| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Fight Club | $11,035,485 | - | 1,963 | - | $5,621 | $11,035,485 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Double Jeopardy | $10,231,222 | -24.4% | 2,936 | +23 | $3,484 | $80,340,361 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Story of Us | $9,673,080 | - | 2,164 | - | $4,470 | $9,673,080 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Three Kings | $7,276,940 | -39.4% | 2,942 | - | $2,473 | $43,681,624 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | American Beauty | $6,608,144 | -30.5% | 1,350 | +124 | $4,894 | $41,159,439 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Random Hearts | $5,651,420 | -56.6% | 2,697 | - | $2,095 | $22,553,661 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Superstar | $5,616,615 | -37% | 2,016 | +73 | $2,786 | $16,515,436 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | The Sixth Sense | $5,160,171 | -15.7% | 2,682 | -102 | $1,924 | $249,858,389 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Blue Streak | $3,825,556 | -33.1% | 2,353 | -338 | $1,625 | $60,666,802 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | - | The Omega Code | $2,354,362 | - | 304 | - | $7,744 | $2,354,362 | 1 | Providence Entertainment | true | false |
| 11 | 8 | Drive Me Crazy | $2,289,847 | -42.5% | 2,088 | -145 | $1,096 | $15,012,075 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | $1,363,710 | -39.4% | 1,210 | - | $1,127 | $8,340,302 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | For Love of the Game | $1,077,480 | -49.8% | 1,476 | -938 | $730 | $33,206,535 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Stigmata | $925,974 | -34.3% | 1,007 | -375 | $919 | $47,961,934 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Mystery, Alaska | $877,734 | -51.3% | 1,208 | -496 | $726 | $7,518,901 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Inspector Gadget | $456,118 | -19.5% | 662 | -71 | $689 | $95,515,139 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $435,504 | -19.1% | 494 | -56 | $881 | $426,818,051 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | Stir of Echoes | $433,211 | -45.9% | 651 | -386 | $665 | $19,690,390 | 6 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | Runaway Bride | $428,633 | -34.8% | 740 | -313 | $579 | $149,518,485 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 19 | The Thomas Crown Affair | $416,866 | -0.3% | 717 | - | $581 | $67,993,608 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 21 | 17 | The Blair Witch Project | $329,448 | -32.5% | 717 | -207 | $459 | $140,012,961 | 14 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 22 | 29 | Happy, Texas | $327,911 | +89.4% | 134 | +95 | $2,447 | $700,234 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 23 | 41 | Deep Blue Sea | $276,195 | +256.5% | 676 | +521 | $408 | $72,648,974 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 24 | 22 | Mysteries of Egypt | $232,537 | -23.3% | 22 | -1 | $10,569 | $21,987,525 | 61 | IMAX | false | false |
| 25 | 26 | The Limey | $232,141 | +24.1% | 40 | +23 | $5,803 | $504,330 | 2 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 26 | 20 | The Haunting | $213,656 | -40.7% | 318 | -75 | $671 | $90,947,553 | 13 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 27 | 25 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $208,381 | +0.5% | 35 | +2 | $5,953 | $24,467,163 | 52 | IMAX | false | false |
| 28 | 32 | Romance | $190,377 | +39% | 74 | +37 | $2,572 | $876,851 | 5 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 24 | Bowfinger | $165,825 | -23.8% | 335 | -96 | $495 | $65,433,665 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | 23 | The Iron Giant | $146,959 | -43.4% | 480 | -154 | $306 | $22,732,640 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 31 | 31 | Buena Vista Social Club | $133,275 | -11% | 73 | -1 | $1,825 | $5,867,968 | 20 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 32 | 18 | Jakob the Liar | $125,836 | -71% | 348 | -580 | $361 | $4,814,101 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 33 | 27 | Tarzan | $123,754 | -31.7% | 265 | -78 | $466 | $170,259,620 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 34 | 43 | Boys Don't Cry | $121,018 | +64.2% | 18 | +16 | $6,723 | $237,504 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 35 | 21 | Mumford | $118,771 | -65.3% | 214 | -437 | $555 | $4,288,315 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 36 | 28 | The 13th Warrior | $110,204 | -38.2% | 193 | -113 | $571 | $31,971,917 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 37 | 35 | Everest | $109,901 | -5.4% | 42 | -3 | $2,616 | $72,488,251 | 85 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 38 | 34 | In Too Deep | $105,088 | -14.5% | 117 | -21 | $898 | $13,874,837 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 39 | - | The Straight Story | $92,312 | - | 7 | - | $13,187 | $92,312 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 40 | 33 | Big Daddy | $91,972 | -31.9% | 157 | -30 | $585 | $163,343,697 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 41 | 42 | Island of the Sharks | $89,161 | +16.9% | 15 | - | $5,944 | $3,807,800 | 26 | IMAX | false | false |
| 42 | 59 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $82,629 | +71.4% | 15 | +5 | $5,508 | $10,552,822 | 77 | IMAX | false | false |
| 43 | 30 | Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box | $79,821 | -52.3% | 9 | +2 | $8,869 | $339,636 | 3 | IMAX | false | false |
| 44 | 36 | American Pie | $79,045 | -21.1% | 310 | +2 | $254 | $101,615,560 | 15 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 45 | 37 | Guinevere | $66,081 | -29.1% | 33 | - | $2,002 | $433,285 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 46 | 38 | Run Lola Run | $65,901 | -18.9% | 58 | -15 | $1,136 | $6,780,092 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 47 | 44 | Extreme | $65,778 | -10% | 14 | -1 | $4,698 | $6,009,245 | 29 | IMAX | false | false |
| 48 | 45 | Le Dîner de Cons | $49,436 | -28.9% | 63 | -2 | $784 | $3,653,191 | 15 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 49 | - | Earth | $46,324 | - | 17 | - | $2,724 | $376,282 | 6 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 50 | 53 | Lucie Aubrac | $44,833 | -13.6% | 16 | - | $2,802 | $240,576 | 5 | USA Films | false | false |
| 51 | - | Beefcake | $42,178 | - | 6 | - | $7,029 | $42,178 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
| 52 | 39 | Matroni and Me | $40,330 | -49.6% | 40 | +9 | $1,008 | $130,572 | 2 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false | false |
| 53 | 58 | Autumn Tale | $39,871 | -17.6% | 50 | +6 | $797 | $2,067,815 | 15 | October Films | false | false |
| 54 | - | Wolves | $39,443 | - | 14 | - | $2,817 | $2,125,704 | 18 | IMAX | false | false |
| 55 | 50 | The Red Violin | $39,350 | -26.6% | 68 | -2 | $578 | $9,757,568 | 50 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 56 | - | The Children of the Marshland | $39,234 | - | 13 | - | $3,018 | $163,650 | 3 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 57 | 49 | The Wood | $38,638 | -29.7% | 106 | -26 | $364 | $25,047,631 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 58 | - | Vaastav: The Reality | $36,847 | - | 16 | - | $2,302 | $36,847 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | true | false |
| 59 | 56 | Mickey Blue Eyes | $31,595 | -38.4% | 95 | -49 | $332 | $33,239,629 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 60 | 57 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $30,155 | -40.9% | 9 | -5 | $3,350 | $4,084,376 | 34 | - | false | false |
| 61 | 52 | The Minus Man | $27,140 | -49.2% | 45 | +7 | $603 | $349,413 | 6 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 62 | - | Lake Placid | $22,170 | - | 31 | - | $715 | $31,741,852 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 63 | 55 | Better Than Chocolate | $20,334 | -60.3% | 43 | -23 | $472 | $1,943,913 | 10 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 64 | - | Tea with Mussolini | $20,071 | - | 42 | - | $477 | $14,327,685 | 23 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 65 | - | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $18,167 | - | 11 | - | $1,651 | $14,737,253 | 119 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 66 | - | Show Me Love | $17,110 | - | 5 | - | $3,422 | $17,110 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
| 67 | - | Joe the King | $11,793 | - | 5 | - | $2,358 | $11,793 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | true | false |
| 68 | - | Fever Pitch | $2,093 | - | 1 | - | $2,093 | $2,093 | 1 | Phaedra Cinema | true | false |
