| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Titanic | $25,907,172 | +2.6% | 2,853 | +82 | $9,080 | $308,100,203 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Great Expectations | $9,593,290 | - | 1,867 | - | $5,138 | $9,593,290 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | Good Will Hunting | $8,432,211 | -0.9% | 1,831 | - | $4,605 | $59,514,144 | 9 | Miramax | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Spice World | $7,027,688 | -33.2% | 2,339 | - | $3,004 | $19,002,697 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | As Good as It Gets | $6,609,700 | -12.1% | 1,778 | +15 | $3,717 | $85,572,016 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | - | Desperate Measures | $5,833,412 | - | 1,963 | - | $2,971 | $5,833,412 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 7 | 6 | Wag the Dog | $4,775,744 | +9% | 1,685 | -41 | $2,834 | $29,533,670 | 6 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 8 | - | Deep Rising | $4,737,793 | - | 1,758 | - | $2,694 | $4,737,793 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 5 | Fallen | $2,825,519 | -42.9% | 2,150 | -298 | $1,314 | $21,364,366 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Hard Rain | $2,686,082 | -27.5% | 2,132 | - | $1,259 | $16,621,161 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Half Baked | $1,880,255 | -39.4% | 1,635 | -68 | $1,150 | $14,849,775 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Tomorrow Never Dies | $1,755,578 | -36% | 1,306 | -599 | $1,344 | $118,168,666 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Mousehunt | $1,524,237 | -31% | 1,350 | -426 | $1,129 | $56,639,263 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Amistad | $1,383,825 | -21.4% | 908 | -111 | $1,524 | $39,472,352 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | Phantoms | $1,122,168 | -63.4% | 1,853 | -6 | $605 | $5,085,563 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | - | Zero Effect | $434,840 | - | 100 | - | $4,348 | $434,840 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 17 | - | Deceiver | $279,103 | - | 211 | - | $1,322 | $279,103 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 18 | 15 | The Devil's Advocate | $204,341 | -34.6% | 305 | -345 | $669 | $60,725,810 | 16 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | - | Four Days in September | $32,017 | - | 6 | - | $5,336 | $32,017 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
