| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 3 | $27,329,451 | +198.5% | 33.9% | 5 | Payback | $21,221,526 | 77.7% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $17,273,858 | -24.5% | 21.4% | 8 | She's All That | $11,652,050 | 67.5% | 2 | Miramax | - |
| 3 | 2 | $9,272,636 | -6.3% | 11.5% | 6 | A Civil Action | $3,075,382 | 33.2% | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 6 | $6,140,354 | +45.9% | 7.6% | 4 | Saving Private Ryan | $3,609,717 | 58.8% | 29 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 5 | 4 | $5,098,740 | -35.2% | 6.3% | 4 | Patch Adams | $4,407,335 | 86.4% | 7 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $4,262,760 | +21.1% | 5.3% | 3 | Simply Irresistible | $2,232,686 | 52.4% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 5 | $2,782,421 | -41.3% | 3.5% | 5 | Stepmom | $2,513,269 | 90.3% | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 8 | 8 | $2,531,069 | -20.2% | 3.1% | 2 | You've Got Mail | $2,189,019 | 86.5% | 8 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 9 | 9 | $1,464,879 | -44.7% | 1.8% | 1 | At First Sight | $1,464,879 | 100% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 10 | 10 | $1,340,020 | -11.2% | 1.7% | 1 | Waking Ned Devine | $1,340,020 | 100% | 12 | - | - |
| 11 | 12 | $592,227 | +4.5% | 0.7% | 3 | Hilary and Jackie | $530,029 | 89.5% | 6 | October Films | - |
| 12 | 11 | $538,776 | -17.6% | 0.7% | 1 | Elizabeth | $538,776 | 100% | 14 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 13 | 15 | $451,694 | +20.4% | 0.6% | 4 | Central Station | $255,830 | 56.6% | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 14 | 13 | $433,377 | -2.9% | 0.5% | 2 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $338,474 | 78.1% | 16 | IMAX | - |
| 15 | 14 | $380,729 | -2% | 0.5% | 4 | Gods and Monsters | $137,195 | 36% | 14 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 16 | 17 | $275,217 | +2.8% | 0.3% | 1 | Everest | $275,217 | 100% | 49 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - |
| 17 | 16 | $177,395 | -43.3% | 0.2% | 2 | Rush Hour | $142,059 | 80.1% | 21 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 18 | 18 | $71,687 | -46.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Hurlyburly | $71,687 | 100% | 7 | Fine Line Features | - |
| 19 | 20 | $69,569 | +47.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Another Day in Paradise | $69,569 | 100% | 6 | Trimark Pictures | - |
| 20 | 19 | $54,589 | -18% | <0.1% | 2 | My Name Is Joe | $31,773 | 58.2% | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | - |
