| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 4 | $11,651,072 | +62.5% | 21.7% | 4 | James and the Giant Peach | $7,539,098 | 64.7% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 6 | $10,219,930 | +68% | 19.1% | 2 | Fear | $6,312,240 | 61.8% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $9,121,270 | -11.5% | 17% | 3 | Primal Fear | $8,108,561 | 88.9% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 1 | $8,072,223 | -28.1% | 15.1% | 2 | The Birdcage | $6,772,210 | 83.9% | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 5 | 3 | $6,136,506 | -40.3% | 11.5% | 2 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate | $5,797,633 | 94.5% | 2 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 6 | 8 | $3,303,024 | +87% | 6.2% | 3 | Flirting with Disaster | $3,021,024 | 91.5% | 4 | Miramax | - |
| 7 | 5 | $3,072,312 | -51.7% | 5.7% | 1 | Executive Decision | $3,072,312 | 100% | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,881,347 | -48.2% | 3.5% | 1 | Fargo | $1,881,347 | 100% | 6 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
