| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | $18,789,953 | -9.8% | 22.8% | 3 | Titanic | $17,165,239 | 91.4% | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 4 | $14,132,959 | +125% | 17.1% | 3 | Wild Things | $9,622,444 | 68.1% | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 4 | 2 | $11,077,005 | -35.9% | 13.4% | 1 | The Man in the Iron Mask | $11,077,005 | 100% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 5 | 5 | $8,920,428 | +46% | 10.8% | 3 | Mr. Nice Guy | $5,250,704 | 58.9% | 1 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 6 | 3 | $8,721,842 | -35.3% | 10.6% | 2 | U.S. Marshals | $7,225,511 | 82.8% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 7 | 6 | $4,122,627 | -14.9% | 5% | 2 | Good Will Hunting | $4,026,752 | 97.7% | 16 | Miramax | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,830,629 | -47.7% | 2.2% | 1 | The Big Lebowski | $1,830,629 | 100% | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 9 | 9 | $1,169,836 | -8.9% | 1.4% | 1 | The Apostle | $1,169,836 | 100% | 14 | October Films | - |
| 10 | 8 | $1,041,278 | -20.7% | 1.3% | 1 | The Borrowers | $1,041,278 | 100% | 6 | PolyGram | - |
| 12 | 11 | $258,293 | -29.2% | 0.3% | 2 | Amistad | $213,748 | 82.8% | 15 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
