| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Twister | $41,059,405 | - | 2,414 | - | $17,008 | $41,059,405 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | $3,886,261 | -33.3% | 1,651 | +47 | $2,353 | $20,111,182 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | The Craft | $3,611,880 | -46.2% | 1,762 | +5 | $2,049 | $12,257,671 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Primal Fear | $2,406,324 | -33.3% | 1,887 | -96 | $1,275 | $48,394,665 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Quest | $2,144,300 | -49.2% | 2,092 | -6 | $1,025 | $16,342,380 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | The Birdcage | $1,606,421 | -35.8% | 1,281 | -383 | $1,254 | $115,271,678 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | The Great White Hype | $1,323,594 | -60.5% | 1,499 | +3 | $882 | $5,569,938 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | James and the Giant Peach | $1,301,753 | -44.9% | 1,590 | -194 | $818 | $24,676,168 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Original Gangstas | $1,157,721 | - | 474 | - | $2,442 | $1,157,721 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Pallbearer | $1,015,913 | -56.2% | 829 | - | $1,225 | $3,923,632 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Last Dance | $1,014,175 | -62.3% | 1,563 | - | $648 | $4,577,030 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Mulholland Falls | $962,202 | -57.1% | 1,433 | -192 | $671 | $9,766,962 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Barb Wire | $595,067 | -67.7% | 1,284 | -28 | $463 | $3,113,019 | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 14 | - | Boys | $270,107 | - | 328 | - | $823 | $270,107 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | - | Dead Man | $104,649 | - | 16 | - | $6,540 | $104,649 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 16 | - | Cold Comfort Farm | $66,427 | - | 6 | - | $11,071 | $66,427 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
| 17 | 17 | Braveheart | $7,516 | -65.1% | 16 | -23 | $469 | $75,599,869 | 51 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Of Love and Shadows | $6,357 | - | 2 | - | $3,178 | $6,357 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 19 | - | The Low Life | $3,589 | - | 1 | - | $3,589 | $3,589 | 1 | Lionsgate | true | false |
