| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Titanic | $23,481,767 | $17,578,815 | 74.9% | $5,902,952 | 25.1% | 3,116 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Man in the Iron Mask | $23,406,250 | $17,271,450 | 73.8% | $6,134,800 | 26.2% | 3,101 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 3 | U.S. Marshals | $14,807,405 | $11,355,259 | 76.7% | $3,452,146 | 23.3% | 2,817 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Good Will Hunting | $6,572,211 | $4,844,784 | 73.7% | $1,727,427 | 26.3% | 1,899 | 15 | Miramax | - | false |
| 5 | The Wedding Singer | $6,321,689 | $4,666,969 | 73.8% | $1,654,720 | 26.2% | 2,550 | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 6 | The Big Lebowski | $4,719,183 | $3,497,794 | 74.1% | $1,221,389 | 25.9% | 1,235 | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 7 | Twilight | $4,216,135 | $3,245,628 | 77% | $970,507 | 23% | 1,353 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Hush | $4,212,818 | $3,228,841 | 76.6% | $983,977 | 23.4% | 1,966 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | As Good as It Gets | $4,187,016 | $3,051,172 | 72.9% | $1,135,844 | 27.1% | 1,710 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 10 | L.A. Confidential | $1,998,380 | $1,424,423 | 71.3% | $573,957 | 28.7% | 793 | 26 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | The Borrowers | $1,865,360 | $1,313,706 | 70.4% | $551,654 | 29.6% | 1,514 | 5 | PolyGram | - | false |
| 12 | The Apostle | $1,721,467 | $1,283,750 | 74.6% | $437,717 | 25.4% | 739 | 13 | October Films | - | false |
| 13 | Amistad | $455,736 | $304,866 | 66.9% | $150,870 | 33.1% | 570 | 15 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 14 | Mr. Nice Guy | $191,764 | - | - | - | - | - | - | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 15 | Mousehunt | $148,302 | $59,721 | 40.3% | $88,581 | 59.7% | 251 | 13 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| - | The Full Monty | - | - | - | - | - | 346 | 31 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Education of Little Tree | - | - | - | - | - | 52 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Leading Man | - | $3,455 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Northern Arts Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Ma vie en rose | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Dangerous Beauty | - | $663,337 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
