| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 3 | $13,947,853 | +36.1% | 17.3% | 8 | Shakespeare in Love | $5,827,713 | 41.8% | 11 | Miramax | - |
| 3 | 2 | $12,735,726 | -0.8% | 15.8% | 7 | My Favorite Martian | $6,911,596 | 54.3% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 1 | $10,680,250 | -36.2% | 13.2% | 3 | Message in a Bottle | $10,042,342 | 94% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 6 | $7,833,825 | +150.3% | 9.7% | 4 | October Sky | $5,905,250 | 75.4% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $6,011,953 | -22.6% | 7.4% | 5 | Blast from the Past | $5,839,227 | 97.1% | 2 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 8 | 5 | $3,112,968 | -31.6% | 3.9% | 4 | Saving Private Ryan | $2,417,157 | 77.6% | 31 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 9 | 7 | $2,202,343 | +100.2% | 2.7% | 3 | Jawbreaker | $1,603,425 | 72.8% | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
