| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Wild Wild West | $27,687,484 | - | 3,342 | - | $8,284 | $40,957,789 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Big Daddy | $20,013,415 | -51.8% | 3,121 | +94 | $6,412 | $90,505,344 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Tarzan | $13,914,914 | -42.2% | 3,103 | +54 | $4,484 | $111,097,897 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $11,335,889 | - | 2,128 | - | $5,327 | $19,637,409 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | The General's Daughter | $10,706,418 | -29.5% | 2,858 | - | $3,746 | $67,368,160 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $9,540,382 | -32.4% | 2,628 | -498 | $3,630 | $369,415,693 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $8,956,912 | -51.2% | 3,091 | -223 | $2,897 | $172,045,630 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 8 | - | Summer of Sam | $5,952,452 | - | 1,536 | - | $3,875 | $5,952,452 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | Notting Hill | $3,868,560 | -30% | 1,944 | -615 | $1,990 | $96,637,355 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | An Ideal Husband | $2,741,108 | +140.6% | 602 | +480 | $4,553 | $5,714,125 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | The Mummy | $917,600 | -57.8% | 992 | -834 | $925 | $147,918,655 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | The Red Violin | $882,894 | +20.5% | 261 | +11 | $3,382 | $4,552,900 | 35 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Instinct | $595,561 | -69.3% | 832 | -982 | $715 | $32,230,446 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 46 | Shakespeare in Love | $582,774 | +680.1% | 618 | +442 | $943 | $98,665,820 | 30 | Miramax | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Tea with Mussolini | $539,894 | -15.8% | 284 | +1 | $1,901 | $10,846,181 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 16 | 10 | The Matrix | $475,602 | -53% | 747 | -392 | $636 | $166,652,219 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | Mysteries of Egypt | $432,952 | +34.9% | 22 | +1 | $19,679 | $12,447,567 | 46 | IMAX | false | false |
| 18 | 11 | Entrapment | $381,736 | -53.8% | 553 | -509 | $690 | $84,425,156 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 19 | 24 | Run Lola Run | $358,203 | +73.5% | 45 | +25 | $7,960 | $1,056,383 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 20 | 21 | Buena Vista Social Club | $284,516 | +21.4% | 50 | +21 | $5,690 | $1,524,432 | 5 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 21 | 16 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $280,381 | +2.2% | 35 | +3 | $8,010 | $17,134,298 | 37 | IMAX | false | false |
| 22 | 15 | Never Been Kissed | $270,351 | -8.3% | 469 | -64 | $576 | $53,848,246 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 23 | 23 | Everest | $207,293 | -2% | 55 | - | $3,768 | $67,128,799 | 70 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 24 | 53 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $205,918 | +364.9% | 409 | +296 | $503 | $36,809,588 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 20 | Limbo | $203,375 | -14.8% | 111 | +15 | $1,832 | $1,443,716 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 26 | 19 | The Winslow Boy | $183,893 | -25% | 86 | -35 | $2,138 | $2,853,907 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 27 | 17 | Analyze This | $173,285 | -35.3% | 323 | -174 | $536 | $106,354,227 | 18 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 28 | 18 | Life | $142,115 | -44.6% | 245 | -179 | $580 | $62,840,929 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 29 | Besieged | $134,415 | -1.9% | 86 | -39 | $1,562 | $1,697,573 | 7 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 30 | 33 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $133,650 | +9.8% | 15 | -1 | $8,910 | $1,944,935 | 19 | - | false | false |
| 31 | 36 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $111,901 | -0.8% | 11 | -1 | $10,172 | $8,451,787 | 62 | IMAX | false | false |
| 32 | 22 | The Out-of-Towners | $100,619 | -53.5% | 319 | -188 | $315 | $28,289,188 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 47 | Island of the Sharks | $89,721 | +23.4% | 8 | - | $11,215 | $991,937 | 11 | IMAX | false | false |
| 34 | 27 | Election | $89,239 | -50.1% | 222 | -115 | $401 | $14,355,429 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 38 | October Sky | $87,135 | -19.8% | 157 | -50 | $555 | $32,074,275 | 20 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 36 | 34 | Baby Geniuses | $85,620 | -29.6% | 240 | -61 | $356 | $26,402,797 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 37 | 25 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $73,919 | -63.9% | 128 | -155 | $577 | $15,588,182 | 8 | - | false | false |
| 38 | 28 | The Thirteenth Floor | $67,015 | -59.1% | 100 | -195 | $670 | $11,206,391 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 39 | 37 | Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar | $64,135 | -42% | 39 | -34 | $1,644 | $1,644,060 | 5 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 40 | 57 | My Son the Fanatic | $62,288 | +62.2% | 14 | +9 | $4,449 | $143,388 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 41 | 32 | Twin Dragons | $62,197 | -49.6% | 133 | -73 | $467 | $8,332,431 | 13 | Miramax | false | false |
| 42 | - | Edge of Seventeen | $57,234 | - | 7 | - | $8,176 | $412,515 | 10 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 43 | 41 | My Favorite Martian | $43,651 | -47.9% | 146 | -78 | $298 | $36,727,059 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 49 | Get Real | $43,211 | -31.8% | 35 | -4 | $1,234 | $931,809 | 10 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 45 | 58 | Wolves | $43,128 | +15.7% | 9 | - | $4,792 | $889,838 | 3 | IMAX | false | false |
| 46 | 55 | The Castle | $42,816 | +5.9% | 26 | -13 | $1,646 | $807,472 | 9 | Miramax | false | false |
| 47 | 48 | This Is My Father | $40,756 | -37.6% | 44 | -2 | $926 | $738,190 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 48 | 44 | Doug's 1st Movie | $40,629 | -47.4% | 170 | -111 | $238 | $19,244,433 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 49 | 39 | Forces of Nature | $40,359 | -60.9% | 159 | -177 | $253 | $52,878,756 | 16 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 50 | 42 | Cookie's Fortune | $40,207 | -51.7% | 52 | -48 | $773 | $10,664,512 | 14 | October Films | false | false |
| 51 | 52 | Cruel Intentions | $35,144 | -21.2% | 41 | -23 | $857 | $38,041,275 | 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 52 | 54 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $34,035 | -22.9% | 9 | - | $3,781 | $13,682,359 | 104 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 53 | 45 | Foolish | $32,868 | -56.1% | 83 | -136 | $396 | $5,954,773 | 13 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 54 | 56 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $30,606 | -21.7% | 13 | +2 | $2,354 | $311,726 | 9 | - | false | false |
| 55 | 35 | The Love Letter | $30,566 | -73.1% | 87 | -182 | $351 | $8,055,395 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 56 | 50 | Three Seasons | $25,509 | -55.5% | 31 | -10 | $822 | $1,834,672 | 10 | October Films | false | false |
| 57 | - | Go | $23,464 | - | 58 | - | $404 | $16,644,312 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 58 | - | The Lovers on the Bridge | $21,482 | - | 2 | - | $10,741 | $29,679 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 59 | - | The Dreamlife of Angels | $19,976 | - | 18 | - | $1,109 | $1,659,643 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 60 | 59 | A Walk on the Moon | $19,779 | -46.7% | 28 | -26 | $706 | $4,741,987 | 15 | Miramax | false | false |
| 61 | - | Genghis Blues | $6,524 | - | 1 | - | $6,524 | $8,155 | 1 | Roxie Releasing | true | false |
