| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Beverly Hills Ninja | $12,220,920 | - | 2,112 | - | $5,786 | $12,220,920 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | - | Metro | $11,411,107 | - | 2,001 | - | $5,702 | $11,411,107 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | - | Evita | $8,918,183 | - | 923 | - | $9,662 | $23,072,988 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Relic | $7,915,861 | - | 2,128 | - | $3,719 | $19,961,202 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | - | Jerry Maguire | $7,515,771 | - | 2,286 | - | $3,287 | $102,837,983 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | - | Scream | $7,344,739 | - | 1,904 | - | $3,857 | $59,475,789 | - | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 7 | - | Michael | $6,972,726 | - | 2,325 | - | $2,999 | $72,549,661 | - | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 8 | - | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $3,811,035 | - | 1,233 | - | $3,090 | $13,017,419 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | - | First Strike | $3,602,547 | - | 1,344 | - | $2,680 | $10,876,789 | - | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 10 | - | 101 Dalmatians | $3,192,360 | - | 1,528 | - | $2,089 | $129,812,851 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | - | Mother | $3,109,050 | - | 380 | - | $8,181 | $5,583,290 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | - | One Fine Day | $2,722,311 | - | 1,443 | - | $1,886 | $41,043,794 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | - | Turbulence | $2,541,279 | - | 2,094 | - | $1,213 | $8,428,563 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 14 | - | The English Patient | $2,336,800 | - | 553 | - | $4,225 | $34,118,472 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 15 | - | Shine | $1,841,755 | - | 306 | - | $6,018 | $10,680,840 | - | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 16 | - | Everyone Says I Love You | $1,751,352 | - | 268 | - | $6,534 | $2,200,552 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | - | The Preacher's Wife | $1,609,486 | - | 1,149 | - | $1,400 | $44,246,263 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | - | Ghosts of Mississippi | $1,605,200 | - | 1,135 | - | $1,414 | $11,775,974 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 19 | - | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | $1,604,641 | - | 1,271 | - | $1,262 | $61,134,024 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | - | The Portrait of a Lady | $1,490,260 | - | 570 | - | $2,614 | $2,007,646 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 21 | - | Albino Alligator | $101,176 | - | 12 | - | $8,431 | $101,176 | - | Miramax | - | false |
