| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Kiss the Girls | - | - | - | $48,513,843 | 2,406 | $60,527,873 | Oct 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | - | - | - | $37,548,536 | 2,524 | $72,586,134 | Oct 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | The Devil's Advocate | - | - | - | $31,444,605 | 2,404 | $60,944,660 | Oct 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | In & Out | - | - | - | $28,706,798 | 2,452 | $63,856,929 | Sep 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Seven Years in Tibet | - | - | - | $28,362,796 | 2,103 | $37,957,682 | Oct 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 6 | Soul Food | - | - | - | $28,247,276 | 1,350 | $43,700,855 | Sep 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | The Peacemaker | - | - | - | $24,714,316 | 2,420 | $41,263,140 | Sep 26 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 8 | The Edge | - | - | - | $20,565,667 | 2,355 | $27,873,386 | Sep 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | L.A. Confidential | - | - | - | $18,809,634 | 1,625 | $64,616,940 | Sep 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | The Game | - | - | - | $12,920,566 | 2,521 | $48,323,648 | Sep 12 | PolyGram | false |
| 11 | The Full Monty | - | - | - | $11,636,224 | 783 | $45,950,122 | Aug 15 | - | false |
| 12 | RocketMan | - | - | - | $11,547,695 | 1,867 | $15,448,043 | Oct 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | Mrs. Brown | - | - | - | $8,180,399 | 432 | $9,229,808 | Jul 18 | Miramax | false |
| 14 | U Turn | - | - | - | $6,682,098 | 1,311 | $6,682,098 | Oct 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 15 | Most Wanted | - | - | - | $6,391,946 | 2,098 | $6,391,946 | Oct 10 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 16 | Gattaca | - | - | - | $6,155,066 | 1,279 | $12,532,777 | Oct 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Gang Related | - | - | - | $5,906,773 | 1,260 | $5,906,773 | Oct 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 18 | Bean | - | - | - | $5,604,245 | 2,015 | $45,319,423 | Oct 17 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 19 | Wishmaster | - | - | - | $5,104,316 | 2,502 | $15,738,769 | Sep 19 | - | false |
| 20 | Boogie Nights | - | - | - | $5,003,717 | 1,003 | $26,400,640 | Oct 10 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 21 | FairyTale: A True Story | - | - | - | $4,731,975 | 1,286 | $14,059,077 | Oct 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | Playing God | - | - | - | $4,166,918 | 1,479 | $4,166,918 | Oct 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Contact | - | - | - | $4,062,997 | 2,314 | $100,920,329 | Jul 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | The MatchMaker | - | - | - | $3,392,080 | 705 | $3,392,080 | Oct 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 25 | A Life Less Ordinary | - | - | - | $2,665,093 | 1,208 | $4,366,722 | Oct 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 26 | Men in Black | - | - | - | $2,302,949 | 3,180 | $250,690,539 | Jul 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 27 | Air Force One | - | - | - | $2,043,481 | 2,981 | $172,956,409 | Jul 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | Red Corner | - | - | - | $1,405,375 | 2,507 | $22,459,274 | Oct 31 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 29 | Guantanamera | - | - | - | $892,236 | 12 | $903,840 | Jul 4 | Lionsgate | false |
| 30 | The House of Yes | - | - | - | $596,822 | 54 | $626,057 | Oct 10 | Miramax | false |
| 31 | Switchback | - | - | - | $508,823 | 1,128 | $6,492,660 | Oct 31 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 32 | The Myth of Fingerprints | - | - | - | $469,173 | 50 | $523,025 | Sep 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 33 | Lilies | - | - | - | $301,548 | 7 | $301,548 | Oct 10 | Turbulent Arts | false |
| 34 | Different for Girls | - | - | - | $225,633 | 16 | $300,645 | Sep 12 | First Look International | false |
| 35 | The Assignment | - | - | - | $205,144 | 34 | $332,597 | Sep 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 36 | Liar Liar | - | - | - | $197,030 | 2,909 | $181,410,615 | Mar 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 37 | Washington Square | - | - | - | $186,197 | 35 | $1,851,761 | Oct 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 38 | The Ice Storm | - | - | - | $183,723 | 230 | $8,038,061 | Sep 27 | - | false |
| 39 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | - | - | - | $178,760 | 3,565 | $229,086,679 | May 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 40 | The Sweet Hereafter | - | - | - | $153,890 | 70 | $3,263,585 | Oct 10 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 41 | 4 Little Girls | - | - | - | $98,395 | 4 | $130,146 | Jul 9 | - | false |
| 42 | Con Air | - | - | - | $85,971 | 2,941 | $101,117,573 | Jun 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 43 | Going All the Way | - | - | - | $83,309 | 17 | $113,069 | Sep 19 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 44 | The Locusts | - | - | - | $40,158 | 12 | $40,158 | Oct 3 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 45 | Fast, Cheap & Out of Control | - | - | - | $37,608 | 40 | $878,960 | Oct 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 46 | Happy Together | - | - | - | $35,600 | 9 | $320,319 | Oct 10 | Kino International | false |
| 47 | Forgotten Silver | - | - | - | $26,459 | 1 | $26,459 | Oct 3 | First Run | false |
| 48 | Telling Lies in America | - | - | - | $16,663 | 60 | $318,809 | Oct 17 | Banner Entertainment | false |
| 49 | Breaking Up | - | - | - | $11,690 | 2 | $11,690 | Oct 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 50 | Critical Care | - | - | - | $8,535 | 34 | $221,193 | Oct 31 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 51 | Trojan War | - | - | - | $88 | 1 | $309 | Sep 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
