| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | $28,716,310 | -13.8% | 30.3% | 1 | Titanic | $28,716,310 | 100% | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 6 | $13,999,138 | +45.8% | 14.8% | 2 | Good Will Hunting | $10,261,471 | 73.3% | 6 | Miramax | - |
| 3 | 5 | $9,131,819 | -26.5% | 9.6% | 2 | As Good as It Gets | $9,012,839 | 98.7% | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 4 | 12 | $7,778,122 | +550.8% | 8.2% | 1 | Wag the Dog | $7,778,122 | 100% | 3 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 5 | 2 | $7,537,891 | -45.4% | 8% | 1 | Tomorrow Never Dies | $7,537,891 | 100% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 6 | 4 | $7,293,110 | -43.5% | 7.7% | 3 | Mousehunt | $4,602,621 | 63.1% | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 7 | 3 | $5,889,334 | -54.8% | 6.2% | 4 | An American Werewolf in Paris | $2,113,439 | 35.9% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $5,295,502 | -11.1% | 5.6% | 2 | Firestorm | $3,849,308 | 72.7% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 7 | $3,581,635 | -50.8% | 3.8% | 1 | Scream 2 | $3,581,635 | 100% | 5 | Dimension Films | - |
| 10 | 10 | $3,253,460 | +1.3% | 3.4% | 2 | The Boxer | $1,758,565 | 54.1% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 11 | 11 | $1,172,608 | -43.7% | 1.2% | 1 | Deconstructing Harry | $1,172,608 | 100% | 5 | Fine Line Features | - |
| 12 | 9 | $1,149,238 | -68.1% | 1.2% | 2 | The Postman | $1,127,922 | 98.1% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
