| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Jerry Maguire | $5,518,727 | -16.1% | 2,207 | -79 | $2,500 | $109,785,743 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 2 | - | In Love and War | $5,489,245 | - | 1,610 | - | $3,409 | $5,494,725 | 6 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 3 | - | Beverly Hills Ninja | $5,481,640 | - | 2,112 | - | $2,595 | $18,967,251 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | - | Metro | $5,479,213 | - | 2,005 | - | $2,732 | $18,734,917 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 1 | Evita | $5,415,891 | -28.1% | 1,016 | +93 | $5,330 | $30,465,756 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Scream | $4,040,199 | - | 1,994 | - | $2,026 | $64,593,256 | 6 | Dimension Films | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Relic | $4,008,970 | - | 2,128 | - | $1,883 | $25,268,537 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Fierce Creatures | $3,759,480 | - | 1,593 | - | $2,360 | $3,759,480 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | - | Michael | $3,130,599 | - | 2,206 | - | $1,419 | $76,652,206 | 5 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 10 | - | Zeus and Roxanne | $2,755,382 | - | 1,745 | - | $1,579 | $2,755,382 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 11 | - | Mother | $2,586,424 | - | 621 | - | $4,164 | $8,873,710 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $2,101,914 | - | 1,233 | - | $1,704 | $15,912,974 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | - | The English Patient | $1,915,342 | - | 615 | - | $3,114 | $36,674,728 | 11 | Miramax | false | false |
| 14 | - | Shine | $1,441,744 | - | 314 | - | $4,591 | $12,634,654 | 10 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 15 | - | First Strike | $1,428,839 | - | 1,154 | - | $1,238 | $12,878,482 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 16 | - | 101 Dalmatians | $1,152,421 | - | 1,249 | - | $922 | $131,279,096 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | One Fine Day | $1,108,752 | - | 1,084 | - | $1,022 | $42,619,929 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 18 | - | Everyone Says I Love You | $1,107,180 | - | 270 | - | $4,100 | $3,660,871 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 19 | - | Turbulence | $813,237 | - | 1,499 | - | $542 | $9,814,961 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 20 | - | Jingle All the Way | $597,545 | - | 655 | - | $912 | $59,540,398 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 21 | - | The Preacher's Wife | $572,268 | - | 708 | - | $808 | $45,053,026 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | - | The Portrait of a Lady | $569,997 | - | 537 | - | $1,061 | $2,911,061 | 5 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 23 | - | Hamlet | $455,728 | - | 56 | - | $8,138 | $1,062,899 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 24 | - | Prefontaine | $311,253 | - | 201 | - | $1,548 | $311,253 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 25 | - | Koyla | $37,795 | - | 3 | - | $12,598 | $37,795 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 26 | - | Reggie's Prayer | $5,120 | - | 1 | - | $5,120 | $5,120 | 1 | Arrow Releasing | true | false |
