| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 2 | $17,392,961 | -35.3% | 17% | 8 | Shakespeare in Love | $7,470,837 | 43% | 11 | Miramax | - |
| 2 | 1 | $16,726,854 | -39.5% | 16.4% | 5 | Payback | $12,785,784 | 76.4% | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 4 | $15,207,356 | -35.9% | 14.9% | 7 | My Favorite Martian | $7,884,785 | 51.8% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $13,613,632 | -42.7% | 13.3% | 3 | Message in a Bottle | $12,816,958 | 94.1% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 7 | $9,578,580 | +114.8% | 9.4% | 4 | October Sky | $7,205,910 | 75.2% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 8 | $6,927,433 | +95.3% | 6.8% | 4 | Office Space | $5,450,601 | 78.7% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 5 | $6,917,955 | -36.8% | 6.8% | 5 | Blast from the Past | $6,795,719 | 98.2% | 2 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 8 | 6 | $4,070,135 | -40.4% | 4% | 4 | Saving Private Ryan | $3,195,213 | 78.5% | 31 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 9 | 14 | $3,586,729 | +378.6% | 3.5% | 4 | Les Boys II | $1,751,585 | 48.8% | 11 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 10 | 9 | $2,682,130 | +72% | 2.6% | 3 | Jawbreaker | $2,002,157 | 74.6% | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 11 | 11 | $1,468,479 | +8.7% | 1.4% | 1 | Elizabeth | $1,468,479 | 100% | 16 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 12 | 10 | $1,036,320 | -33.2% | 1% | 1 | Waking Ned Devine | $1,036,320 | 100% | 14 | - | - |
| 13 | 12 | $887,965 | -12% | 0.9% | 3 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $712,440 | 80.2% | 18 | IMAX | - |
| 14 | 13 | $678,254 | -27.3% | 0.7% | 5 | Central Station | $489,596 | 72.2% | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 15 | 16 | $610,958 | -5% | 0.6% | 1 | Everest | $610,958 | 100% | 51 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - |
| 16 | 15 | $436,046 | -34.4% | 0.4% | 1 | Hilary and Jackie | $436,046 | 100% | 9 | October Films | - |
| 17 | 17 | $205,890 | -64.5% | 0.2% | 1 | At First Sight | $205,890 | 100% | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 18 | 18 | $104,632 | +4.4% | 0.1% | 1 | Another Day in Paradise | $104,632 | 100% | 9 | Trimark Pictures | - |
