| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $64,820,970 | - | 2,970 | - | $21,825 | $105,661,237 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Mummy | $13,791,960 | -44.5% | 3,276 | +50 | $4,210 | $100,210,165 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Entrapment | $6,312,182 | -30.5% | 2,869 | -10 | $2,200 | $59,889,421 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Matrix | $2,875,521 | -36.8% | 2,521 | -194 | $1,140 | $149,507,510 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Love Letter | $2,692,819 | - | 769 | - | $3,501 | $2,692,819 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $2,608,636 | -39.1% | 1,093 | +13 | $2,386 | $8,233,427 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | Never Been Kissed | $1,745,212 | -30.2% | 1,888 | -386 | $924 | $46,190,583 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Black Mask | $1,665,811 | -62.6% | 988 | +9 | $1,686 | $7,313,503 | 2 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Life | $1,565,215 | -45.4% | 1,720 | -527 | $910 | $57,526,494 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Election | $1,474,508 | -35% | 827 | - | $1,782 | $9,157,870 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Trippin' | $1,414,155 | -44.1% | 781 | +4 | $1,810 | $5,213,961 | 2 | October Films | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Tea with Mussolini | $1,280,862 | -21.6% | 273 | +3 | $4,691 | $3,596,320 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Shakespeare in Love | $745,400 | +4.9% | 1,223 | +320 | $609 | $95,940,373 | 24 | Miramax | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Analyze This | $629,481 | -31.7% | 1,123 | -465 | $560 | $103,075,946 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $584,961 | -35.8% | 981 | -405 | $596 | $34,596,955 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | Cookie's Fortune | $460,326 | -19.1% | 504 | -51 | $913 | $9,222,958 | 8 | October Films | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | Life Is Beautiful | $414,662 | -33.8% | 579 | -257 | $716 | $55,785,437 | 31 | Miramax | false | false |
| 18 | 59 | Payback | $330,249 | +755.4% | 567 | +468 | $582 | $80,471,500 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Forces of Nature | $283,828 | -37.2% | 558 | -303 | $508 | $51,389,500 | 10 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | The Out-of-Towners | $273,153 | -53% | 802 | -384 | $340 | $27,264,685 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 24 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $260,367 | -6.5% | 28 | -1 | $9,298 | $13,939,694 | 31 | IMAX | false | false |
| 22 | 23 | A Walk on the Moon | $250,401 | -19.7% | 222 | -24 | $1,127 | $3,933,253 | 9 | Miramax | false | false |
| 23 | 20 | October Sky | $205,435 | -43% | 428 | -102 | $479 | $30,765,770 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 19 | She's All That | $199,932 | -48.2% | 463 | -87 | $431 | $62,463,688 | 17 | Miramax | false | false |
| 25 | 32 | Three Seasons | $190,631 | +9.9% | 53 | +15 | $3,596 | $759,806 | 4 | October Films | false | false |
| 26 | 29 | Everest | $183,365 | -11% | 55 | - | $3,333 | $65,032,895 | 64 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 27 | 28 | The King and I | $164,470 | -24.3% | 553 | -135 | $297 | $11,758,850 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 28 | - | Besieged | $159,289 | - | 36 | - | $4,424 | $159,289 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 29 | 18 | Pushing Tin | $152,514 | -62.2% | 417 | -426 | $365 | $7,975,414 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 30 | 21 | Go | $141,185 | -58.6% | 289 | -300 | $488 | $16,202,159 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 31 | 30 | The Other Sister | $140,906 | -21% | 314 | -73 | $448 | $27,316,903 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 33 | Cruel Intentions | $127,232 | -21% | 427 | -88 | $297 | $37,487,018 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 33 | - | Trekkies | $125,636 | - | 339 | - | $370 | $125,636 | 1 | Paramount Classics | true | false |
| 34 | 37 | The Winslow Boy | $123,338 | -2.1% | 29 | +1 | $4,253 | $568,696 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 35 | 27 | Baby Geniuses | $123,125 | -44.1% | 461 | -199 | $267 | $24,884,477 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 36 | 26 | Doug's 1st Movie | $123,014 | -45% | 417 | -300 | $294 | $18,317,237 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 37 | 40 | The Castle | $115,630 | +14.4% | 55 | +20 | $2,102 | $289,315 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 38 | 41 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $107,615 | +11.5% | 13 | +1 | $8,278 | $7,291,197 | 56 | IMAX | false | false |
| 39 | 35 | Saving Private Ryan | $105,878 | -26.3% | 258 | -61 | $410 | $216,118,802 | 44 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 40 | 39 | The Dreamlife of Angels | $101,123 | -8.3% | 60 | +2 | $1,685 | $1,167,641 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 41 | 34 | Edtv | $98,250 | -36.4% | 262 | -115 | $375 | $22,258,995 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 42 | 38 | eXistenZ | $87,940 | -25.9% | 138 | -12 | $637 | $2,507,513 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 43 | 22 | Idle Hands | $83,811 | -74.8% | 384 | -690 | $218 | $3,708,447 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 44 | 42 | Get Real | $80,697 | +3.3% | 33 | +1 | $2,445 | $343,749 | 4 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 45 | 25 | Lost & Found | $79,299 | -65.7% | 303 | -400 | $261 | $6,261,127 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 46 | 36 | Foolish | $72,801 | -48.8% | 150 | -95 | $485 | $5,478,916 | 7 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 47 | 31 | Twin Dragons | $64,028 | -63.7% | 257 | -234 | $249 | $7,758,398 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
| 48 | 45 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $61,545 | -7.2% | 7 | - | $8,792 | $825,637 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 49 | 46 | Waking Ned Devine | $47,268 | -24% | 94 | -20 | $502 | $24,678,267 | 27 | - | false | false |
| 50 | 44 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | $46,318 | -34.9% | 70 | -19 | $661 | $3,650,677 | 12 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 51 | 51 | Island of the Sharks | $44,337 | -4.9% | 3 | - | $14,779 | $240,458 | 5 | IMAX | false | false |
| 52 | 54 | Patch Adams | $44,290 | +6.9% | 86 | -5 | $515 | $134,976,848 | 22 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 53 | 52 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $42,739 | -6.1% | 11 | - | $3,885 | $13,078,457 | 98 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 54 | 60 | Edge of Seventeen | $42,037 | +19% | 7 | +3 | $6,005 | $110,401 | 4 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 55 | 50 | The Rage: Carrie 2 | $37,731 | -25.1% | 96 | -26 | $393 | $17,584,548 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 56 | 47 | Hideous Kinky | $33,671 | -43% | 42 | -25 | $801 | $898,424 | 6 | - | false | false |
| 57 | 62 | Endurance | $32,985 | +130% | 14 | +10 | $2,356 | $54,147 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 58 | 48 | True Crime | $30,423 | -45.8% | 112 | -139 | $271 | $16,635,339 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 59 | - | Goodbye Lover | $29,793 | - | 216 | - | $137 | $1,923,061 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 60 | 57 | This Is My Father | $27,277 | -30.3% | 13 | +1 | $2,098 | $159,708 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 61 | 43 | The Prince of Egypt | $20,965 | -71.1% | 66 | -159 | $317 | $101,286,212 | 23 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 62 | - | Frogs for Snakes | $12,191 | - | 29 | - | $420 | $12,191 | 1 | Artisan Entertainment | true | false |
