| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $38,695,582 | -18% | 3,359 | - | $11,519 | $155,862,412 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Ocean's Eleven | $16,907,714 | +14.9% | 3,075 | - | $5,498 | $127,735,114 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | $15,035,649 | +8.7% | 3,151 | +12 | $4,771 | $42,205,145 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Ali | $14,710,892 | - | 2,446 | - | $6,014 | $34,736,970 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Vanilla Sky | $11,515,135 | -4.6% | 2,744 | - | $4,196 | $66,558,298 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | $10,978,760 | +54.8% | 3,186 | -125 | $3,445 | $285,634,174 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | - | Kate & Leopold | $9,725,408 | - | 2,452 | - | $3,966 | $17,293,941 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 8 | 16 | A Beautiful Mind | $7,780,495 | +2,019.2% | 525 | +514 | $14,819 | $13,711,171 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Monsters, Inc. | $6,103,901 | +60.6% | 1,701 | -396 | $3,588 | $235,848,871 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | The Majestic | $5,422,482 | +10.6% | 2,361 | - | $2,296 | $15,548,437 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 5 | How High | $5,204,745 | -26.7% | 1,271 | +5 | $4,095 | $17,750,805 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Joe Somebody | $5,076,742 | +42.9% | 2,515 | +9 | $2,018 | $13,136,422 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | The Royal Tenenbaums | $4,975,779 | +292.1% | 291 | +251 | $17,098 | $8,112,967 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 7 | Not Another Teen Movie | $4,495,960 | -14.4% | 2,365 | - | $1,901 | $30,362,975 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Behind Enemy Lines | $2,977,124 | -6.9% | 1,332 | -476 | $2,235 | $49,485,523 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Shipping News | $1,205,174 | - | 186 | - | $6,479 | $2,112,877 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 17 | 14 | Amélie | $1,126,954 | +46.2% | 232 | +11 | $4,857 | $15,740,742 | 9 | Miramax | false | false |
| 18 | 27 | In the Bedroom | $861,229 | +934.8% | 103 | +97 | $8,361 | $1,883,514 | 6 | Miramax | false | false |
| 19 | 13 | Spy Game | $543,895 | -41% | 475 | -359 | $1,145 | $60,721,285 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | Black Knight | $350,077 | -36.8% | 342 | -305 | $1,023 | $31,453,472 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 21 | 17 | Shallow Hal | $334,849 | +2.2% | 370 | -179 | $904 | $68,300,250 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 22 | - | Les Boys III | $246,230 | - | 77 | - | $3,197 | $2,697,873 | 5 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 23 | - | Gosford Park | $241,219 | - | 9 | - | $26,802 | $370,442 | 1 | USA Films | true | false |
| 24 | - | Black Hawk Down | $179,823 | - | 4 | - | $44,955 | $179,823 | 1 | Revolution Studios | true | false |
| 25 | 23 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $165,450 | +38.8% | 19 | - | $8,707 | $6,405,543 | 47 | - | false | false |
| 26 | 24 | The Endurance | $139,722 | +26.4% | 40 | - | $3,493 | $1,182,808 | 13 | Cowboy Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 18 | Serendipity | $127,405 | -60.1% | 268 | -63 | $475 | $50,183,629 | 13 | Miramax | false | false |
| 28 | - | The Other Side of Heaven | $111,806 | - | 24 | - | $4,658 | $412,617 | 3 | Excel Entertainment | false | false |
| 29 | - | Monster's Ball | $110,552 | - | 7 | - | $15,793 | $153,995 | 1 | Lionsgate | true | false |
| 30 | 21 | The Business of Strangers | $106,504 | -24.9% | 53 | -7 | $2,009 | $642,236 | 4 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 31 | 43 | Corky Romano | $101,533 | +184.6% | 167 | +61 | $607 | $23,617,661 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 22 | Hardball | $97,224 | -28.6% | 186 | -16 | $522 | $40,063,061 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 38 | Max Keeble's Big Move | $94,482 | +84.5% | 245 | -8 | $385 | $17,004,761 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 34 | 20 | The Man Who Wasn't There | $92,882 | -44.7% | 81 | -62 | $1,146 | $6,814,397 | 9 | USA Films | false | false |
| 35 | 19 | The Wash | $85,020 | -60.5% | 93 | -206 | $914 | $9,956,410 | 7 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 36 | 37 | K-PAX | $84,525 | +45.6% | 161 | +2 | $525 | $50,282,135 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 37 | - | Novocaine | $72,599 | - | 146 | - | $497 | $1,950,960 | 7 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 38 | 36 | The Devil's Backbone | $70,999 | +17.2% | 35 | - | $2,028 | $348,718 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 39 | 29 | Planet of the Apes | $64,440 | -14.6% | 251 | -36 | $256 | $179,734,859 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 40 | 34 | Mulholland Drive | $64,285 | -0.3% | 43 | -17 | $1,495 | $5,576,008 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 41 | 33 | Lantana | $59,888 | -9.9% | 9 | +1 | $6,654 | $282,415 | 3 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 42 | 39 | No Man's Land | $55,133 | +27.3% | 17 | +3 | $3,243 | $206,045 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 43 | 25 | Domestic Disturbance | $52,357 | -48.5% | 153 | -132 | $342 | $44,728,834 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 32 | Zoolander | $51,669 | -25.1% | 140 | -21 | $369 | $45,113,042 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 45 | - | Charlotte Gray | $46,271 | - | 5 | - | $9,254 | $46,271 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 46 | 44 | The Princess Diaries | $43,945 | +24.5% | 103 | -13 | $426 | $108,165,046 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 47 | - | I Am Sam | $41,779 | - | 2 | - | $20,889 | $41,779 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 48 | 42 | Waking Life | $41,012 | +9.6% | 38 | -12 | $1,079 | $2,522,032 | 11 | - | false | false |
| 49 | 28 | Out Cold | $33,984 | -57.5% | 104 | -51 | $326 | $13,565,233 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 50 | 45 | Kandahar | $33,896 | +0.3% | 9 | +5 | $3,766 | $290,117 | 3 | Avatar Films | false | false |
| 51 | 40 | Life as a House | $30,916 | -28.6% | 64 | -10 | $483 | $15,638,402 | 10 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 52 | 31 | Sidewalks of New York | $24,470 | -64.8% | 44 | -38 | $556 | $2,322,164 | 6 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 53 | - | Dinner Rush | $22,809 | - | 7 | - | $3,258 | $580,182 | 14 | Access Entertainment | false | false |
| 54 | 46 | Bandits | $20,751 | -6.9% | 46 | -225 | $451 | $41,393,406 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 55 | 56 | Don't Say a Word | $19,849 | +106% | 39 | -10 | $508 | $54,915,691 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 56 | - | Dark Blue World | $19,541 | - | 5 | - | $3,908 | $19,541 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 57 | 57 | Moulin Rouge! | $18,963 | +97% | 8 | -4 | $2,370 | $57,037,125 | 33 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 58 | 47 | Trembling Before G-d | $18,688 | -15.8% | 7 | - | $2,669 | $258,536 | 10 | New Yorker Films | false | false |
| 59 | - | The Fluffer | $18,488 | - | 4 | - | $4,622 | $161,632 | 7 | First Run | false | false |
| 60 | - | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $18,477 | - | 6 | - | $3,079 | $6,140,343 | 149 | - | false | false |
| 61 | - | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $18,239 | - | 7 | - | $2,605 | $12,989,871 | 87 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 62 | - | Lush | $2,349 | - | 1 | - | $2,349 | $2,349 | 1 | Menemsha Films | true | false |
