| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 8 | $12,419,099 | +283.2% | 21.8% | 3 | The Big Hit | $10,809,424 | 87% | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 2 | 1 | $10,783,369 | -25.2% | 19% | 3 | City of Angels | $9,010,662 | 83.6% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 2 | $7,386,488 | -40.5% | 13% | 2 | Titanic | $4,938,575 | 66.9% | 19 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $6,047,068 | -45.5% | 10.6% | 2 | Lost in Space | $4,012,765 | 66.4% | 4 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 5 | 4 | $5,161,304 | -46.9% | 9.1% | 1 | The Object of My Affection | $5,161,304 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 5 | $4,455,048 | -19.9% | 7.8% | 3 | Paulie | $4,382,728 | 98.4% | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 7 | 6 | $2,991,580 | -43.2% | 5.3% | 2 | Mercury Rising | $2,158,180 | 72.1% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 9 | $1,868,421 | -8.9% | 3.3% | 2 | Good Will Hunting | $1,033,604 | 55.3% | 21 | Miramax | - |
| 10 | 7 | $1,573,525 | -60.8% | 2.8% | 2 | Species II | $1,573,525 | 100% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 11 | 12 | $876,981 | +177% | 1.5% | 1 | The Spanish Prisoner | $876,981 | 100% | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 12 | 10 | $851,806 | -42.2% | 1.5% | 1 | Barney's Great Adventure | $851,806 | 100% | 4 | PolyGram | - |
