| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Eyes Wide Shut | $21,706,163 | - | 2,411 | - | $9,002 | $21,706,163 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | American Pie | $13,559,430 | -27.5% | 2,518 | +10 | $5,385 | $45,522,645 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Lake Placid | $10,974,145 | - | 2,096 | - | $5,235 | $10,974,145 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Big Daddy | $10,416,407 | -35% | 3,254 | - | $3,201 | $134,480,100 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Wild Wild West | $10,063,277 | -40.2% | 3,342 | - | $3,011 | $94,076,486 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Wood | $8,515,223 | - | 1,191 | - | $7,149 | $8,515,223 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Tarzan | $7,535,288 | -30.3% | 2,838 | -293 | $2,655 | $142,973,292 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $5,647,641 | -24.6% | 1,850 | -597 | $3,052 | $395,201,250 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | The General's Daughter | $5,202,549 | -34.4% | 2,258 | -452 | $2,304 | $87,907,277 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Muppets from Space | $4,826,049 | - | 2,265 | - | $2,130 | $6,686,522 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 11 | 9 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $4,369,129 | -36% | 2,090 | -518 | $2,090 | $190,699,168 | 6 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $4,322,888 | -38.8% | 2,008 | -120 | $2,152 | $43,395,740 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 6 | Arlington Road | $4,187,567 | -44.3% | 1,631 | - | $2,567 | $14,704,862 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Notting Hill | $2,105,740 | -30.2% | 1,183 | -396 | $1,780 | $107,111,680 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | An Ideal Husband | $1,723,991 | -24.9% | 753 | -19 | $2,289 | $11,897,612 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Blair Witch Project | $1,512,054 | - | 27 | - | $56,002 | $1,572,173 | 1 | Artisan Entertainment | true | false |
| 17 | 10 | Summer of Sam | $1,466,779 | -57.7% | 1,068 | -468 | $1,373 | $17,229,840 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | The Mummy | $632,195 | -27.1% | 557 | -137 | $1,135 | $150,744,850 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 19 | Entrapment | $419,927 | +5.5% | 546 | +11 | $769 | $85,612,807 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | Run Lola Run | $408,529 | +15.3% | 99 | +44 | $4,126 | $2,184,642 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 21 | 14 | The Red Violin | $393,029 | -24.2% | 205 | -36 | $1,917 | $5,957,593 | 37 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 22 | 21 | Mysteries of Egypt | $390,831 | +12.2% | 22 | +1 | $17,765 | $13,928,839 | 48 | IMAX | false | false |
| 23 | 18 | Tea with Mussolini | $345,642 | -21.8% | 246 | -35 | $1,405 | $12,152,746 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 24 | 22 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $335,637 | +4.2% | 35 | - | $9,589 | $18,412,008 | 39 | IMAX | false | false |
| 25 | 15 | Shakespeare in Love | $269,546 | -47.3% | 439 | -133 | $614 | $99,985,637 | 32 | Miramax | false | false |
| 26 | 17 | Elvis Gratton II: Miracle à Memphis | $245,392 | -47.8% | 91 | - | $2,696 | $2,413,390 | 3 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 27 | 24 | Buena Vista Social Club | $235,113 | -7.6% | 55 | +4 | $4,274 | $2,296,159 | 7 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 28 | 16 | The Matrix | $224,609 | -56% | 282 | -245 | $796 | $167,910,762 | 16 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 29 | 26 | Everest | $224,193 | +6.1% | 58 | +2 | $3,865 | $68,008,217 | 72 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 30 | 25 | Never Been Kissed | $193,662 | -19.5% | 296 | -92 | $654 | $54,632,871 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 31 | 52 | The Thirteenth Floor | $170,176 | +349.1% | 326 | +279 | $522 | $11,450,669 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 32 | 28 | Life | $149,435 | -11.8% | 247 | +21 | $605 | $63,314,304 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 27 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $146,909 | -21.3% | 244 | -67 | $602 | $37,484,850 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 34 | 30 | Extreme | $143,492 | -8.1% | 20 | +1 | $7,174 | $2,923,699 | 16 | IMAX | false | false |
| 35 | 34 | Island of the Sharks | $118,086 | +7.4% | 8 | -1 | $14,760 | $1,451,768 | 13 | IMAX | false | false |
| 36 | 29 | The Winslow Boy | $114,213 | -31.8% | 68 | -19 | $1,679 | $3,319,044 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 37 | 32 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $114,186 | -11.7% | 15 | - | $7,612 | $2,350,595 | 21 | - | false | false |
| 38 | 43 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $101,345 | +55.6% | 203 | +82 | $499 | $15,837,164 | 10 | - | false | false |
| 39 | 23 | Instinct | $97,802 | -67.1% | 167 | -231 | $585 | $33,049,557 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 40 | 37 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $96,215 | -4.4% | 11 | +1 | $8,746 | $8,847,642 | 64 | IMAX | false | false |
| 41 | 36 | Baby Geniuses | $91,650 | -10.5% | 175 | -13 | $523 | $26,744,050 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 42 | 35 | Black Mask | $89,964 | -13.7% | 204 | -97 | $441 | $12,358,668 | 10 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 43 | 39 | October Sky | $83,695 | -10.1% | 135 | -14 | $619 | $32,359,280 | 22 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 33 | Analyze This | $72,865 | -40.1% | 131 | -68 | $556 | $106,694,016 | 20 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 45 | 59 | Wolves | $68,548 | +151.4% | 11 | +2 | $6,231 | $1,056,174 | 5 | IMAX | false | false |
| 46 | 31 | Limbo | $61,584 | -59.1% | 61 | -49 | $1,009 | $1,786,256 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 47 | 62 | Le Dîner de Cons | $55,510 | +117.5% | 6 | +5 | $9,251 | $98,830 | 2 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 48 | 42 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $55,340 | -20.3% | 18 | -2 | $3,074 | $491,172 | 11 | - | false | false |
| 49 | 44 | My Son the Fanatic | $47,800 | -25.8% | 17 | -3 | $2,811 | $315,302 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 50 | 40 | Straight from the Heart | $46,204 | -46.2% | 26 | -4 | $1,777 | $1,007,446 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 51 | 47 | Edge of Seventeen | $44,321 | -22.3% | 10 | - | $4,432 | $555,567 | 12 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 52 | 41 | Besieged | $43,600 | -46.4% | 50 | -15 | $872 | $1,909,474 | 9 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 53 | 50 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $41,701 | -6.6% | 9 | - | $4,633 | $13,840,498 | 106 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 54 | 38 | The Love Letter | $41,497 | -57.2% | 166 | -183 | $249 | $8,276,478 | 9 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 55 | 49 | Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar | $40,207 | -24.3% | 28 | -8 | $1,435 | $1,541,261 | 7 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 56 | 57 | Cookie's Fortune | $38,416 | +24.7% | 38 | -10 | $1,010 | $10,761,863 | 16 | October Films | false | false |
| 57 | 45 | Election | $38,212 | -34.6% | 62 | -73 | $616 | $14,524,160 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 58 | 56 | Go | $37,526 | +20.8% | 58 | +6 | $647 | $16,754,425 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 59 | 46 | The Out-of-Towners | $35,423 | -39.3% | 107 | -115 | $331 | $28,470,648 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 60 | - | Wildfire: Feel the Heat | $32,819 | - | 6 | - | $5,469 | $805,998 | 19 | - | false | false |
| 61 | 53 | Doug's 1st Movie | $31,178 | -9.8% | 113 | -15 | $275 | $19,376,078 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 62 | 64 | Cruel Intentions | $30,456 | +27.5% | 36 | +7 | $846 | $38,129,656 | 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 63 | 54 | Autumn Tale | $29,717 | -11.6% | 2 | - | $14,858 | $82,489 | 2 | October Films | false | false |
| 64 | 61 | Three Seasons | $25,067 | -3.6% | 25 | +3 | $1,002 | $1,923,909 | 12 | October Films | false | false |
| 65 | 60 | After Life | $24,573 | -8.5% | 7 | - | $3,510 | $265,825 | 10 | Artistic License | false | false |
| 66 | - | I'm Losing You | $7,027 | - | 2 | - | $3,513 | $7,027 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
