| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $22,699,938 | -18% | 22.5% | 3 | Titanic | $22,699,938 | 100% | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 4 | $17,485,172 | +108.2% | 17.4% | 3 | Wild Things | $12,544,494 | 71.7% | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 4 | 2 | $13,912,036 | -40.6% | 13.8% | 1 | The Man in the Iron Mask | $13,912,036 | 100% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 5 | 3 | $11,237,226 | -33.1% | 11.2% | 2 | U.S. Marshals | $9,065,827 | 80.7% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 6 | $10,732,065 | +64.8% | 10.7% | 3 | Mr. Nice Guy | $6,526,672 | 60.8% | 1 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 7 | 5 | $5,885,826 | -10.4% | 5.8% | 2 | Good Will Hunting | $5,878,301 | 99.9% | 16 | Miramax | - |
| 8 | 7 | $2,439,065 | -48.3% | 2.4% | 1 | The Big Lebowski | $2,439,065 | 100% | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 10 | 10 | $378,821 | -37.3% | 0.4% | 2 | Amistad | $312,396 | 82.5% | 16 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
