| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | U-571 | $12,203,655 | -37.6% | 2,616 | +33 | $4,665 | $38,111,145 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | $10,518,435 | - | 3,040 | - | $3,460 | $10,518,435 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Frequency | $9,025,584 | - | 2,621 | - | $3,443 | $9,025,584 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 4 | - | Where the Heart Is | $8,292,939 | - | 2,437 | - | $3,402 | $8,292,939 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Love & Basketball | $5,102,637 | -37.3% | 1,245 | +8 | $4,098 | $15,442,913 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Rules of Engagement | $4,643,307 | -42% | 3,027 | -193 | $1,533 | $50,218,007 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Keeping the Faith | $4,451,562 | -38.5% | 2,171 | +13 | $2,050 | $25,503,160 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | 28 Days | $4,001,803 | -45.2% | 2,523 | - | $1,586 | $28,576,947 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Erin Brockovich | $3,622,105 | -34.2% | 2,498 | -558 | $1,450 | $112,873,260 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Final Destination | $2,351,452 | -14.9% | 1,153 | -152 | $2,039 | $45,923,800 | 7 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Return to Me | $2,292,245 | -42.1% | 2,006 | -314 | $1,142 | $25,039,855 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 14 | Fantasia 2000 | $2,141,916 | +10.4% | 53 | - | $40,413 | $49,550,091 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 7 | The Road to El Dorado | $2,005,892 | -61.6% | 2,247 | -923 | $892 | $46,447,127 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | American Psycho | $1,340,015 | -50.5% | 1,012 | -230 | $1,324 | $12,213,067 | 3 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | High Fidelity | $1,267,055 | -43.7% | 806 | -425 | $1,572 | $22,107,509 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 10 | The Skulls | $1,259,685 | -53.6% | 1,333 | -714 | $945 | $32,526,305 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | Gossip | $944,887 | -59.3% | 1,525 | - | $619 | $4,142,325 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | Romeo Must Die | $807,871 | -47.6% | 709 | -730 | $1,139 | $53,670,898 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | American Beauty | $670,739 | -50.6% | 791 | -339 | $847 | $128,144,856 | 33 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 20 | - | Scream 3 | $656,627 | - | 1,108 | - | $592 | $87,656,929 | 13 | Dimension Films | false | false |
| 21 | 17 | Where the Money Is | $285,499 | -76.6% | 456 | -1,079 | $626 | $5,428,844 | 3 | USA Films | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | Ready to Rumble | $272,862 | -72.6% | 611 | -1,061 | $446 | $11,961,782 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 23 | 26 | East Is East | $262,762 | +24.8% | 44 | +26 | $5,971 | $634,996 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 24 | 21 | Toy Story 2 | $256,826 | -29.7% | 434 | -82 | $591 | $244,350,833 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 23 | The Other Conquest | $187,452 | -38.6% | 74 | - | $2,533 | $665,379 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 26 | 28 | Mysteries of Egypt | $184,732 | -5.8% | 19 | - | $9,722 | $32,611,956 | 89 | IMAX | false | false |
| 27 | 45 | The Whole Nine Yards | $181,738 | +122% | 536 | +376 | $339 | $57,020,757 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 28 | 24 | The Virgin Suicides | $174,120 | -25.9% | 29 | +11 | $6,004 | $496,995 | 2 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 29 | 19 | My Dog Skip | $171,269 | -71.2% | 545 | -392 | $314 | $32,895,338 | 16 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 30 | 22 | The Cider House Rules | $159,164 | -55.1% | 263 | -159 | $605 | $56,580,273 | 21 | Miramax | false | false |
| 31 | 25 | The Green Mile | $149,748 | -30.8% | 371 | +3 | $403 | $136,641,745 | 21 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 32 | 20 | Mission to Mars | $138,377 | -64% | 283 | -225 | $488 | $59,057,176 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 29 | Bicentennial Man | $129,346 | -30.6% | 288 | -68 | $449 | $57,989,529 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 34 | 33 | Next Friday | $123,406 | -18.7% | 184 | -93 | $670 | $56,961,091 | 16 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 35 | 35 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | $121,746 | -13% | 83 | - | $1,466 | $2,765,932 | 9 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 36 | 36 | Galaxy Quest | $121,039 | -11.6% | 263 | -43 | $460 | $71,423,726 | 19 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 37 | 42 | East/West | $116,790 | +29.3% | 30 | +13 | $3,893 | $438,053 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 38 | 39 | God's Army | $100,776 | -7.1% | 47 | -2 | $2,144 | $1,334,842 | 8 | - | false | false |
| 39 | 38 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $100,600 | -7.8% | 8 | - | $12,575 | $28,690,709 | 80 | IMAX | false | false |
| 40 | - | Timecode | $93,148 | - | 7 | - | $13,306 | $93,148 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 41 | - | The Last September | $85,581 | - | 28 | - | $3,056 | $121,153 | 2 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 42 | 30 | The Sixth Sense | $84,118 | -48% | 211 | -112 | $398 | $293,414,160 | 39 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 43 | - | The Big Kahuna | $80,957 | - | 8 | - | $10,119 | $80,957 | 1 | Lionsgate | true | false |
| 44 | 41 | Galapagos | $80,524 | -14.1% | 5 | - | $16,104 | $3,017,972 | 27 | IMAX | false | false |
| 45 | 31 | Boys Don't Cry | $68,053 | -57.8% | 94 | -64 | $723 | $11,425,402 | 30 | - | false | false |
| 46 | 51 | Me Myself I | $64,065 | +10.4% | 59 | +26 | $1,085 | $256,582 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 47 | 48 | All About My Mother | $63,943 | -6.9% | 57 | -4 | $1,121 | $7,766,964 | 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 48 | 47 | The Color of Paradise | $62,064 | -16.2% | 20 | +1 | $3,103 | $419,607 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 49 | - | Angela's Ashes | $58,658 | - | 301 | - | $194 | $12,951,080 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 50 | 37 | The Ninth Gate | $58,219 | -57.1% | 124 | -77 | $469 | $18,410,007 | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 51 | 44 | Girl, Interrupted | $57,144 | -32.4% | 147 | -88 | $388 | $28,871,190 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 52 | 46 | Joe Gould's Secret | $53,112 | -34.7% | 33 | +4 | $1,609 | $325,749 | 4 | USA Films | false | false |
| 53 | 32 | Stuart Little | $52,587 | -65.6% | 166 | -236 | $316 | $140,015,224 | 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 54 | - | The Filth and the Fury | $50,658 | - | 15 | - | $3,377 | $201,383 | 5 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 55 | - | Everest | $45,201 | - | 15 | - | $3,013 | $75,787,718 | 113 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 56 | 27 | Black & White | $44,618 | -77.9% | 67 | -246 | $665 | $5,241,315 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 57 | 34 | Here on Earth | $43,482 | -70.9% | 167 | -116 | $260 | $10,411,133 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 58 | 53 | Island of the Sharks | $42,603 | -18.7% | 4 | -1 | $10,650 | $7,147,254 | 54 | IMAX | false | false |
| 59 | 56 | Wolves | $42,231 | +0.3% | 12 | - | $3,519 | $3,758,262 | 46 | IMAX | false | false |
| 60 | 59 | Titus | $40,453 | +13.7% | 35 | +7 | $1,155 | $1,824,612 | 19 | - | false | false |
| 61 | 54 | Alien Adventure | $38,974 | -22.4% | 4 | - | $9,743 | $591,376 | 37 | - | false | false |
| 62 | 40 | The Tigger Movie | $38,366 | -61.9% | 137 | -89 | $280 | $44,528,387 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 63 | 50 | Croupier | $32,477 | -48.8% | 19 | - | $1,709 | $121,812 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 64 | 52 | Sleepy Hollow | $29,226 | -46.3% | 76 | -63 | $384 | $101,042,661 | 24 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 65 | 63 | Mifune | $28,931 | -9% | 34 | +8 | $850 | $512,434 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 66 | - | Committed | $11,452 | - | 6 | - | $1,908 | $11,452 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
