| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | A Beautiful Mind | - | - | - | $144,967,885 | 2,250 | $170,742,341 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | - | - | - | $137,437,190 | 3,381 | $313,364,114 | Dec 19 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 3 | Ice Age | - | - | - | $116,862,514 | 3,345 | $176,387,405 | Mar 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | Black Hawk Down | - | - | - | $108,150,385 | 3,143 | $108,638,745 | Dec 28 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 5 | Snow Dogs | - | - | - | $79,382,311 | 2,454 | $81,172,560 | Jan 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | John Q | - | - | - | $68,887,514 | 2,505 | $71,756,802 | Feb 15 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 7 | We Were Soldiers | - | - | - | $67,600,802 | 3,143 | $78,122,718 | Mar 1 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Blade II | - | - | - | $54,921,433 | 2,707 | $82,348,319 | Mar 22 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 9 | The Count of Monte Cristo | - | - | - | $52,921,947 | 2,211 | $54,234,062 | Jan 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Time Machine | - | - | - | $52,648,064 | 2,958 | $56,832,494 | Mar 8 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 11 | Ocean's Eleven | - | - | - | $50,618,812 | 3,075 | $183,417,150 | Dec 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | Big Fat Liar | - | - | - | $47,603,740 | 2,534 | $48,360,547 | Feb 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | Return to Never Land | - | - | - | $47,242,312 | 2,626 | $48,430,258 | Feb 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Royal Tenenbaums | - | - | - | $42,285,582 | 999 | $52,364,010 | Dec 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Orange County | - | - | - | $41,076,018 | 2,317 | $41,076,018 | Jan 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | A Walk to Remember | - | - | - | $40,729,890 | 2,420 | $41,281,092 | Jan 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 17 | I Am Sam | - | - | - | $39,755,862 | 1,450 | $40,311,852 | Dec 28 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 18 | Collateral Damage | - | - | - | $39,570,497 | 2,824 | $40,077,257 | Feb 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Gosford Park | - | - | - | $38,563,232 | 918 | $41,308,615 | Dec 26 | USA Films | false |
| 20 | Crossroads | - | - | - | $36,864,972 | 2,713 | $37,191,304 | Feb 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 21 | 40 Days and 40 Nights | - | - | - | $36,102,634 | 2,399 | $37,950,822 | Mar 1 | Miramax | false |
| 22 | The Mothman Prophecies | - | - | - | $35,746,370 | 2,331 | $35,746,370 | Jan 25 | Screen Gems | false |
| 23 | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | - | - | - | $34,914,108 | 3,151 | $80,936,232 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 24 | Resident Evil | - | - | - | $34,386,355 | 2,528 | $40,119,709 | Mar 15 | Screen Gems | false |
| 25 | Showtime | - | - | - | $33,300,131 | 2,917 | $38,082,712 | Mar 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | In the Bedroom | - | - | - | $32,981,317 | 1,103 | $35,930,604 | Nov 23 | Miramax | false |
| 27 | Vanilla Sky | - | - | - | $31,294,924 | 2,842 | $100,618,344 | Dec 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 28 | Panic Room | - | - | - | $30,027,000 | 3,119 | $96,397,334 | Mar 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 29 | Queen of the Damned | - | - | - | $30,004,445 | 2,511 | $30,336,800 | Feb 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | Dragonfly | - | - | - | $29,913,980 | 2,507 | $30,323,400 | Feb 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 31 | Kate & Leopold | - | - | - | $29,899,574 | 2,467 | $47,121,859 | Dec 25 | Miramax | false |
| 32 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | - | - | - | $27,673,159 | 3,672 | $317,575,550 | Nov 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary | - | - | - | $24,294,365 | 3,007 | $35,306,015 | Mar 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 34 | All About the Benjamins | - | - | - | $22,567,233 | 1,519 | $25,916,319 | Mar 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 35 | Monster's Ball | - | - | - | $21,931,824 | 714 | $31,273,922 | Dec 26 | Lionsgate | false |
| 36 | Ali | - | - | - | $21,508,157 | 2,521 | $58,203,105 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 37 | Beauty and the Beast 2000 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $21,072,281 | 68 | $25,487,190 | Jan 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 38 | Hart's War | - | - | - | $19,077,641 | 2,459 | $19,077,641 | Feb 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 39 | Rollerball | - | - | - | $18,990,798 | 2,762 | $18,990,798 | Feb 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 40 | Super Troopers | - | - | - | $18,313,218 | 1,805 | $18,492,362 | Feb 15 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 41 | The Rookie | - | - | - | $16,021,684 | 2,543 | $75,600,072 | Mar 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 42 | Kung Pow: Enter the Fist | - | - | - | $15,989,787 | 2,478 | $16,037,962 | Jan 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 43 | Monsters, Inc. | - | - | - | $15,312,836 | 3,649 | $255,873,250 | Nov 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 44 | Amélie | - | - | - | $15,155,296 | 303 | $33,225,499 | Nov 2 | Miramax | false |
| 45 | How High | - | - | - | $12,944,920 | 1,273 | $31,178,740 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 46 | The Majestic | - | - | - | $11,884,012 | 2,361 | $27,807,266 | Dec 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 47 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | - | - | - | $10,862,268 | 405 | $11,260,096 | Jan 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 48 | Clockstoppers | - | - | - | $10,107,000 | 2,563 | $36,989,956 | Mar 29 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 49 | The Shipping News | - | - | - | $9,242,154 | 434 | $11,434,216 | Dec 25 | Miramax | false |
| 50 | Behind Enemy Lines | - | - | - | $8,640,704 | 2,844 | $58,856,790 | Nov 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 51 | Joe Somebody | - | - | - | $8,193,769 | 2,517 | $22,771,646 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 52 | Sorority Boys | - | - | - | $8,067,440 | 1,801 | $10,200,032 | Mar 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 53 | Not Another Teen Movie | - | - | - | $7,387,484 | 2,365 | $38,252,284 | Dec 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 54 | Impostor | - | - | - | $6,285,176 | 1,870 | $6,285,176 | Jan 4 | Miramax | false |
| 55 | Slackers | - | - | - | $5,285,941 | 1,893 | $5,285,941 | Feb 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 56 | Birthday Girl | - | - | - | $5,142,576 | 1,000 | $5,142,576 | Feb 1 | Miramax | false |
| 57 | Death to Smoochy | - | - | - | $4,266,463 | 2,164 | $8,364,691 | Mar 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 58 | Iris | - | - | - | $4,108,598 | 220 | $5,594,617 | Dec 14 | Miramax | false |
| 59 | Monsoon Wedding | - | - | - | $3,989,218 | 254 | $13,885,966 | Feb 22 | USA Films | false |
| 60 | Lantana | - | - | - | $3,845,892 | 108 | $4,623,189 | Dec 14 | Lionsgate | false |
| 61 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | - | - | - | $3,193,410 | 26 | $15,553,324 | Feb 10 | - | false |
| 62 | Italian for Beginners | - | - | - | $2,979,408 | 99 | $4,544,753 | Jan 18 | Miramax | false |
| 63 | Shallow Hal | - | - | - | $2,483,551 | 2,799 | $70,839,203 | Nov 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 64 | State Property | - | - | - | $2,106,838 | 75 | $2,106,838 | Jan 18 | Lionsgate | false |
| 65 | Men with Brooms | - | - | - | $2,056,710 | 207 | $4,245,870 | Mar 8 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 66 | Kissing Jessica Stein | - | - | - | $2,012,420 | 319 | $7,025,722 | Mar 13 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 67 | Black Knight | - | - | - | $1,914,944 | 2,571 | $33,426,971 | Nov 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 68 | Harrison's Flowers | - | - | - | $1,822,680 | 398 | $1,871,025 | Mar 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 69 | Mulholland Drive | - | - | - | $1,574,550 | 247 | $7,220,243 | Oct 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 70 | Spy Game | - | - | - | $1,522,510 | 2,770 | $62,362,560 | Nov 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 71 | The Other Side of Heaven | - | - | - | $1,489,024 | 306 | $4,720,371 | Dec 14 | Excel Entertainment | false |
| 72 | Y tu mamá también | - | - | - | $1,480,197 | 286 | $13,839,658 | Mar 15 | IFC Films | false |
| 73 | Last Orders | - | - | - | $1,356,605 | 60 | $2,329,631 | Feb 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 74 | Kandahar | - | - | - | $1,214,289 | 29 | $1,418,314 | Dec 14 | Avatar Films | false |
| 75 | The Endurance | - | - | - | $1,089,690 | 40 | $2,453,083 | Oct 5 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 76 | Storytelling | - | - | - | $921,445 | 40 | $921,445 | Jan 25 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 77 | Les Boys III | - | - | - | $854,893 | 115 | $3,557,100 | Nov 30 | Lionsgate | false |
| 78 | The Son's Room | - | - | - | $779,754 | 21 | $1,016,340 | Jan 25 | Miramax | false |
| 79 | Metropolis | - | - | - | $722,932 | 16 | $722,932 | Jan 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 80 | Charlotte Gray | - | - | - | $692,535 | 52 | $741,394 | Dec 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 81 | The Man Who Wasn't There | - | - | - | $687,582 | 259 | $7,504,257 | Nov 2 | USA Films | false |
| 82 | No Man's Land | - | - | - | $631,694 | 38 | $1,012,153 | Dec 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 83 | Bread and Tulips | - | - | - | $540,290 | 84 | $5,318,679 | Jul 27 | First Look International | false |
| 84 | Domestic Disturbance | - | - | - | $522,710 | 2,910 | $45,246,095 | Nov 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 85 | The Devil's Backbone | - | - | - | $406,449 | 35 | $755,249 | Nov 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 86 | The Business of Strangers | - | - | - | $389,904 | 60 | $1,030,920 | Dec 7 | IFC Films | false |
| 87 | Scotland, Pa. | - | - | - | $384,098 | 25 | $384,098 | Feb 8 | Lot 47 Films | false |
| 88 | Waking Life | - | - | - | $377,806 | 93 | $2,901,447 | Oct 19 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 89 | The Singles Ward | - | - | - | $365,985 | 29 | $1,250,798 | Feb 1 | Halestone Distribution | false |
| 90 | Corky Romano | - | - | - | $362,820 | 2,094 | $23,980,304 | Oct 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 91 | Moulin Rouge! | - | - | - | $347,006 | 2,283 | $57,386,607 | May 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 92 | Out Cold | - | - | - | $343,219 | 2,011 | $13,906,394 | Nov 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 93 | Trembling Before G-d | - | - | - | $330,237 | 8 | $788,896 | Oct 24 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 94 | Max Keeble's Big Move | - | - | - | $290,163 | 2,045 | $17,294,293 | Oct 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 95 | Planet of the Apes | - | - | - | $273,819 | 3,530 | $180,011,740 | Jul 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 96 | The Debut | - | - | - | $273,600 | 5 | $1,745,778 | Mar 16 | Menemsha Films | false |
| 97 | NSync: Bigger Than Live | - | - | - | $265,564 | 20 | $1,808,679 | Feb 2 | IMAX | false |
| 98 | Scratch | - | - | - | $256,371 | 7 | $289,885 | Feb 15 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 99 | Piñero | - | - | - | $249,915 | 21 | $275,171 | Dec 13 | Miramax | false |
| 100 | Dark Blue World | - | - | - | $245,720 | 7 | $258,771 | Dec 28 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 101 | The Independent | - | - | - | $207,835 | 11 | $238,431 | Nov 30 | Arrow Releasing | false |
| 102 | Yamakasi | - | - | - | $184,441 | 38 | $184,441 | Jan 18 | Christal Films | false |
| 103 | American Adobo | - | - | - | $183,634 | 7 | $344,992 | Jan 25 | Outrider Pictures | false |
| 104 | Bandits | - | - | - | $181,772 | 3,207 | $41,575,141 | Oct 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 105 | Hardball | - | - | - | $180,612 | 2,314 | $40,222,729 | Sep 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 106 | The Fluffer | - | - | - | $175,582 | 6 | $563,373 | Nov 16 | First Run | false |
| 107 | Ghost World | - | - | - | $167,724 | 128 | $6,217,849 | Jul 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 108 | Life and Debt | - | - | - | $163,845 | 4 | $263,107 | Jun 16 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 109 | Chop Suey | - | - | - | $161,122 | 5 | $179,914 | Oct 5 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 110 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $158,765 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 111 | Innocence | - | - | - | $151,343 | 52 | $2,202,382 | Aug 17 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 112 | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... | - | - | - | $150,000 | 44 | $2,902,000 | Dec 14 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 113 | The Wash | - | - | - | $145,142 | 749 | $10,097,538 | Nov 16 | Lionsgate | false |
| 114 | Festival in Cannes | - | - | - | $141,181 | 32 | $299,171 | Mar 8 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 115 | From Hell | - | - | - | $116,832 | 2,334 | $31,602,566 | Oct 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 116 | Happenstance | - | - | - | $112,829 | 7 | $251,444 | Nov 2 | Lot 47 Films | false |
| 117 | Hometown Legend | - | - | - | $111,806 | 33 | $111,806 | Jan 25 | Jenkins Entertainment | false |
| 118 | Shiri | - | - | - | $98,452 | 7 | $98,452 | Feb 8 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 119 | Tuvalu | - | - | - | $97,230 | 8 | $411,678 | Apr 27 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 120 | CyberWorld | - | - | - | $95,700 | 38 | $11,253,900 | Oct 6 | IMAX | false |
| 121 | Escaflowne: The Movie | - | - | - | $94,060 | 5 | $94,060 | Jan 25 | Bandai | false |
| 122 | Novocaine | - | - | - | $90,879 | 189 | $2,036,682 | Nov 16 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 123 | Borstal Boy | - | - | - | $87,400 | 2 | $87,400 | Mar 1 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 124 | Stolen Summer | - | - | - | $86,638 | 13 | $134,736 | Mar 22 | Miramax | false |
| 125 | Don't Say a Word | - | - | - | $85,260 | 2,842 | $55,001,642 | Sep 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 126 | Fat Girl | - | - | - | $84,809 | 17 | $725,854 | Oct 12 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 127 | The Princess Diaries | - | - | - | $84,032 | 2,749 | $108,248,956 | Aug 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 128 | Sidewalks of New York | - | - | - | $80,992 | 224 | $2,402,652 | Nov 23 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 129 | Zoolander | - | - | - | $68,114 | 2,522 | $45,172,250 | Sep 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 130 | Son of the Bride | - | - | - | $67,662 | 18 | $624,757 | Mar 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 131 | Beijing Bicycle | - | - | - | $56,546 | 9 | $66,131 | Jan 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 132 | What Time Is It There? | - | - | - | $52,373 | 4 | $195,760 | Jan 11 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 133 | How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog | - | - | - | $49,894 | 6 | $49,894 | Feb 22 | Artistic License | false |
| 134 | K-PAX | - | - | - | $43,470 | 2,581 | $50,338,485 | Oct 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 135 | Dinner Rush | - | - | - | $42,277 | 52 | $634,566 | Sep 28 | Access Entertainment | false |
| 136 | Serendipity | - | - | - | $39,007 | 2,610 | $50,294,317 | Oct 5 | Miramax | false |
| 137 | A Rumor of Angels | - | - | - | $38,610 | 7 | $38,610 | Feb 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 138 | Very Annie Mary | - | - | - | $21,513 | 6 | $46,352 | Mar 29 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 139 | Pauline and Paulette | - | - | - | $20,088 | 12 | $139,789 | Mar 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 140 | The Piano Teacher | - | - | - | $19,557 | 19 | $1,012,069 | Mar 29 | Kino International | false |
| 141 | Time of Favor | - | - | - | $19,473 | 5 | $137,340 | Jan 18 | Kino International | false |
| 142 | 101 Reykjavík 2001 Re-release | - | - | - | $15,998 | 2 | $126,404 | Jul 27 | Menemsha Films | false |
| 143 | No Such Thing | - | - | - | $15,147 | 9 | $62,703 | Mar 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 144 | Esther Kahn | - | - | - | $7,297 | 3 | $23,371 | Mar 1 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 145 | Crush | - | - | - | $4,380 | 117 | $1,084,935 | Apr 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 146 | Lush | - | - | - | $1,182 | 1 | $2,763 | Dec 28 | Menemsha Films | false |
