| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Craft | $6,710,995 | - | 1,757 | - | $3,819 | $6,710,995 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | $5,826,810 | -13.9% | 1,604 | +191 | $3,632 | $14,536,681 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | The Quest | $4,216,980 | -40% | 2,098 | +6 | $2,010 | $13,107,980 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Primal Fear | $3,606,158 | -23.3% | 1,983 | +28 | $1,818 | $44,875,034 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Great White Hype | $3,349,481 | - | 1,496 | - | $2,238 | $3,349,481 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 6 | - | Last Dance | $2,690,253 | - | 1,563 | - | $1,721 | $2,690,253 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 7 | The Birdcage | $2,503,872 | -25.6% | 1,664 | -294 | $1,504 | $112,845,066 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | James and the Giant Peach | $2,361,159 | -34.1% | 1,784 | -249 | $1,323 | $22,826,314 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | The Pallbearer | $2,319,236 | - | 829 | - | $2,797 | $2,319,236 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 10 | 5 | Mulholland Falls | $2,241,821 | -47.9% | 1,625 | - | $1,379 | $7,964,066 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 3 | Sunset Park | $1,912,870 | -59.3% | 1,257 | - | $1,521 | $7,514,002 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | - | Barb Wire | $1,844,426 | - | 1,312 | - | $1,405 | $1,844,426 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
| 13 | 9 | Fear | $1,223,850 | -47.9% | 1,230 | -368 | $995 | $17,663,745 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate | $1,197,523 | -41% | 871 | -221 | $1,374 | $30,945,583 | 5 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 15 | 8 | The Substitute | $1,084,881 | -59.9% | 1,130 | -632 | $960 | $12,268,733 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | I Shot Andy Warhol | $57,053 | - | 3 | - | $19,017 | $76,039 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | 15 | Braveheart | $21,519 | -48.9% | 39 | -30 | $551 | $75,583,279 | 50 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Madame Butterfly | $6,027 | - | 1 | - | $6,027 | $6,027 | 1 | Arrow Releasing | true | false |
| 19 | - | Open Season | $5,233 | - | 5 | - | $1,046 | $5,233 | 1 | - | true | false |
