| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Mummy | $43,369,635 | - | 3,210 | - | $13,510 | $43,369,635 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Entrapment | $12,326,723 | -38.8% | 2,855 | +41 | $4,317 | $38,452,755 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Matrix | $5,881,558 | -32.5% | 2,860 | -43 | $2,056 | $138,505,386 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Life | $3,644,810 | -43.8% | 2,438 | -175 | $1,495 | $51,484,410 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 26 | Election | $3,162,540 | +1,187.8% | 827 | +813 | $3,824 | $3,696,536 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Never Been Kissed | $3,004,927 | -26.2% | 2,404 | -77 | $1,249 | $40,503,981 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Analyze This | $1,726,565 | -20.6% | 1,995 | -133 | $865 | $100,843,305 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $1,130,857 | -37.6% | 1,712 | -308 | $660 | $32,639,900 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 12 | Cookie's Fortune | $850,072 | -15.1% | 552 | -7 | $1,539 | $7,715,766 | 6 | October Films | false | false |
| 10 | 15 | Shakespeare in Love | $785,199 | -4.9% | 903 | -114 | $869 | $93,965,332 | 22 | Miramax | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | The Out-of-Towners | $777,036 | -29.6% | 1,306 | -544 | $594 | $26,051,758 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 14 | Life Is Beautiful | $767,739 | -7.7% | 812 | -102 | $945 | $54,168,264 | 29 | Miramax | false | false |
| 13 | 7 | Idle Hands | $701,678 | -61.2% | 1,611 | - | $435 | $3,004,841 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | Pushing Tin | $680,889 | -45.5% | 1,160 | -124 | $586 | $7,023,561 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | - | She's All That | $625,873 | - | 613 | - | $1,021 | $61,582,862 | 15 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Forces of Nature | $563,188 | -35.6% | 1,117 | -391 | $504 | $50,324,065 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 10 | Go | $552,220 | -52.1% | 884 | -535 | $624 | $15,405,972 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | 8 | Lost & Found | $421,781 | -66.4% | 1,284 | -1,185 | $328 | $5,780,285 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | A Walk on the Moon | $421,021 | -17.9% | 243 | +1 | $1,732 | $3,130,812 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
| 20 | 27 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $307,761 | +32.4% | 29 | - | $10,612 | $13,056,741 | 29 | IMAX | false | false |
| 21 | 22 | October Sky | $291,660 | -17.6% | 429 | -84 | $679 | $30,034,680 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 17 | Twin Dragons | $272,580 | -45% | 662 | -190 | $411 | $7,382,622 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 23 | 19 | Doug's 1st Movie | $268,090 | -36% | 830 | -224 | $323 | $17,861,251 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 20 | Baby Geniuses | $264,586 | -31.9% | 741 | -198 | $357 | $24,455,066 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 25 | 18 | Foolish | $262,033 | -41.6% | 340 | -41 | $770 | $5,145,480 | 5 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 26 | 21 | eXistenZ | $216,429 | -43.9% | 241 | -15 | $898 | $2,094,334 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 27 | 28 | Everest | $187,624 | -8.2% | 55 | - | $3,411 | $64,326,156 | 62 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 28 | 24 | Saving Private Ryan | $182,143 | -32.2% | 401 | -123 | $454 | $215,708,216 | 42 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 29 | 60 | Three Seasons | $174,078 | +266.2% | 22 | +19 | $7,912 | $245,134 | 2 | October Films | false | false |
| 30 | 33 | The Dreamlife of Angels | $167,169 | +35.5% | 66 | +26 | $2,532 | $971,591 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 31 | 25 | Edtv | $157,080 | -40.2% | 408 | -123 | $385 | $21,902,915 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 32 | Mysteries of Egypt | $153,879 | +5.3% | 18 | +3 | $8,548 | $8,305,940 | 38 | IMAX | false | false |
| 33 | 43 | The Winslow Boy | $128,639 | +59.7% | 12 | +6 | $10,719 | $238,902 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 34 | 46 | True Crime | $126,305 | +67.8% | 530 | +192 | $238 | $16,461,163 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 35 | 30 | Hideous Kinky | $118,298 | -24.5% | 78 | +2 | $1,516 | $738,718 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 36 | 31 | Sarfarosh | $103,896 | -30.9% | 24 | - | $4,329 | $288,733 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | false | false |
| 37 | 35 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | $99,831 | -10.6% | 104 | -8 | $959 | $3,443,871 | 10 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 38 | 23 | The Faculty | $98,298 | -66.8% | 258 | -152 | $381 | $40,064,955 | 20 | Miramax | false | false |
| 39 | 34 | The King and I | $89,858 | -24.6% | 268 | -62 | $335 | $11,271,037 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 40 | 29 | The Prince of Egypt | $89,480 | -46.4% | 303 | -37 | $295 | $101,145,331 | 21 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 41 | 50 | Waking Ned Devine | $78,285 | +8.6% | 124 | -5 | $631 | $24,505,152 | 25 | - | false | false |
| 42 | 57 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $74,240 | +31.6% | 11 | - | $6,749 | $6,894,241 | 54 | IMAX | false | false |
| 43 | 38 | Extreme | $65,833 | -36.9% | 4 | - | $16,458 | $479,829 | 6 | IMAX | false | false |
| 44 | 37 | Message in a Bottle | $65,824 | -37.5% | 164 | -59 | $401 | $52,799,004 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 45 | 40 | Blast from the Past | $65,471 | -29.3% | 157 | -24 | $417 | $26,415,951 | 13 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 46 | 42 | The Rage: Carrie 2 | $62,289 | -25.1% | 162 | -25 | $384 | $17,452,447 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 47 | 36 | 8MM | $61,880 | -44.1% | 297 | -125 | $208 | $36,283,501 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 48 | 51 | Central Station | $61,235 | -13.8% | 61 | -7 | $1,003 | $5,969,553 | 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 49 | 39 | Cruel Intentions | $57,679 | -43.5% | 191 | -59 | $301 | $37,149,539 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 50 | 58 | Get Real | $55,752 | +2.8% | 17 | +11 | $3,279 | $135,391 | 2 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 51 | 47 | Rushmore | $55,221 | -25.7% | 80 | -55 | $690 | $16,892,803 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 52 | - | This Is My Father | $54,876 | - | 9 | - | $6,097 | $54,876 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 53 | 49 | The Deep End of the Ocean | $51,771 | -29.4% | 248 | -76 | $208 | $13,376,504 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 54 | - | Gods and Monsters | $50,749 | - | 56 | - | $906 | $6,282,133 | 27 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 55 | 48 | Payback | $50,459 | -31.8% | 142 | -64 | $355 | $80,081,420 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 56 | 44 | Patch Adams | $49,875 | -37.7% | 105 | -38 | $475 | $134,865,675 | 20 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 57 | 45 | The Other Sister | $43,673 | -42.9% | 119 | -64 | $367 | $26,898,933 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 58 | 52 | Open Your Eyes | $42,841 | -36.1% | 28 | +5 | $1,530 | $210,667 | 4 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 59 | 53 | The Mod Squad | $42,097 | -33.8% | 152 | -30 | $276 | $13,096,196 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 60 | 41 | A Bug's Life | $41,951 | -50.4% | 184 | -91 | $227 | $162,763,063 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 61 | - | Revelation | $39,442 | - | 15 | - | $2,629 | $39,442 | 1 | Providence Entertainment | true | false |
| 62 | - | The Castle | $29,452 | - | 257 | - | $114 | $29,452 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 63 | - | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $23,880 | - | 3 | - | $7,960 | $23,880 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 64 | - | The Third Man | $13,576 | - | 1 | - | $13,576 | $13,576 | 1 | Rialto Pictures | true | false |
| 65 | - | The Empty Mirror | $4,688 | - | 4 | - | $1,172 | $4,688 | 1 | Lionsgate | true | false |
| 66 | - | The Pusher | $1,656 | - | 1 | - | $1,656 | $1,656 | 1 | First Run | true | false |
