| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 1 | $37,104,006 | +24.8% | 32.9% | 6 | A Civil Action | $19,251,221 | 51.9% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $16,782,995 | -35.2% | 14.9% | 4 | Patch Adams | $15,830,925 | 94.3% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 5 | $13,218,388 | -22.5% | 11.7% | 5 | Shakespeare in Love | $5,763,444 | 43.6% | 5 | Miramax | - |
| 4 | 3 | $11,458,553 | -48.7% | 10.2% | 3 | You've Got Mail | $10,281,089 | 89.7% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 4 | $10,321,665 | -47% | 9.2% | 4 | Stepmom | $10,128,232 | 98.1% | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 6 | 6 | $7,952,633 | -44.8% | 7.1% | 2 | The Prince of Egypt | $7,531,933 | 94.7% | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 7 | 7 | $5,883,056 | -41.8% | 5.2% | 3 | Star Trek: Insurrection | $3,747,462 | 63.7% | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 8 | 9 | $2,656,173 | +23.4% | 2.4% | 1 | Waking Ned Devine | $2,656,173 | 100% | 8 | - | - |
| 9 | 12 | $2,555,196 | +88.5% | 2.3% | 4 | The Thin Red Line | $1,863,240 | 72.9% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 10 | 8 | $1,390,573 | -42.1% | 1.2% | 4 | Rush Hour | $1,164,492 | 83.7% | 17 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 11 | 11 | $1,121,144 | -23.3% | 1% | 2 | Elizabeth | $1,121,144 | 100% | 10 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 12 | 13 | $468,133 | -45.3% | 0.4% | 1 | Everest | $468,133 | 100% | 45 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - |
| 13 | 14 | $459,430 | -29.2% | 0.4% | 6 | Dancing at Lughnasa | $199,408 | 43.4% | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 14 | 15 | $414,552 | -33.6% | 0.4% | 2 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $273,830 | 66.1% | 12 | IMAX | - |
| 15 | 10 | $337,999 | -81% | 0.3% | 3 | Gods and Monsters | $234,893 | 69.5% | 10 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 16 | 16 | $234,329 | -6.3% | 0.2% | 1 | Hurlyburly | $234,329 | 100% | 3 | Fine Line Features | - |
| 17 | 19 | $198,261 | -3.2% | 0.2% | 2 | Hilary and Jackie | $122,518 | 61.8% | 3 | October Films | - |
| 18 | 17 | $96,059 | -60.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Belly | $53,298 | 55.5% | 10 | Artisan Entertainment | - |
