| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Entrapment | $20,145,595 | - | 2,814 | - | $7,159 | $20,145,595 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Matrix | $8,715,866 | -31.1% | 2,903 | - | $3,002 | $129,715,015 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Life | $6,481,175 | -42.4% | 2,613 | +16 | $2,480 | $46,260,375 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Never Been Kissed | $4,072,477 | -32.3% | 2,481 | -19 | $1,641 | $36,500,423 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Analyze This | $2,175,397 | -30% | 2,128 | -2 | $1,022 | $98,465,052 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $1,811,809 | -33.3% | 2,020 | -215 | $896 | $31,135,950 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Idle Hands | $1,807,181 | - | 1,611 | - | $1,121 | $1,807,181 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 8 | 6 | Lost & Found | $1,254,596 | -58.5% | 2,469 | - | $508 | $5,007,058 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 4 | Pushing Tin | $1,250,045 | -64.8% | 1,284 | +1 | $973 | $5,846,057 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Go | $1,152,271 | -43% | 1,419 | -144 | $812 | $14,387,714 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Out-of-Towners | $1,104,467 | -45.3% | 1,850 | -278 | $597 | $24,974,548 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Cookie's Fortune | $1,001,113 | -23.4% | 559 | - | $1,790 | $6,557,987 | 5 | October Films | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Forces of Nature | $875,144 | -46.1% | 1,508 | -442 | $580 | $49,484,419 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Life Is Beautiful | $831,732 | -32% | 914 | -105 | $909 | $53,072,604 | 28 | Miramax | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Shakespeare in Love | $825,962 | -34.3% | 1,017 | -164 | $812 | $92,887,782 | 21 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | 19 | A Walk on the Moon | $512,589 | -15.4% | 242 | +4 | $2,118 | $2,540,272 | 6 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | Twin Dragons | $495,436 | -44.6% | 852 | -173 | $581 | $6,966,880 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Foolish | $448,779 | -37.6% | 381 | -29 | $1,177 | $4,744,212 | 4 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | Doug's 1st Movie | $419,110 | -46.4% | 1,054 | -478 | $397 | $17,513,937 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 18 | Baby Geniuses | $388,303 | -38% | 939 | -228 | $413 | $24,118,484 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | 15 | eXistenZ | $385,530 | -52.4% | 256 | - | $1,505 | $1,643,228 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 22 | 20 | October Sky | $353,970 | -31.2% | 513 | -85 | $690 | $29,642,705 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 22 | The Faculty | $296,307 | -36.5% | 410 | -61 | $722 | $39,907,916 | 19 | Miramax | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | Saving Private Ryan | $268,659 | -37.8% | 524 | -103 | $512 | $215,406,153 | 41 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 25 | 21 | Edtv | $262,845 | -48.1% | 531 | -292 | $495 | $21,664,690 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 37 | Election | $245,582 | +106.2% | 14 | +8 | $17,541 | $419,087 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 25 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $232,409 | -21.4% | 29 | -1 | $8,014 | $12,577,777 | 28 | IMAX | false | false |
| 28 | 26 | Everest | $204,420 | -10.2% | 55 | +1 | $3,716 | $64,054,834 | 61 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 29 | 36 | The Prince of Egypt | $166,804 | +35.5% | 340 | -68 | $490 | $101,015,851 | 20 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 30 | 27 | Hideous Kinky | $156,788 | -25.2% | 76 | +9 | $2,063 | $561,089 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 31 | - | Sarfarosh | $150,429 | - | 24 | - | $6,267 | $150,429 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | true | false |
| 32 | 30 | Mysteries of Egypt | $146,176 | -20.9% | 15 | -2 | $9,745 | $7,999,924 | 37 | IMAX | false | false |
| 33 | 39 | The Dreamlife of Angels | $123,392 | +6.1% | 40 | +16 | $3,084 | $641,537 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 34 | 28 | The King and I | $119,103 | -39.2% | 330 | -205 | $360 | $11,152,656 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 35 | 35 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | $111,613 | -12.8% | 112 | +7 | $996 | $3,282,799 | 9 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 36 | 59 | 8MM | $110,742 | +121.2% | 422 | +301 | $262 | $36,201,000 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 37 | 33 | Message in a Bottle | $105,393 | -35.4% | 223 | -76 | $472 | $52,700,299 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 38 | 50 | Extreme | $104,386 | +15.9% | 4 | +1 | $26,096 | $378,274 | 5 | IMAX | false | false |
| 39 | 31 | Cruel Intentions | $102,177 | -39.5% | 250 | -98 | $408 | $37,072,975 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 40 | 38 | Blast from the Past | $92,552 | -21.3% | 181 | -35 | $511 | $26,318,096 | 12 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 41 | 32 | A Bug's Life | $84,590 | -48.8% | 275 | -105 | $307 | $162,698,584 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 42 | 52 | The Rage: Carrie 2 | $83,177 | -3.9% | 187 | -24 | $444 | $17,365,658 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 43 | - | The Winslow Boy | $80,553 | - | 6 | - | $13,425 | $80,553 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 44 | 41 | Patch Adams | $80,080 | -30.2% | 143 | -42 | $560 | $134,797,250 | 19 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 45 | 45 | The Other Sister | $76,531 | -32.3% | 183 | -51 | $418 | $26,832,972 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 46 | 29 | True Crime | $75,268 | -60% | 338 | -263 | $222 | $16,306,831 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 47 | 47 | Rushmore | $74,355 | -26.2% | 135 | -32 | $550 | $16,802,978 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 48 | 46 | Payback | $74,014 | -29.9% | 206 | -88 | $359 | $80,012,514 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 49 | 40 | The Deep End of the Ocean | $73,369 | -36.6% | 324 | -77 | $226 | $13,310,550 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 50 | 34 | Waking Ned Devine | $72,106 | -44.6% | 129 | -14 | $558 | $24,394,059 | 24 | - | false | false |
| 51 | 51 | Central Station | $71,031 | -18.1% | 68 | +2 | $1,044 | $5,862,993 | 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 52 | - | Open Your Eyes | $67,013 | - | 23 | - | $2,913 | $144,617 | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 53 | 49 | The Mod Squad | $63,606 | -30.4% | 182 | -87 | $349 | $13,031,734 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 54 | 43 | The Corruptor | $60,448 | -46.8% | 154 | -138 | $392 | $15,058,817 | 8 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 55 | 42 | Elizabeth | $60,280 | -47.1% | 114 | -35 | $528 | $29,946,106 | 26 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 56 | 44 | A Simple Plan | $59,406 | -47.6% | 226 | -96 | $262 | $16,245,186 | 21 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 57 | 60 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $56,409 | +15.6% | 11 | +1 | $5,128 | $6,705,995 | 53 | IMAX | false | false |
| 58 | - | Get Real | $54,254 | - | 6 | - | $9,042 | $54,254 | 1 | Paramount Classics | true | false |
| 59 | 24 | Goodbye Lover | $52,691 | -82.6% | 165 | -700 | $319 | $1,850,527 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 60 | - | Three Seasons | $47,542 | - | 3 | - | $15,847 | $47,542 | 1 | October Films | true | false |
| 61 | - | Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles | $5,869 | - | 1 | - | $5,869 | $5,869 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | true | false |
| 62 | - | Edge of Seventeen | $5,302 | - | 1 | - | $5,302 | $5,302 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
| 63 | - | Heaven | $1,983 | - | 1 | - | $1,983 | $1,983 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 64 | - | The Velocity of Gary | $1,242 | - | 1 | - | $1,242 | $1,242 | 1 | - | true | false |
