| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Starship Troopers | - | - | - | $51,005,214 | 2,971 | $54,814,377 | Nov 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 2 | The Jackal | - | - | - | $36,961,136 | 2,309 | $54,930,280 | Nov 14 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Bean | - | - | - | $34,872,661 | 2,015 | $45,319,423 | Oct 17 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 4 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | - | - | - | $28,548,129 | 2,524 | $72,586,134 | Oct 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | Anastasia | - | - | - | $25,194,306 | 2,511 | $58,406,347 | Nov 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | The Devil's Advocate | - | - | - | $24,623,217 | 2,404 | $60,944,660 | Oct 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | - | - | - | $24,320,282 | 2,140 | $35,927,406 | Nov 21 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 8 | Flubber | - | - | - | $21,833,706 | 2,679 | $92,977,226 | Nov 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Rainmaker | - | - | - | $21,639,411 | 2,369 | $45,916,769 | Nov 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | Red Corner | - | - | - | $21,053,899 | 2,507 | $22,459,274 | Oct 31 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 11 | The Little Mermaid 1997 Re-release | - | - | - | $19,957,565 | 2,057 | $27,187,616 | Nov 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Alien Resurrection | - | - | - | $18,003,375 | 2,449 | $47,795,658 | Nov 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | Boogie Nights | - | - | - | $15,860,893 | 1,003 | $26,400,640 | Oct 10 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 14 | Kiss the Girls | - | - | - | $12,014,024 | 2,406 | $60,527,873 | Oct 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 15 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | - | - | - | $11,060,358 | 1,312 | $25,105,255 | Nov 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | Mad City | - | - | - | $10,541,523 | 2,194 | $10,541,523 | Nov 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 17 | The Man Who Knew Too Little | - | - | - | $10,493,314 | 2,039 | $13,717,039 | Nov 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Eve's Bayou | - | - | - | $9,755,815 | 672 | $14,842,388 | Nov 7 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 19 | Seven Years in Tibet | - | - | - | $9,594,883 | 2,103 | $37,957,682 | Oct 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 20 | FairyTale: A True Story | - | - | - | $9,327,098 | 1,286 | $14,059,077 | Oct 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 21 | Gattaca | - | - | - | $6,377,709 | 1,279 | $12,532,777 | Oct 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 22 | Men in Black | - | - | - | $6,169,397 | 3,180 | $250,690,539 | Jul 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 23 | In & Out | - | - | - | $6,035,225 | 2,452 | $63,856,929 | Sep 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 24 | Switchback | - | - | - | $5,983,831 | 1,128 | $6,492,660 | Oct 31 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Full Monty | - | - | - | $4,558,084 | 783 | $45,950,122 | Aug 15 | - | false |
| 26 | Soul Food | - | - | - | $3,993,760 | 1,350 | $43,700,855 | Sep 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 27 | The Wings of the Dove | - | - | - | $3,247,190 | 261 | $13,692,848 | Nov 7 | Miramax | false |
| 28 | One Night Stand | - | - | - | $2,642,983 | 407 | $2,642,983 | Nov 14 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 29 | RocketMan | - | - | - | $2,445,512 | 1,867 | $15,448,043 | Oct 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 30 | The Peacemaker | - | - | - | $1,968,811 | 2,420 | $41,263,140 | Sep 26 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 31 | L.A. Confidential | - | - | - | $1,276,437 | 1,625 | $64,616,940 | Sep 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 32 | The Tango Lesson | - | - | - | $1,080,192 | 2 | $1,080,192 | Nov 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 33 | Air Force One | - | - | - | $1,020,736 | 2,981 | $172,956,409 | Jul 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 34 | A Life Less Ordinary | - | - | - | $855,396 | 1,208 | $4,366,722 | Oct 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 35 | Fast, Cheap & Out of Control | - | - | - | $841,352 | 40 | $878,960 | Oct 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 36 | Telling Lies in America | - | - | - | $302,146 | 60 | $318,809 | Oct 17 | Banner Entertainment | false |
| 37 | Happy Together | - | - | - | $284,719 | 9 | $320,319 | Oct 10 | Kino International | false |
| 38 | Critical Care | - | - | - | $161,445 | 34 | $221,193 | Oct 31 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 39 | Bent | - | - | - | $98,856 | 12 | $496,059 | Nov 26 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 40 | Welcome to Sarajevo | - | - | - | $62,812 | 15 | $334,319 | Nov 26 | Miramax | false |
| 41 | I Love You, I Love You Not | - | - | - | $10,090 | 6 | $20,677 | Oct 31 | Lionsgate | false |
| 42 | Cold Around the Heart | - | - | - | $5,171 | 1 | $5,171 | Nov 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
