| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Sixth Sense | $25,764,991 | -3.4% | 2,395 | +234 | $10,757 | $69,661,654 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Bowfinger | $18,062,550 | - | 2,706 | - | $6,675 | $18,062,550 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Blair Witch Project | $14,501,038 | -40.4% | 2,412 | +270 | $6,012 | $107,279,782 | 5 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Runaway Bride | $13,756,269 | -33.8% | 3,212 | +51 | $4,282 | $97,940,624 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | The Thomas Crown Affair | $10,071,935 | -31% | 2,427 | - | $4,149 | $30,968,396 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Deep Blue Sea | $6,652,140 | -40.6% | 2,710 | -191 | $2,454 | $57,093,827 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Inspector Gadget | $6,041,782 | -34.1% | 2,591 | -271 | $2,331 | $75,936,787 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Mystery Men | $4,712,405 | -53% | 2,142 | +6 | $2,200 | $19,322,670 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Brokedown Palace | $3,871,616 | - | 1,740 | - | $2,225 | $3,871,616 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Iron Giant | $3,747,624 | -34.6% | 2,179 | - | $1,719 | $12,548,508 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Haunting | $3,305,136 | -48.7% | 2,239 | -642 | $1,476 | $83,636,589 | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | American Pie | $2,660,350 | -35.8% | 1,382 | -413 | $1,925 | $90,618,515 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Detroit Rock City | $2,005,512 | - | 1,802 | - | $1,112 | $2,005,512 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 14 | 11 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $1,518,607 | -31.7% | 771 | -428 | $1,969 | $415,645,312 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 19 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $1,232,856 | +64% | 953 | +252 | $1,293 | $201,338,123 | 10 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Tarzan | $1,137,708 | -33.4% | 944 | -188 | $1,205 | $164,071,910 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | Dick | $803,193 | -63.7% | 1,522 | - | $527 | $5,538,517 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | Big Daddy | $782,305 | -47.9% | 1,011 | -507 | $773 | $157,701,079 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | Eyes Wide Shut | $601,249 | -62.5% | 732 | -880 | $821 | $53,500,657 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | - | Taal | $591,289 | - | - | - | - | $591,289 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | true | false |
| 21 | 16 | The Wood | $570,743 | -51.8% | 564 | -247 | $1,011 | $23,727,752 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 21 | Notting Hill | $448,835 | -16.8% | 470 | -44 | $954 | $113,423,125 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 17 | The General's Daughter | $446,698 | -60.2% | 553 | -383 | $807 | $100,743,523 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 24 | The Matrix | $420,332 | +5% | 412 | -43 | $1,020 | $170,416,506 | 20 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 25 | 18 | Lake Placid | $405,420 | -53.2% | 434 | -381 | $934 | $29,560,304 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 26 | 25 | Mysteries of Egypt | $386,691 | -3% | 22 | +1 | $17,576 | $17,085,495 | 52 | IMAX | false | false |
| 27 | 28 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $317,533 | +7.4% | 38 | +2 | $8,356 | $20,953,839 | 43 | IMAX | false | false |
| 28 | 30 | Muppets from Space | $315,106 | +14.4% | 576 | +122 | $547 | $15,406,245 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 29 | 20 | Wild Wild West | $306,602 | -58% | 579 | -578 | $529 | $111,372,976 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 30 | 27 | The Mummy | $305,980 | -13.2% | 408 | -62 | $749 | $154,317,750 | 15 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 31 | Run Lola Run | $265,588 | +1.1% | 120 | +14 | $2,213 | $4,176,961 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 32 | 26 | An Ideal Husband | $250,999 | -35.6% | 232 | -104 | $1,081 | $16,902,245 | 9 | Miramax | false | false |
| 33 | 32 | Everest | $216,442 | -2.4% | 56 | -2 | $3,865 | $69,952,325 | 76 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 34 | 36 | Buena Vista Social Club | $187,669 | +18.6% | 60 | +9 | $3,127 | $3,479,350 | 11 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 35 | 23 | Arlington Road | $186,345 | -59.5% | 186 | -175 | $1,001 | $23,683,007 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 36 | 34 | The Red Violin | $160,195 | -13% | 109 | -8 | $1,469 | $7,504,537 | 41 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 37 | 29 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $156,596 | -44.5% | 226 | -116 | $692 | $50,900,365 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 38 | 39 | Le Dîner de Cons | $150,685 | +26.6% | 50 | +13 | $3,013 | $1,982,014 | 6 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 39 | 35 | Entrapment | $147,668 | -19.6% | 240 | -87 | $615 | $87,332,762 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 40 | 38 | Extreme | $134,661 | +4.4% | 20 | - | $6,733 | $4,064,127 | 20 | IMAX | false | false |
| 41 | 33 | Trick | $131,584 | -36.4% | 34 | - | $3,870 | $770,016 | 4 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 42 | 40 | Island of the Sharks | $128,069 | +10.4% | 11 | +1 | $11,642 | $2,493,295 | 17 | IMAX | false | false |
| 43 | 42 | Autumn Tale | $125,743 | +14.4% | 28 | +1 | $4,490 | $667,551 | 6 | October Films | false | false |
| 44 | 37 | Tea with Mussolini | $125,358 | -13.8% | 161 | -6 | $778 | $13,520,278 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 45 | 22 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | $118,587 | -74.4% | 176 | -600 | $673 | $9,898,464 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 46 | 41 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $112,982 | +2.5% | 15 | - | $7,532 | $3,173,610 | 25 | - | false | false |
| 47 | 44 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $90,232 | -9.7% | 9 | - | $10,025 | $9,641,884 | 68 | IMAX | false | false |
| 48 | - | Better Than Chocolate | $84,584 | - | 15 | - | $5,638 | $84,584 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | true | false |
| 49 | 45 | My Life So Far | $68,535 | -16.8% | 20 | +3 | $3,426 | $341,200 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 50 | 43 | Instinct | $58,558 | -44.8% | 131 | -121 | $447 | $33,980,455 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 51 | 52 | Wolves | $58,523 | +13.3% | 10 | - | $5,852 | $1,496,515 | 9 | IMAX | false | false |
| 52 | 46 | Never Been Kissed | $56,857 | -24.8% | 124 | -45 | $458 | $55,354,153 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 53 | 47 | Life | $54,315 | -27.8% | 155 | - | $350 | $63,980,455 | 18 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 54 | 51 | The Winslow Boy | $47,519 | -8.9% | 40 | - | $1,187 | $3,724,840 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 55 | 58 | Twin Falls Idaho | $47,456 | +46.1% | 12 | +6 | $3,954 | $170,875 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 56 | 48 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $41,956 | -44.1% | 12 | - | $3,496 | $14,304,772 | 110 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 57 | 50 | Illuminata | $41,260 | -22.5% | 8 | - | $5,157 | $122,528 | 2 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 58 | 61 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $40,124 | +30.9% | 21 | +9 | $1,910 | $703,320 | 15 | - | false | false |
| 59 | 60 | Kohram | $38,530 | +21.4% | 11 | - | $3,502 | $70,257 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 60 | 59 | Baby Geniuses | $32,568 | +1.3% | 92 | +5 | $354 | $27,025,696 | 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 61 | 55 | Wildfire: Feel the Heat | $30,086 | -17.3% | 7 | - | $4,298 | $1,086,639 | 23 | - | false | false |
| 62 | - | The Third Man | $26,000 | - | 5 | - | $5,200 | $364,364 | 15 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 63 | 54 | Summer of Sam | $23,229 | -39.8% | 25 | -7 | $929 | $19,010,121 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 64 | - | Three Seasons | $22,358 | - | 19 | - | $1,176 | $2,005,804 | 16 | October Films | false | false |
| 65 | - | Head On | $14,224 | - | 1 | - | $14,224 | $14,224 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
