| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $27,427,780 | -26.1% | 18.8% | 6 | A Civil Action | $13,597,424 | 49.6% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 7 | $23,794,461 | +304.5% | 16.3% | 4 | Varsity Blues | $20,001,291 | 84.1% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $21,637,300 | +28.9% | 14.9% | 5 | Patch Adams | $13,838,600 | 64% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 9 | $13,956,965 | +446.2% | 9.6% | 4 | The Thin Red Line | $13,445,812 | 96.3% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 6 | $12,894,775 | +62.1% | 8.9% | 4 | The Prince of Egypt | $7,078,346 | 54.9% | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 6 | 3 | $10,813,233 | -18.2% | 7.4% | 6 | Shakespeare in Love | $5,695,807 | 52.7% | 6 | Miramax | - |
| 8 | 5 | $9,502,264 | -7.9% | 6.5% | 4 | Stepmom | $9,178,336 | 96.6% | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 9 | 4 | $8,353,721 | -27.1% | 5.7% | 3 | You've Got Mail | $7,743,664 | 92.7% | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 10 | 8 | $2,669,642 | +0.5% | 1.8% | 1 | Waking Ned Devine | $2,669,642 | 100% | 9 | - | - |
| 11 | 11 | $1,003,372 | -10.5% | 0.7% | 2 | Elizabeth | $986,977 | 98.4% | 11 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 12 | 10 | $731,093 | -47.4% | 0.5% | 2 | Rush Hour | $627,116 | 85.8% | 18 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 13 | 14 | $581,645 | +40.3% | 0.4% | 2 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $408,920 | 70.3% | 13 | IMAX | - |
| 14 | 12 | $522,095 | +11.5% | 0.4% | 1 | Everest | $522,095 | 100% | 46 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - |
| 15 | 17 | $494,740 | +149.5% | 0.3% | 2 | Hilary and Jackie | $436,366 | 88.2% | 4 | October Films | - |
| 16 | 13 | $480,373 | +4.6% | 0.3% | 4 | Dancing at Lughnasa | $194,936 | 40.6% | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 17 | 16 | $354,546 | +51.3% | 0.2% | 1 | Hurlyburly | $354,546 | 100% | 4 | Fine Line Features | - |
| 18 | 15 | $301,694 | -10.7% | 0.2% | 4 | Gods and Monsters | $198,685 | 65.9% | 11 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 19 | 18 | $204,903 | +113.3% | 0.1% | 2 | Ringmaster | $204,903 | 100% | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | - |
| 20 | 19 | $38,185 | -11.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Steam: The Turkish Bath | $27,935 | 73.2% | 8 | Strand Releasing | - |
