| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | U-571 | $19,553,310 | - | 2,583 | - | $7,570 | $19,553,310 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Love & Basketball | $8,139,180 | - | 1,237 | - | $6,579 | $8,139,180 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Rules of Engagement | $8,007,551 | -26.8% | 3,220 | +30 | $2,486 | $43,050,371 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | 28 Days | $7,301,753 | -29.2% | 2,523 | - | $2,894 | $22,036,686 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Keeping the Faith | $7,233,699 | -10.5% | 2,158 | +6 | $3,352 | $18,635,886 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Erin Brockovich | $5,500,790 | -21.8% | 3,056 | -14 | $1,799 | $107,386,500 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | The Road to El Dorado | $5,225,727 | -15.1% | 3,170 | -53 | $1,648 | $41,916,784 | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Return to Me | $3,961,664 | -20.9% | 2,320 | - | $1,707 | $21,199,903 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Final Destination | $2,761,900 | -9.4% | 1,305 | -204 | $2,116 | $42,598,890 | 6 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | The Skulls | $2,712,065 | -32.6% | 2,047 | -362 | $1,324 | $30,334,925 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | American Psycho | $2,705,028 | -45.5% | 1,242 | +6 | $2,177 | $9,728,053 | 2 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 12 | - | Gossip | $2,321,729 | - | 1,525 | - | $1,522 | $2,321,729 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 13 | 11 | High Fidelity | $2,251,076 | -16.2% | 1,231 | +2 | $1,828 | $20,133,817 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Fantasia 2000 | $1,939,997 | +29.8% | 53 | - | $36,603 | $45,795,638 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Romeo Must Die | $1,542,329 | -42.3% | 1,439 | -385 | $1,071 | $52,376,839 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | American Beauty | $1,357,651 | -31% | 1,130 | -337 | $1,201 | $126,956,565 | 32 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Where the Money Is | $1,220,356 | -51.4% | 1,535 | -3 | $795 | $4,635,190 | 2 | USA Films | false | false |
| 18 | 10 | Ready to Rumble | $994,671 | -63% | 1,672 | -913 | $594 | $11,308,097 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | My Dog Skip | $594,731 | +3.9% | 937 | -86 | $634 | $32,407,791 | 15 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | Mission to Mars | $384,427 | -42.9% | 508 | -254 | $756 | $58,789,039 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 21 | Toy Story 2 | $365,361 | +10.1% | 516 | +69 | $708 | $243,907,768 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 19 | The Cider House Rules | $354,399 | -35.2% | 422 | -222 | $839 | $56,281,556 | 20 | Miramax | false | false |
| 23 | - | The Other Conquest | $305,308 | - | 74 | - | $4,125 | $397,688 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 24 | - | The Virgin Suicides | $235,122 | - | 18 | - | $13,062 | $235,122 | 1 | Paramount Classics | true | false |
| 25 | 23 | The Green Mile | $216,485 | -22.6% | 368 | -83 | $588 | $136,421,496 | 20 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 26 | 47 | East Is East | $210,489 | +292.9% | 18 | +14 | $11,693 | $292,194 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 27 | 16 | Black & White | $202,262 | -77.7% | 313 | -971 | $646 | $5,134,728 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 28 | 27 | Mysteries of Egypt | $196,127 | +6.8% | 19 | - | $10,322 | $32,309,224 | 88 | IMAX | false | false |
| 29 | - | Bicentennial Man | $186,325 | - | 356 | - | $523 | $57,740,291 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | 24 | The Sixth Sense | $161,627 | -40.6% | 323 | -127 | $500 | $293,243,954 | 38 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 20 | Boys Don't Cry | $161,303 | -53.2% | 158 | -94 | $1,020 | $11,288,912 | 29 | - | false | false |
| 32 | 31 | Stuart Little | $152,693 | -3.2% | 402 | -16 | $379 | $139,928,434 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 33 | 28 | Next Friday | $151,720 | -17.4% | 277 | +11 | $547 | $56,763,869 | 15 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 34 | 22 | Here on Earth | $149,499 | -49.5% | 283 | -196 | $528 | $10,318,592 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 35 | 30 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | $140,006 | -12.7% | 83 | +6 | $1,686 | $2,581,958 | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 36 | 25 | Galaxy Quest | $136,884 | -39.9% | 306 | -121 | $447 | $71,233,682 | 18 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 37 | 29 | The Ninth Gate | $135,663 | -24.8% | 201 | -40 | $674 | $18,289,141 | 7 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 38 | 45 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $109,131 | +60.9% | 8 | +1 | $13,641 | $28,512,538 | 79 | IMAX | false | false |
| 39 | 40 | God's Army | $108,457 | +41.6% | 49 | +16 | $2,213 | $1,269,579 | 7 | - | false | false |
| 40 | 33 | The Tigger Movie | $100,612 | -0.9% | 226 | -15 | $445 | $44,444,178 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 41 | 36 | Galapagos | $93,784 | +14% | 5 | - | $18,756 | $2,808,222 | 26 | IMAX | false | false |
| 42 | 37 | East/West | $90,352 | +12.5% | 17 | +6 | $5,314 | $283,766 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 43 | 26 | Price of Glory | $89,806 | -57.7% | 117 | -98 | $767 | $3,298,415 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 44 | - | Girl, Interrupted | $84,571 | - | 235 | - | $359 | $28,764,686 | 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 45 | 32 | The Whole Nine Yards | $81,852 | -23.4% | 160 | -217 | $511 | $56,812,848 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 46 | 44 | Joe Gould's Secret | $81,351 | +17.6% | 29 | +13 | $2,805 | $238,692 | 3 | USA Films | false | false |
| 47 | 39 | The Color of Paradise | $74,081 | -5% | 19 | +1 | $3,899 | $329,426 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 48 | 34 | All About My Mother | $68,700 | -31.3% | 61 | -5 | $1,126 | $7,650,682 | 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 49 | 35 | Snow Day | $67,071 | -22.8% | 194 | -65 | $345 | $59,066,436 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 50 | - | Croupier | $63,472 | - | 19 | - | $3,340 | $80,247 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 51 | 61 | Me Myself I | $58,022 | +87.7% | 33 | +18 | $1,758 | $150,554 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 52 | 38 | Sleepy Hollow | $54,474 | -31.9% | 139 | -32 | $391 | $100,996,441 | 23 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 53 | 48 | Island of the Sharks | $52,425 | +12.7% | 5 | - | $10,485 | $7,061,832 | 53 | IMAX | false | false |
| 54 | 53 | Alien Adventure | $50,252 | +30.8% | 4 | - | $12,563 | $536,651 | 36 | - | false | false |
| 55 | 43 | Topsy-Turvy | $49,408 | -29.1% | 58 | -16 | $851 | $6,109,771 | 19 | USA Films | false | false |
| 56 | 55 | Wolves | $42,115 | +21.6% | 12 | -1 | $3,509 | $3,687,274 | 45 | IMAX | false | false |
| 57 | - | Wonder Boys | $39,541 | - | 88 | - | $449 | $18,659,932 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 58 | 41 | Whatever It Takes | $36,060 | -52.6% | 74 | -109 | $487 | $8,688,504 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 59 | 59 | Titus | $35,573 | +11.9% | 28 | - | $1,270 | $1,767,779 | 18 | - | false | false |
| 60 | 62 | Being John Malkovich | $34,993 | +18.6% | 48 | - | $729 | $22,804,123 | 26 | USA Films | false | false |
| 61 | - | Kadosh | $32,322 | - | 16 | - | $2,020 | $439,437 | 10 | Kino International | false | false |
| 62 | 49 | The Beach | $32,186 | -29.7% | 56 | -46 | $574 | $39,713,959 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 63 | 56 | Mifune | $31,781 | -4.7% | 26 | +1 | $1,222 | $470,647 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 64 | - | Knockin' on Heaven's Door | $3,296 | - | 2 | - | $1,648 | $5,710 | 36 | Phaedra Cinema | false | false |
