| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | $12,507,880 | -20.9% | 2,524 | - | $4,955 | $32,769,394 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Devil's Advocate | $10,218,953 | -16% | 2,351 | +190 | $4,346 | $26,636,067 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Kiss the Girls | $5,136,886 | -26.4% | 2,406 | +21 | $2,135 | $46,351,308 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Seven Years in Tibet | $4,715,925 | -26.5% | 2,103 | - | $2,242 | $26,306,590 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | - | Gattaca | $4,320,202 | - | 1,279 | - | $3,377 | $4,320,202 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 6 | - | FairyTale: A True Story | $3,515,323 | - | 1,058 | - | $3,322 | $3,515,323 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | In & Out | $2,834,185 | -23.7% | 2,069 | -246 | $1,369 | $56,903,720 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | RocketMan | $2,074,078 | -30.6% | 1,867 | +28 | $1,110 | $11,225,775 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | A Life Less Ordinary | $2,007,279 | - | 1,207 | - | $1,663 | $2,007,279 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 10 | 9 | L.A. Confidential | $2,004,099 | -21.2% | 1,151 | -194 | $1,741 | $29,642,884 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Soul Food | $2,001,307 | -39.6% | 1,203 | -10 | $1,663 | $37,956,781 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 16 | Boogie Nights | $1,807,702 | +108% | 124 | +94 | $14,578 | $3,300,228 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | The Peacemaker | $1,765,142 | -33.9% | 1,674 | -309 | $1,054 | $38,279,016 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | The Full Monty | $1,656,761 | -4.5% | 721 | +77 | $2,297 | $24,656,016 | 11 | - | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Bean | $1,617,579 | -28.3% | 244 | +2 | $6,629 | $4,619,194 | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | The Edge | $1,167,018 | -30.2% | 1,297 | -291 | $899 | $24,829,038 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 17 | 11 | Playing God | $832,298 | -57% | 1,479 | - | $562 | $3,435,188 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Men in Black | $200,870 | -33.4% | 450 | -28 | $446 | $244,337,321 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | Air Force One | $104,292 | -38.5% | 280 | -53 | $372 | $169,950,374 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | The Sweet Hereafter | $75,455 | +59.6% | 22 | +14 | $3,429 | $244,784 | 3 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
