| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | House on Haunted Hill | $15,946,032 | - | 2,710 | - | $5,884 | $15,946,032 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Best Man | $6,281,690 | -30.4% | 1,348 | +2 | $4,660 | $17,937,760 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Double Jeopardy | $5,405,037 | -29.1% | 2,986 | -16 | $1,810 | $98,301,710 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 6 | American Beauty | $3,779,747 | -27% | 1,528 | +69 | $2,473 | $54,106,032 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 5 | - | Music of the Heart | $3,653,281 | - | 1,349 | - | $2,708 | $3,653,281 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Bringing Out the Dead | $3,384,042 | -45.4% | 1,947 | +11 | $1,738 | $11,434,115 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | Fight Club | $3,296,137 | -48% | 1,943 | -23 | $1,696 | $27,659,756 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 10 | The Sixth Sense | $3,200,961 | -21.1% | 2,051 | -140 | $1,560 | $259,835,832 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | The Story of Us | $2,968,895 | -44.6% | 2,175 | +9 | $1,365 | $22,256,765 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Three Kings | $2,522,288 | -41% | 1,851 | -560 | $1,362 | $53,729,398 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Bats | $2,236,978 | -52.6% | 2,540 | - | $880 | $7,926,751 | 2 | Destination Films | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Three to Tango | $2,143,958 | -51.3% | 2,234 | - | $959 | $7,689,192 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Superstar | $1,852,652 | -47.7% | 2,016 | - | $918 | $23,508,841 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Random Hearts | $1,451,911 | -50.4% | 1,827 | -720 | $794 | $29,504,936 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | The Omega Code | $1,429,371 | -10.4% | 365 | +59 | $3,916 | $6,411,725 | 3 | Providence Entertainment | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Blue Streak | $917,455 | -48% | 1,093 | -448 | $839 | $64,655,842 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | - | Being John Malkovich | $637,721 | - | 25 | - | $25,508 | $637,721 | 1 | USA Films | true | false |
| 18 | 16 | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | $423,226 | -51.8% | 1,153 | +28 | $367 | $10,150,802 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 19 | 27 | The Straight Story | $372,733 | +34.7% | 96 | +64 | $3,882 | $863,769 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | Crazy in Alabama | $366,136 | -63.8% | 1,214 | - | $301 | $1,723,957 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | 21 | The Limey | $348,383 | -8% | 100 | +4 | $3,483 | $1,474,781 | 4 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 22 | 17 | Drive Me Crazy | $317,615 | -62% | 714 | -348 | $444 | $16,733,806 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 23 | 19 | Stigmata | $293,067 | -38.6% | 574 | -135 | $510 | $49,206,560 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 24 | 20 | For Love of the Game | $282,625 | -36.7% | 475 | -167 | $595 | $34,387,730 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 24 | Boys Don't Cry | $257,330 | -16.3% | 41 | +2 | $6,276 | $975,059 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 26 | 26 | Mysteries of Egypt | $252,731 | -10.2% | 25 | - | $10,109 | $23,048,161 | 63 | IMAX | false | false |
| 27 | 23 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $222,596 | -31% | 331 | -55 | $672 | $427,607,869 | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 28 | 22 | Inspector Gadget | $183,554 | -48.2% | 480 | -81 | $382 | $96,239,370 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 29 | Stir of Echoes | $156,759 | -22.2% | 238 | -108 | $658 | $20,293,682 | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 30 | - | Mickey Blue Eyes | $153,610 | - | 433 | - | $354 | $33,428,583 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 31 | 28 | Happy, Texas | $150,295 | -40.7% | 110 | -36 | $1,366 | $1,290,712 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 32 | 34 | The Thomas Crown Affair | $148,752 | -12.7% | 258 | +2 | $576 | $68,552,907 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 33 | - | Princess Mononoke | $144,446 | - | 8 | - | $18,055 | $144,446 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 34 | 33 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $141,592 | -20.6% | 30 | -1 | $4,719 | $25,002,924 | 54 | IMAX | false | false |
| 35 | 25 | Mystery, Alaska | $141,334 | -50.3% | 232 | -178 | $609 | $8,354,773 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 36 | 46 | Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box | $128,171 | +70.8% | 19 | +1 | $6,745 | $632,893 | 5 | IMAX | false | false |
| 37 | 31 | Deep Blue Sea | $121,016 | -38% | 371 | -141 | $326 | $73,147,244 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 38 | 30 | Runaway Bride | $115,648 | -42.6% | 248 | -166 | $466 | $150,006,531 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 39 | 40 | Bowfinger | $104,880 | -15.8% | 228 | -7 | $460 | $65,766,880 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 40 | 32 | The 13th Warrior | $101,600 | -44.8% | 250 | -109 | $406 | $32,385,883 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 41 | 37 | Buena Vista Social Club | $99,028 | -25.4% | 66 | -8 | $1,500 | $6,230,440 | 22 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 42 | 36 | The Blair Witch Project | $91,408 | -44.8% | 232 | -176 | $394 | $140,473,773 | 16 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 43 | 41 | Everest | $91,002 | -19.6% | 41 | -1 | $2,219 | $72,881,144 | 87 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 44 | 38 | Romance | $88,689 | -31.7% | 54 | -14 | $1,642 | $1,269,270 | 7 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 45 | 39 | Island of the Sharks | $85,966 | -31.9% | 15 | - | $5,731 | $4,079,644 | 28 | IMAX | false | false |
| 46 | 18 | Body Shots | $80,087 | -83.6% | 309 | - | $259 | $699,964 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 47 | 35 | The Haunting | $75,056 | -54.8% | 277 | +29 | $270 | $91,307,903 | 15 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 48 | 48 | Extreme | $68,248 | -3.2% | 14 | - | $4,874 | $6,274,636 | 31 | IMAX | false | false |
| 49 | - | The Red Violin | $62,037 | - | 66 | - | $939 | $9,877,822 | 52 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 50 | - | Thicker Than Water | $61,977 | - | 111 | - | $558 | $61,977 | 1 | Palm Pictures | true | false |
| 51 | - | The Astronaut's Wife | $60,342 | - | 187 | - | $322 | $10,583,230 | 10 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 52 | 42 | The Iron Giant | $45,793 | -49.2% | 273 | -78 | $167 | $22,914,257 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 53 | 54 | Wolves | $44,054 | -12.8% | 16 | - | $2,753 | $2,358,440 | 20 | IMAX | false | false |
| 54 | 55 | Le Dîner de Cons | $40,824 | -8.4% | 43 | -5 | $949 | $3,775,460 | 17 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 55 | 43 | Tarzan | $40,661 | -52.2% | 143 | -38 | $284 | $170,445,708 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 56 | 53 | Run Lola Run | $40,659 | -21.3% | 45 | -3 | $903 | $6,928,476 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 57 | 49 | Guinevere | $39,781 | -41.9% | 31 | -8 | $1,283 | $632,283 | 6 | Miramax | false | false |
| 58 | - | The Legend of 1900 | $39,200 | - | 5 | - | $7,840 | $39,200 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 59 | 45 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $38,532 | -51.6% | 15 | - | $2,568 | $10,725,280 | 79 | IMAX | false | false |
| 60 | 56 | The Children of the Marshland | $32,718 | -21.9% | 13 | - | $2,516 | $277,619 | 5 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 61 | 51 | Big Daddy | $30,816 | -49% | 88 | -44 | $350 | $163,479,795 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 62 | - | Man of the Century | $7,724 | - | 2 | - | $3,862 | $7,724 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 63 | - | Dreaming of Joseph Lees | $7,680 | - | 2 | - | $3,840 | $7,680 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 64 | - | The Suburbans | $5,797 | - | 11 | - | $527 | $5,797 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
