| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Sixth Sense | $23,950,008 | -7% | 2,688 | +293 | $8,909 | $107,506,281 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Bowfinger | $10,609,885 | -41.3% | 2,717 | +11 | $3,905 | $35,802,745 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Mickey Blue Eyes | $10,178,289 | - | 2,573 | - | $3,955 | $10,178,289 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | 4 | Runaway Bride | $9,264,333 | -32.7% | 3,240 | +28 | $2,859 | $113,513,310 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Blair Witch Project | $7,265,546 | -49.9% | 2,538 | +126 | $2,862 | $120,645,836 | 6 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | The Thomas Crown Affair | $7,007,321 | -30.4% | 2,427 | - | $2,887 | $42,221,366 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | - | Universal Soldier: The Return | $4,605,167 | - | 1,639 | - | $2,809 | $4,605,167 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 8 | 7 | Inspector Gadget | $4,316,854 | -28.5% | 2,144 | -447 | $2,013 | $83,161,640 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Deep Blue Sea | $3,980,464 | -40.2% | 2,246 | -464 | $1,772 | $63,843,209 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | Teaching Mrs. Tingle | $3,326,870 | - | 1,710 | - | $1,945 | $3,326,870 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 11 | 8 | Mystery Men | $2,716,045 | -42.4% | 1,954 | -188 | $1,389 | $24,459,175 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Iron Giant | $2,320,113 | -38.1% | 1,943 | -236 | $1,194 | $16,659,344 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | American Pie | $2,006,805 | -24.6% | 1,118 | -264 | $1,794 | $94,131,695 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | Brokedown Palace | $1,780,387 | -54% | 1,738 | -2 | $1,024 | $7,816,783 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | The Haunting | $1,673,358 | -49.4% | 1,587 | -652 | $1,054 | $86,750,650 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $1,221,405 | -19.6% | 631 | -140 | $1,935 | $417,800,897 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $929,717 | -24.6% | 905 | -48 | $1,027 | $203,100,498 | 11 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Tarzan | $740,036 | -35% | 743 | -201 | $996 | $165,477,219 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 13 | Detroit Rock City | $645,028 | -67.8% | 1,802 | - | $357 | $3,656,297 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 20 | 18 | Big Daddy | $644,578 | -17.6% | 628 | -383 | $1,026 | $158,717,720 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | 25 | Lake Placid | $415,384 | +2.5% | 465 | +31 | $893 | $30,133,865 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 22 | 22 | Notting Hill | $407,225 | -9.3% | 455 | -15 | $895 | $114,133,485 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 20 | Taal | $366,178 | -38.1% | 44 | - | $8,322 | $1,144,965 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | false | false |
| 24 | 27 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $318,306 | +0.2% | 38 | - | $8,376 | $21,616,904 | 44 | IMAX | false | false |
| 25 | 21 | The Wood | $313,079 | -45.1% | 417 | -147 | $750 | $24,271,331 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 19 | Eyes Wide Shut | $304,228 | -49.4% | 501 | -231 | $607 | $54,147,755 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 27 | 26 | Mysteries of Egypt | $292,745 | -24.3% | 23 | +1 | $12,728 | $17,755,513 | 53 | IMAX | false | false |
| 28 | 31 | Run Lola Run | $269,815 | +1.6% | 118 | -2 | $2,286 | $4,645,240 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 29 | 28 | Muppets from Space | $268,202 | -14.9% | 678 | +102 | $395 | $15,842,856 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 30 | 23 | The General's Daughter | $232,227 | -48% | 360 | -193 | $645 | $101,165,584 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 30 | The Mummy | $226,395 | -26% | 351 | -57 | $645 | $154,703,255 | 16 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 24 | The Matrix | $211,862 | -49.6% | 256 | -156 | $827 | $170,817,779 | 21 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 33 | 33 | Everest | $202,802 | -6.3% | 57 | +1 | $3,557 | $70,369,172 | 77 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 34 | 41 | Trick | $195,666 | +48.7% | 53 | +19 | $3,691 | $1,036,728 | 5 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 35 | 34 | Buena Vista Social Club | $183,047 | -2.5% | 61 | +1 | $3,000 | $3,769,173 | 12 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 36 | 29 | Wild Wild West | $175,929 | -42.6% | 371 | -208 | $474 | $111,629,242 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 37 | 38 | Le Dîner de Cons | $170,595 | +13.2% | 59 | +9 | $2,891 | $2,209,519 | 7 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 38 | 32 | An Ideal Husband | $166,702 | -33.6% | 169 | -63 | $986 | $17,195,004 | 10 | Miramax | false | false |
| 39 | 36 | The Red Violin | $143,106 | -10.7% | 95 | -14 | $1,506 | $7,735,416 | 42 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 40 | 40 | Extreme | $139,066 | +3.3% | 20 | - | $6,953 | $4,429,728 | 21 | IMAX | false | false |
| 41 | 17 | Dick | $136,775 | -83% | 230 | -1,292 | $594 | $6,153,332 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 42 | 42 | Island of the Sharks | $122,321 | -4.5% | 11 | - | $11,120 | $2,749,473 | 18 | IMAX | false | false |
| 43 | 37 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $120,747 | -22.9% | 212 | -14 | $569 | $51,118,648 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 43 | Autumn Tale | $119,207 | -5.2% | 28 | - | $4,257 | $884,575 | 7 | October Films | false | false |
| 45 | 46 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $113,573 | +0.5% | 15 | - | $7,571 | $3,380,370 | 26 | - | false | false |
| 46 | 57 | Illuminata | $107,317 | +160.1% | 25 | +17 | $4,292 | $252,873 | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 47 | 39 | Entrapment | $104,103 | -29.5% | 199 | -41 | $523 | $87,524,258 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 48 | 44 | Tea with Mussolini | $99,027 | -21% | 150 | -11 | $660 | $13,695,635 | 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 49 | 35 | Arlington Road | $88,581 | -52.5% | 87 | -99 | $1,018 | $23,818,174 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 50 | 55 | Twin Falls Idaho | $78,377 | +65.2% | 24 | +12 | $3,265 | $275,309 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 51 | 47 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $74,558 | -17.4% | 9 | - | $8,284 | $9,787,116 | 69 | IMAX | false | false |
| 52 | 48 | Better Than Chocolate | $70,693 | -16.4% | 19 | +4 | $3,720 | $203,977 | 2 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 53 | 45 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | $64,213 | -45.9% | 128 | -48 | $501 | $10,041,747 | 5 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 54 | 51 | Wolves | $57,033 | -2.5% | 10 | - | $5,703 | $1,554,457 | 10 | IMAX | false | false |
| 55 | 49 | My Life So Far | $55,742 | -18.7% | 22 | +2 | $2,533 | $430,590 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 56 | 53 | Life | $45,997 | -15.3% | 81 | -74 | $567 | $64,016,268 | 19 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 57 | 52 | Never Been Kissed | $45,903 | -19.3% | 102 | -22 | $450 | $55,432,300 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 58 | 50 | Instinct | $37,791 | -35.5% | 80 | -51 | $472 | $34,050,457 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 59 | 56 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $36,913 | -12% | 12 | - | $3,076 | $14,391,767 | 111 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 60 | 54 | The Winslow Boy | $36,598 | -23% | 39 | -1 | $938 | $3,764,065 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 61 | 60 | Baby Geniuses | $33,810 | +3.8% | 105 | +13 | $322 | $27,075,790 | 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 62 | 58 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $31,091 | -22.5% | 22 | +1 | $1,413 | $746,713 | 16 | - | false | false |
| 63 | 61 | Wildfire: Feel the Heat | $27,972 | -7% | 7 | - | $3,996 | $1,145,547 | 24 | - | false | false |
| 64 | - | The King of Masks | $24,536 | - | 15 | - | $1,635 | $810,450 | 15 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 65 | - | Trippin' | $21,459 | - | 31 | - | $692 | $8,983,034 | 15 | October Films | false | false |
| 66 | 62 | The Third Man | $19,908 | -23.4% | 4 | -1 | $4,977 | $402,126 | 16 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 67 | - | Perfect Blue | $9,600 | - | 1 | - | $9,600 | $9,600 | 1 | Palm Pictures | true | false |
| 68 | - | On the Ropes | $7,431 | - | 1 | - | $7,431 | $11,293 | 1 | Wellspring Media | true | false |
| 69 | - | Knockin' on Heaven's Door | $1,731 | - | 1 | - | $1,731 | $1,731 | 1 | Phaedra Cinema | true | false |
