| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Runaway Bride | $35,055,556 | - | 3,158 | - | $11,100 | $35,055,556 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 17 | The Blair Witch Project | $29,207,381 | +1,376.5% | 1,101 | +1,070 | $26,528 | $36,140,299 | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 3 | - | Deep Blue Sea | $19,107,643 | - | 2,854 | - | $6,695 | $25,164,533 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | 1 | The Haunting | $15,256,799 | -54.4% | 2,864 | +56 | $5,327 | $63,966,505 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Inspector Gadget | $14,131,868 | -35.4% | 2,877 | +63 | $4,912 | $47,851,589 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | American Pie | $6,784,260 | -32.9% | 2,436 | -108 | $2,785 | $77,159,480 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Eyes Wide Shut | $4,320,243 | -57.1% | 2,264 | -219 | $1,908 | $48,652,355 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Big Daddy | $3,558,738 | -40.7% | 2,288 | -616 | $1,555 | $152,661,284 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $3,420,720 | -18.5% | 1,628 | +13 | $2,101 | $408,597,032 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Tarzan | $3,035,186 | -37.8% | 1,611 | -670 | $1,884 | $158,352,002 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Lake Placid | $2,679,079 | -52.1% | 1,798 | -303 | $1,490 | $26,606,388 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Wood | $2,570,711 | -46.7% | 1,052 | -139 | $2,443 | $20,594,390 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 7 | Wild Wild West | $2,503,573 | -53.1% | 2,151 | -894 | $1,163 | $108,878,844 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | The General's Daughter | $2,284,984 | -40.1% | 1,319 | -349 | $1,732 | $97,758,300 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | $1,766,480 | -55.7% | 1,207 | - | $1,463 | $7,991,044 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Arlington Road | $1,335,511 | -54.5% | 861 | -642 | $1,551 | $22,242,239 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $1,231,068 | -47.1% | 1,056 | -320 | $1,165 | $198,003,561 | 8 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $902,152 | -60.5% | 932 | -478 | $967 | $49,893,282 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | Muppets from Space | $887,582 | -59.9% | 1,296 | -969 | $684 | $14,103,440 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 18 | Notting Hill | $884,995 | -44.8% | 708 | -219 | $1,249 | $111,679,705 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | An Ideal Husband | $825,627 | -40.6% | 500 | -113 | $1,651 | $15,682,922 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
| 22 | 31 | The Matrix | $612,428 | +235% | 687 | +545 | $891 | $168,932,002 | 18 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 23 | 20 | The Mummy | $510,725 | -41.1% | 608 | -72 | $840 | $153,112,105 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | Mysteries of Egypt | $341,682 | -12.9% | 21 | - | $16,270 | $15,453,807 | 50 | IMAX | false | false |
| 25 | 26 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $323,491 | -1.9% | 37 | - | $8,743 | $19,731,617 | 41 | IMAX | false | false |
| 26 | 22 | Run Lola Run | $307,279 | -26.5% | 104 | -1 | $2,954 | $3,374,608 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 27 | 25 | The Red Violin | $274,651 | -17.4% | 144 | -16 | $1,907 | $7,091,503 | 39 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 28 | 24 | Entrapment | $261,948 | -31.2% | 390 | -97 | $671 | $86,712,959 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 29 | 28 | Everest | $238,514 | -4.2% | 58 | - | $4,112 | $69,086,557 | 74 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 30 | 27 | Tea with Mussolini | $208,133 | -32.9% | 194 | -19 | $1,072 | $13,038,687 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 31 | 30 | Buena Vista Social Club | $191,033 | -10.5% | 50 | - | $3,820 | $2,938,708 | 9 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 32 | 35 | Island of the Sharks | $155,740 | +22.6% | 10 | - | $15,574 | $1,999,518 | 15 | IMAX | false | false |
| 33 | 21 | Summer of Sam | $152,958 | -67.4% | 119 | -245 | $1,285 | $18,845,489 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 34 | - | Extreme | $143,317 | - | 7 | - | $20,473 | $3,505,146 | 18 | IMAX | false | false |
| 35 | 29 | Instinct | $141,539 | -43% | 339 | -80 | $417 | $33,648,989 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 36 | 44 | Le Dîner de Cons | $140,942 | +73.4% | 27 | +18 | $5,220 | $1,522,156 | 4 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 37 | - | Hindustan Ki Kasam | $108,917 | - | 22 | - | $4,950 | $310,330 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | false | false |
| 38 | 39 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $108,144 | -3.5% | 15 | - | $7,209 | $2,765,393 | 23 | - | false | false |
| 39 | 33 | Life | $103,205 | -22.7% | 172 | -47 | $600 | $63,712,159 | 16 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 40 | 41 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $100,722 | -2.5% | 9 | - | $11,191 | $9,366,430 | 66 | IMAX | false | false |
| 41 | 40 | Autumn Tale | $100,537 | -3.4% | 22 | +3 | $4,569 | $351,134 | 4 | October Films | false | false |
| 42 | 37 | Trick | $94,761 | -20.1% | 6 | - | $15,793 | $274,900 | 2 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 43 | 36 | Never Been Kissed | $91,788 | -25.7% | 196 | -51 | $468 | $55,094,653 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 44 | 42 | The Winslow Boy | $81,341 | -17.4% | 50 | -18 | $1,626 | $3,593,141 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 45 | - | Elvis Gratton II: Miracle à Memphis | $75,287 | - | 57 | - | $1,320 | $3,116,240 | 5 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 46 | 34 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $68,628 | -47.5% | 129 | -34 | $532 | $37,924,768 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 47 | 38 | The Thirteenth Floor | $61,088 | -46.3% | 186 | -58 | $328 | $11,722,566 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 48 | 32 | Election | $58,804 | -56.2% | 157 | -205 | $374 | $14,813,007 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 49 | 50 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $58,033 | +23.3% | 12 | - | $4,836 | $14,092,014 | 108 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 50 | 49 | Wolves | $54,701 | +4% | 10 | - | $5,470 | $1,271,548 | 7 | IMAX | false | false |
| 51 | - | Twin Falls Idaho | $49,849 | - | 6 | - | $8,308 | $49,849 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 52 | 48 | My Life So Far | $49,353 | -8.5% | 5 | - | $9,870 | $131,160 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 53 | 45 | Baby Geniuses | $43,415 | -45.8% | 101 | -62 | $429 | $26,931,974 | 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 54 | 53 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $42,629 | +7.6% | 17 | +2 | $2,507 | $638,684 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 55 | 46 | October Sky | $41,145 | -41.2% | 69 | -42 | $596 | $32,570,685 | 24 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 56 | 47 | Limbo | $40,998 | -30% | 35 | -15 | $1,171 | $1,940,323 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 57 | - | Wildfire: Feel the Heat | $37,785 | - | 7 | - | $5,397 | $922,942 | 21 | - | false | false |
| 58 | 57 | The King of Masks | $36,061 | +18.3% | 11 | +1 | $3,278 | $676,582 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 59 | 55 | Edge of Seventeen | $32,490 | -7.9% | 8 | -1 | $4,061 | $660,329 | 14 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 60 | - | Analyze This | $30,856 | - | 51 | - | $605 | $106,823,373 | 22 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 61 | 56 | Go | $28,888 | -10.2% | 47 | -5 | $614 | $16,842,303 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 62 | 52 | Besieged | $26,090 | -36.2% | 22 | -15 | $1,185 | $2,032,621 | 11 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 63 | - | Cruel Intentions | $24,218 | - | 30 | - | $807 | $38,201,895 | 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 64 | - | Wings of Courage | $22,767 | - | 3 | - | $7,589 | $14,547,448 | 224 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 65 | 51 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $22,603 | -45.8% | 70 | -41 | $322 | $15,997,302 | 12 | - | false | false |
| 66 | - | The Third Man | $22,591 | - | 1 | - | $22,591 | $292,356 | 13 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 67 | 60 | After Life | $22,491 | -12.1% | 8 | +2 | $2,811 | $354,099 | 12 | Artistic License | false | false |
| 68 | 54 | Black Mask | $22,389 | -41.3% | 63 | -40 | $355 | $12,491,455 | 12 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 69 | - | Cookie's Fortune | $21,744 | - | 22 | - | $988 | $10,833,159 | 18 | October Films | false | false |
