| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Titanic | $32,831,865 | -23% | 2,771 | +4 | $11,848 | $282,193,031 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Spice World | $11,975,009 | - | 2,339 | - | $5,119 | $11,975,009 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Good Will Hunting | $11,218,707 | -31% | 1,831 | +12 | $6,127 | $51,081,933 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | As Good as It Gets | $9,858,281 | -19.9% | 1,763 | +10 | $5,591 | $78,962,316 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Fallen | $6,555,710 | -45.3% | 2,448 | - | $2,677 | $18,538,847 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Wag the Dog | $5,842,885 | -21.2% | 1,726 | -26 | $3,385 | $24,757,926 | 6 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Hard Rain | $4,796,279 | -47.5% | 2,132 | +25 | $2,249 | $13,935,079 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Half Baked | $4,090,285 | -53.9% | 1,703 | +2 | $2,401 | $12,969,520 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Phantoms | $3,963,395 | - | 1,859 | - | $2,132 | $3,963,395 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 10 | 8 | Tomorrow Never Dies | $3,656,718 | -49.8% | 1,905 | -522 | $1,919 | $116,413,088 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Mousehunt | $2,665,132 | -54.9% | 1,776 | -227 | $1,500 | $55,115,026 | 6 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Amistad | $2,433,818 | -38.6% | 1,019 | +18 | $2,388 | $38,088,527 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | The Devil's Advocate | $484,166 | -47.1% | 650 | -152 | $744 | $60,521,469 | 15 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | - | Swept from the Sea | $225,884 | - | 55 | - | $4,106 | $225,884 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 15 | - | The Gingerbread Man | $170,292 | - | 8 | - | $21,286 | $170,292 | 1 | PolyGram | true | false |
| 16 | - | Slappy and the Stinkers | $43,672 | - | 60 | - | $727 | $43,672 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 17 | 15 | Fallen Angels | $23,762 | +392.1% | 1 | - | $23,762 | $28,591 | 2 | Kino International | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | The Peacemaker | $804 | -64.5% | 2 | -3 | $402 | $41,196,739 | 18 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
