | Feb 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 336 | Pretty Village, Pretty Flame | $211 | 1 | $141 | 66.8% | 1 | Jan 16 | Jan 22 | Wellspring Media |
| 287 | The Alarmist | $59,864 | 11 | $7,787 | 13% | 1 | Oct 16 | Jan 19 | Lionsgate Films |
| 101 | Dead Man on Campus | $15,064,946 | 1,830 | $4,704,688 | 31.2% | 1,797 | Aug 21 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 102 | Twilight | $15,055,091 | 1,354 | $5,866,411 | 39% | 1,351 | Mar 6 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 103 | The Wizard of Oz 1998 Re-release | $14,836,984 | 1,882 | $5,354,311 | 36.1% | 1,879 | Nov 6 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 104 | Soldier | $14,594,226 | 2,507 | $6,447,237 | 44.2% | 2,507 | Oct 23 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 105 | Dark City | $14,378,331 | 1,754 | $5,576,953 | 38.8% | 1,754 | Feb 27 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 106 | Les Misérables | $14,096,321 | 1,477 | $5,011,840 | 35.6% | 1,477 | May 1 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 107 | Blues Brothers 2000 | $14,051,384 | 2,516 | $6,129,615 | 43.6% | 2,507 | Feb 6 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 108 | Desperate Measures | $13,806,137 | 1,963 | $5,833,412 | 42.3% | 1,963 | Jan 30 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 109 | Hush | $13,583,690 | 1,966 | $5,742,431 | 42.3% | 1,966 | Mar 6 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 110 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $13,485,455 | 15 | - | - | - | May 1 | - | IMAX |
| 111 | Black Dog | $12,951,088 | 2,050 | $4,809,375 | 37.1% | 2,025 | May 1 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 112 | Living Out Loud | $12,905,901 | 1,087 | $169,747 | 1.3% | 8 | Oct 30 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 113 | Senseless | $12,874,899 | 1,850 | $5,337,651 | 41.5% | 1,843 | Feb 20 | - | Dimension Films |
| 114 | Mr. Nice Guy | $12,716,953 | 1,463 | $5,250,704 | 41.3% | 1,463 | Mar 20 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 115 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | $12,461,773 | 1,377 | $3,946,382 | 31.7% | 1,369 | Aug 28 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 116 | Barney's Great Adventure | $12,218,638 | 833 | $2,203,865 | 18% | 540 | Apr 3 | - | PolyGram |
| 117 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | $12,214,338 | 1,776 | $3,898,293 | 31.9% | 1,759 | Nov 13 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 118 | Holy Man | $12,069,719 | 2,013 | $5,106,919 | 42.3% | 2,013 | Oct 9 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 119 | Sliding Doors | $11,841,544 | 522 | $834,817 | 7% | 117 | Apr 24 | - | Miramax |
| 120 | Deep Rising | $11,203,026 | 1,788 | $4,737,793 | 42.3% | 1,758 | Jan 30 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 121 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | $10,680,275 | 1,130 | $3,338,590 | 31.3% | 1,126 | May 22 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 122 | Home Fries | $10,493,366 | 1,925 | $3,784,023 | 36.1% | 1,925 | Nov 27 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 123 | The Newton Boys | $10,452,012 | 1,969 | $4,010,245 | 38.4% | 1,965 | Mar 27 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 124 | Knock Off | $10,319,915 | 1,800 | $5,516,231 | 53.5% | 1,800 | Sep 4 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 125 | I Got the Hook Up | $10,317,779 | 655 | $3,310,349 | 32.1% | 655 | May 29 | - | Miramax |
| 126 | Air Bud: Golden Receiver | $10,224,116 | 1,669 | $2,603,726 | 25.5% | 1,669 | Aug 14 | - | Miramax |
| 127 | Dirty Work | $10,023,282 | 1,776 | $3,634,236 | 36.3% | 1,776 | Jun 12 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 128 | The Red Violin | $10,019,109 | 261 | $47,415 | 0.5% | 10 | Nov 6 | - | Lionsgate Films |
| 129 | Very Bad Things | $9,898,412 | 1,260 | $3,245,853 | 32.8% | 1,260 | Nov 27 | - | PolyGram |
| 130 | Belly | $9,639,390 | 630 | $3,454,776 | 35.8% | 600 | Nov 6 | - | Artisan Entertainment |
| 131 | Wrongfully Accused | $9,623,329 | 2,062 | $3,504,630 | 36.4% | 2,062 | Aug 21 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 132 | The Spanish Prisoner | $9,584,314 | 296 | $124,011 | 1.3% | 7 | Apr 3 | - | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 133 | Ringmaster | $9,257,103 | 1,320 | $3,344,022 | 36.1% | 1,312 | Nov 27 | - | Artisan Entertainment |
| 134 | Apt Pupil | $8,863,193 | 1,448 | $3,583,151 | 40.4% | 1,448 | Oct 23 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 135 | Return to Paradise | $8,341,087 | 985 | $2,465,129 | 29.6% | 965 | Aug 14 | - | PolyGram |
| 136 | Firestorm | $8,165,212 | 2,057 | $3,849,308 | 47.1% | 2,037 | Jan 9 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 137 | My Giant | $8,072,007 | 1,948 | $3,117,795 | 38.6% | 1,948 | Apr 10 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 138 | Woo | $8,064,972 | 625 | $2,517,263 | 31.2% | 625 | May 8 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 139 | Krippendorf's Tribe | $7,571,115 | 1,529 | $3,316,377 | 43.8% | 1,529 | Feb 27 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 140 | Star Kid | $7,029,025 | 1,053 | $2,958,768 | 42.1% | 1,041 | Jan 16 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 141 | BASEketball | $7,027,290 | 1,910 | $3,086,105 | 43.9% | 1,905 | Jul 31 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 142 | Caught Up | $6,754,958 | 722 | $2,422,631 | 35.9% | 713 | Feb 27 | - | - |
| 143 | Gone with the Wind 1998 Re-release | $6,750,112 | 214 | $1,192,593 | 17.7% | 214 | Jun 26 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 144 | Smoke Signals | $6,745,362 | 66 | $43,574 | 0.6% | 5 | Jun 26 | - | Miramax |
| 145 | American History X | $6,719,864 | 513 | $156,076 | 2.3% | 17 | Oct 30 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 146 | Gods and Monsters | $6,451,628 | 149 | $75,508 | 1.2% | 6 | Nov 6 | - | Lionsgate Films |
| 147 | Affliction | $6,330,054 | 335 | $63,979 | 1% | 3 | Dec 30 | - | Lionsgate Films |
| 148 | Almost Heroes | $6,136,856 | 2,048 | $2,837,928 | 46.2% | 2,048 | May 29 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 149 | Les Boys II | $5,974,732 | 88 | - | - | - | Dec 11 | - | Lionsgate Films |
| 150 | Central Station | $5,969,553 | 144 | $35,708 | 0.6% | 2 | Nov 20 | - | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 152 | Palmetto | $5,878,911 | 1,505 | $2,876,753 | 48.9% | 1,505 | Feb 20 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 153 | Down in the Delta | $5,672,903 | 417 | - | - | - | Dec 25 | - | Miramax |
| 154 | Phantoms | $5,624,282 | 1,859 | $3,065,951 | 54.5% | 1,859 | Jan 23 | - | Miramax |
| 155 | Slums of Beverly Hills | $5,502,773 | 253 | $125,561 | 2.3% | 7 | Aug 14 | - | - |
| 157 | Celebrity | $5,078,660 | 493 | $1,588,013 | 31.3% | 493 | Nov 20 | - | Miramax |
| 158 | Hilary and Jackie | $4,912,892 | 300 | $92,956 | 1.9% | 6 | Dec 30 | - | October Films |
| 160 | Little Voice | $4,611,784 | 215 | $93,722 | 2% | 6 | Dec 4 | - | Miramax |
| 161 | Dangerous Beauty | $4,553,271 | 313 | $105,989 | 2.3% | 10 | Feb 20 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 162 | Meet the Deedles | $4,356,216 | 1,763 | $2,006,751 | 46.1% | 1,763 | Mar 27 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 163 | Kissing a Fool | $4,106,588 | 1,754 | $2,308,145 | 56.2% | 1,742 | Feb 27 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 165 | Major League: Back to the Minors | $3,572,443 | 2,322 | $2,087,011 | 58.4% | 2,322 | Apr 17 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 166 | Next Stop Wonderland | $3,395,581 | 224 | $123,055 | 3.6% | 8 | Aug 21 | - | Miramax |
| 167 | Mrs Dalloway | $3,309,421 | 8 | $90,127 | 2.7% | 8 | Feb 20 | - | First Look International |
| 169 | The Last Days of Disco | $3,020,601 | 168 | $277,601 | 9.2% | 22 | May 29 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 170 | Happiness | $2,982,011 | 60 | $130,303 | 4.4% | 6 | Oct 16 | - | Good Machine |
| 171 | Freeriders | $2,750,064 | 30 | $264,548 | 9.6% | 11 | Oct 20 | - | - |
| 172 | The Mighty | $2,652,246 | 518 | $87,705 | 3.3% | 9 | Oct 9 | - | Miramax |
| 173 | Love and Death on Long Island | $2,581,012 | 6 | $78,151 | 3% | 6 | Mar 6 | - | Lionsgate Films |
| 174 | Buffalo '66 | $2,375,097 | 25 | $39,555 | 1.7% | 2 | Jun 26 | - | Lionsgate Films |
| 175 | Mark Twain's America in | $2,297,096 | 2 | - | - | - | Jul 2 | - | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 177 | Hav Plenty | $2,284,034 | 413 | $1,102,036 | 48.2% | 413 | Jun 19 | - | Miramax |
| 178 | Pecker | $2,281,761 | 184 | $541,646 | 23.7% | 184 | Sep 25 | - | Fine Line Features |
| 180 | The Impostors | $2,198,044 | 162 | $308,767 | 14% | 66 | Oct 2 | - | - |
| 182 | Tarzan and the Lost City | $2,172,941 | 1,412 | $1,110,564 | 51.1% | 1,412 | Apr 24 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 183 | Wilde | $2,158,775 | 7 | $69,424 | 3.2% | 7 | May 1 | - | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 184 | Zero Effect | $2,087,471 | 129 | $434,840 | 20.8% | 100 | Jan 30 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 186 | Two Girls and a Guy | $2,057,193 | 316 | $649,423 | 31.6% | 316 | Apr 24 | - | - |
| 188 | High Art | $1,960,216 | 4 | $47,499 | 2.4% | 4 | Jun 12 | - | October Films |
| 189 | Oscar and Lucinda | $1,897,404 | 65 | $83,461 | 4.4% | 7 | Jan 2 | - | - |
| 190 | Hurlyburly | $1,798,862 | 84 | $164,826 | 9.2% | 16 | Dec 25 | - | Fine Line Features |
| 191 | Clay Pigeons | $1,794,086 | 297 | $167,364 | 9.3% | 19 | Sep 25 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 192 | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | $1,782,005 | 149 | $39,517 | 2.2% | 5 | Sep 18 | - | October Films |
| 194 | Live Flesh | $1,713,459 | - | - | - | - | Jan 16 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 195 | The Gingerbread Man | $1,677,131 | 30 | $118,278 | 7.1% | 8 | Jan 23 | - | PolyGram |
| 196 | The Celebration | $1,656,223 | 28 | - | - | - | Oct 9 | - | October Films |
| 197 | In God's Hands | $1,546,414 | 109 | $555,342 | 35.9% | 109 | Apr 24 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 199 | Cousin Bette | $1,295,194 | 68 | $76,488 | 5.9% | 13 | Jun 12 | - | - |
| 200 | One Tough Cop | $1,223,034 | 415 | $651,350 | 53.3% | 415 | Oct 9 | - | - |
| 202 | Nightwatch | $1,179,002 | 300 | $585,733 | 49.7% | 300 | Apr 17 | - | Miramax |
| 204 | A Price Above Rubies | $1,130,732 | 44 | $36,063 | 3.2% | 4 | Mar 27 | - | Miramax |
| 207 | Lolita | $1,071,255 | 1 | $19,492 | 1.8% | 1 | Jul 24 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 208 | Velvet Goldmine | $1,053,788 | 85 | $301,787 | 28.6% | 85 | Nov 6 | - | Miramax |
| 209 | Another Day in Paradise | $1,036,818 | 65 | $14,900 | 1.4% | 3 | Dec 30 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 210 | Slam | $1,009,819 | - | - | - | - | Oct 7 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 211 | Men with Guns | $910,773 | - | - | - | - | Jan 27 | - | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 217 | Strangeland | $713,239 | 315 | $373,288 | 52.3% | 315 | Oct 2 | - | Artisan Entertainment |
| 218 | Polish Wedding | $692,588 | 59 | $92,055 | 13.3% | 11 | Jul 17 | - | - |
| 219 | Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 | $676,631 | 28 | $87,983 | 13% | 26 | May 1 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 220 | Kurt & Courtney | $668,228 | 12 | $16,835 | 2.5% | 1 | Feb 27 | - | Roxie Releasing |
| 223 | Deceiver | $572,433 | 211 | $279,103 | 48.8% | 211 | Jan 30 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 228 | Fireworks | $500,000 | 12 | $59,508 | 11.9% | 9 | Mar 20 | - | Milestone |
| 230 | Bugs Bunny Film Festival | $413,076 | 1 | $12,285 | 3% | 1 | Feb 13 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 231 | Four Days in September | $397,517 | 43 | $32,017 | 8.1% | 6 | Jan 30 | - | Miramax |
| 232 | Swept from the Sea | $397,020 | 55 | $163,289 | 41.1% | 55 | Jan 23 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 233 | Steam: The Turkish Bath | $384,793 | 6 | - | - | - | Nov 27 | - | Strand Releasing |
