| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 2 | $19,246,207 | -19.1% | 18% | 4 | Varsity Blues | $13,067,175 | 67.9% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $18,006,720 | -34.3% | 16.8% | 5 | A Civil Action | $9,317,483 | 51.7% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $14,543,815 | -32.8% | 13.6% | 5 | Patch Adams | $10,019,195 | 68.9% | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 6 | $10,498,945 | -2.9% | 9.8% | 7 | Shakespeare in Love | $5,156,318 | 49.1% | 7 | Miramax | - |
| 5 | 8 | $9,829,884 | +3.4% | 9.2% | 6 | Stepmom | $6,599,934 | 67.1% | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 6 | 5 | $8,526,894 | -33.9% | 8% | 4 | The Prince of Egypt | $4,803,909 | 56.3% | 6 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 7 | 4 | $7,894,439 | -43.4% | 7.4% | 3 | The Thin Red Line | $7,453,428 | 94.4% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 8 | 7 | $5,956,432 | -39% | 5.6% | 1 | At First Sight | $5,956,432 | 100% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 9 | 9 | $5,428,800 | -35% | 5.1% | 3 | You've Got Mail | $5,125,229 | 94.4% | 6 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 10 | 10 | $2,414,108 | -9.6% | 2.3% | 1 | Waking Ned Devine | $2,414,108 | 100% | 10 | - | - |
| 11 | 11 | $856,768 | -14.6% | 0.8% | 2 | Elizabeth | $856,768 | 100% | 12 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 12 | 15 | $627,859 | +26.9% | 0.6% | 2 | Hilary and Jackie | $567,315 | 90.4% | 5 | October Films | - |
| 13 | 13 | $611,803 | +5.2% | 0.6% | 2 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $431,802 | 70.6% | 14 | IMAX | - |
| 14 | 12 | $555,757 | -24% | 0.5% | 2 | Rush Hour | $487,225 | 87.7% | 19 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 15 | 16 | $518,505 | +7.9% | 0.5% | 4 | Central Station | $228,658 | 44.1% | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 16 | 14 | $460,839 | -11.7% | 0.4% | 1 | Everest | $460,839 | 100% | 47 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - |
| 17 | 18 | $373,668 | +23.9% | 0.3% | 4 | Gods and Monsters | $167,580 | 44.8% | 12 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 18 | 17 | $254,574 | -28.2% | 0.2% | 2 | Hurlyburly | $254,574 | 100% | 5 | Fine Line Features | - |
| 19 | 19 | $162,025 | -20.9% | 0.2% | 2 | Ringmaster | $139,613 | 86.2% | 9 | Artisan Entertainment | - |
| 20 | 21 | $96,773 | +634.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Another Day in Paradise | $96,773 | 100% | 5 | Trimark Pictures | - |
| 21 | 22 | $6,228 | +412.6% | <0.1% | 1 | The Winners | $6,228 | 100% | 2 | First Look International | - |
