| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Starship Troopers | $22,058,773 | - | 2,971 | - | $7,424 | $22,058,773 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 2 | 15 | Bean | $12,733,827 | +1,113.2% | 1,948 | +1,703 | $6,536 | $19,742,986 | 4 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | $6,511,020 | -30.8% | 2,524 | - | $2,579 | $54,211,282 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Devil's Advocate | $5,078,692 | -31.1% | 2,207 | -197 | $2,301 | $44,981,007 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Red Corner | $4,905,133 | -33.7% | 2,507 | +263 | $1,956 | $14,742,758 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | - | Mad City | $4,649,742 | - | 2,194 | - | $2,119 | $4,649,742 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Boogie Nights | $3,940,924 | -15.8% | 951 | +44 | $4,143 | $14,550,063 | 5 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 8 | - | Eve's Bayou | $3,287,846 | - | 659 | - | $4,989 | $3,287,846 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 5 | Kiss the Girls | $2,516,381 | -28.3% | 2,011 | -343 | $1,251 | $55,012,316 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | FairyTale: A True Story | $2,139,792 | -26.3% | 1,286 | +8 | $1,663 | $9,972,529 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Seven Years in Tibet | $2,003,129 | -38.9% | 1,562 | -541 | $1,282 | $34,069,860 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Switchback | $1,409,611 | -47.9% | 1,128 | - | $1,249 | $4,971,378 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Gattaca | $1,380,024 | -46.6% | 1,209 | -70 | $1,141 | $10,558,312 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | The Full Monty | $1,295,595 | -6.4% | 591 | -130 | $2,192 | $28,475,102 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | In & Out | $1,107,728 | -35.9% | 1,215 | -444 | $911 | $60,765,222 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | The Peacemaker | $302,553 | -62.4% | 505 | -615 | $599 | $40,161,176 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | Men in Black | $252,630 | -59.3% | 505 | -505 | $500 | $245,419,734 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | 19 | Air Force One | $252,630 | -59.3% | 505 | -505 | $500 | $171,013,550 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 19 | - | The Wings of the Dove | $183,610 | - | 7 | - | $26,230 | $183,610 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 20 | - | Cold Around the Heart | $552 | - | 1 | - | $552 | $552 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
