| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Message in a Bottle | $22,086,756 | - | 2,538 | - | $8,702 | $22,086,756 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Payback | $20,544,810 | -22% | 2,751 | +22 | $7,468 | $46,879,392 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | My Favorite Martian | $13,023,742 | - | 2,275 | - | $5,724 | $13,023,742 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | She's All That | $11,493,596 | -15.3% | 2,654 | +34 | $4,330 | $44,102,951 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Shakespeare in Love | $10,687,051 | +117.3% | 1,956 | +1,123 | $5,463 | $48,300,144 | 10 | Miramax | false | false |
| 6 | - | Blast from the Past | $10,669,859 | - | 2,542 | - | $4,197 | $10,669,859 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Saving Private Ryan | $4,771,193 | -3.4% | 1,140 | +113 | $4,185 | $200,734,375 | 30 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 8 | 12 | Rushmore | $4,418,979 | +80.1% | 573 | +470 | $7,712 | $6,954,326 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 3 | Patch Adams | $4,181,100 | -23.5% | 2,030 | -672 | $2,059 | $127,615,865 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Varsity Blues | $3,603,510 | -22.1% | 2,036 | -328 | $1,769 | $48,646,825 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 20 | Life Is Beautiful | $3,511,191 | +176% | 644 | +423 | $5,452 | $22,315,679 | 17 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The Thin Red Line | $2,273,106 | -14.3% | 1,301 | -345 | $1,747 | $33,438,127 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 7 | A Civil Action | $2,054,690 | -45.5% | 1,403 | -628 | $1,464 | $54,379,229 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | The Prince of Egypt | $1,882,390 | -19.9% | 1,408 | -255 | $1,336 | $95,701,334 | 9 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 15 | 29 | The Rugrats Movie | $1,667,457 | +190.4% | 840 | +244 | $1,985 | $96,586,989 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 8 | Stepmom | $1,559,089 | -51.3% | 1,564 | -794 | $996 | $89,440,218 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 17 | Waking Ned Devine | $1,552,506 | -10.2% | 482 | -58 | $3,220 | $20,531,850 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | A Simple Plan | $1,455,418 | -16.4% | 675 | +2 | $2,156 | $13,950,787 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 23 | Elizabeth | $1,350,563 | +67.8% | 483 | +71 | $2,796 | $22,939,937 | 15 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 20 | 10 | You've Got Mail | $1,342,620 | -49.6% | 1,601 | -415 | $838 | $112,935,092 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | A Bug's Life | $1,307,133 | -21.1% | 979 | -307 | $1,335 | $157,505,918 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 19 | The Waterboy | $1,252,359 | -8.3% | 721 | -102 | $1,736 | $158,206,245 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 9 | Simply Irresistible | $1,188,035 | -56.3% | 1,353 | -6 | $878 | $3,904,428 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 24 | 21 | Mighty Joe Young | $863,577 | -31.9% | 802 | -445 | $1,076 | $47,987,183 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 32 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $824,171 | +82.8% | 28 | +3 | $29,434 | $5,959,454 | 17 | IMAX | false | false |
| 26 | 22 | Enemy of the State | $800,559 | -23.3% | 618 | -209 | $1,295 | $109,336,901 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 25 | Little Voice | $654,055 | -1.6% | 215 | +57 | $3,042 | $3,616,045 | 11 | Miramax | false | false |
| 28 | 34 | Everest | $643,134 | +71.9% | 57 | +4 | $11,283 | $59,454,611 | 50 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 29 | 30 | Central Station | $632,996 | +24.8% | 102 | +58 | $6,205 | $2,619,567 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 30 | 24 | Hilary and Jackie | $622,357 | -15% | 300 | +20 | $2,074 | $3,356,961 | 8 | October Films | false | false |
| 31 | 14 | At First Sight | $580,004 | -69.4% | 895 | -892 | $648 | $21,677,816 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 32 | 31 | Star Trek: Insurrection | $396,451 | -19.2% | 409 | -120 | $969 | $68,239,932 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 37 | Gods and Monsters | $348,337 | +67.1% | 124 | +38 | $2,809 | $3,406,212 | 15 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 34 | 41 | Affliction | $321,484 | +113.3% | 21 | +9 | $15,308 | $1,003,387 | 8 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 35 | 33 | Jack Frost | $313,335 | -25.4% | 453 | -67 | $691 | $34,285,203 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 36 | 28 | Playing by Heart | $201,067 | -66.4% | 111 | -148 | $1,811 | $3,913,963 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
| 37 | 43 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $185,424 | +44.8% | 12 | -1 | $15,452 | $5,153,789 | 42 | IMAX | false | false |
| 38 | 36 | Babe: Pig in the City | $151,480 | -35.7% | 235 | -172 | $644 | $18,126,665 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 39 | 35 | The Faculty | $143,783 | -47.7% | 190 | -253 | $756 | $38,123,035 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 40 | 26 | In Dreams | $139,447 | -78% | 175 | -690 | $796 | $11,605,512 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 41 | 27 | Virus | $126,005 | -80% | 221 | -607 | $570 | $13,566,070 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 42 | 48 | The General | $107,605 | +35.6% | 21 | -17 | $5,124 | $605,142 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 43 | 45 | Another Day in Paradise | $100,206 | -2.4% | 34 | - | $2,947 | $421,929 | 8 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | - | Tango | $97,462 | - | 5 | - | $19,492 | $115,390 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 45 | 39 | Rush Hour | $90,102 | -50.5% | 157 | -157 | $573 | $141,105,658 | 22 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 46 | - | American History X | $89,441 | - | 81 | - | $1,104 | $6,434,290 | 16 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 47 | 40 | There's Something About Mary | $86,708 | -43.7% | 145 | -109 | $597 | $176,403,287 | 32 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 48 | 50 | Children of Heaven | $83,707 | +49.1% | 8 | - | $10,463 | $198,291 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 49 | 51 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $81,972 | +57.9% | 15 | -1 | $5,464 | $12,068,071 | 84 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 50 | - | Unconditional Love | $81,726 | - | 102 | - | $801 | $81,726 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 51 | 44 | Down in the Delta | $80,378 | -27.5% | 85 | -49 | $945 | $5,625,875 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 52 | 47 | The Red Violin | $79,616 | -8.7% | 26 | +3 | $3,062 | $1,692,266 | 15 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 53 | - | Living Out Loud | $62,584 | - | 188 | - | $332 | $12,781,930 | 16 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 54 | 53 | My Name Is Joe | $42,625 | -2.6% | 9 | +2 | $4,736 | $128,396 | 4 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 55 | 52 | Pleasantville | $42,572 | -11.4% | 36 | -23 | $1,182 | $39,359,416 | 17 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 56 | 54 | The Last Days | $42,181 | +43.6% | 5 | +2 | $8,436 | $71,557 | 2 | October Films | false | false |
| 57 | 42 | Antz | $32,474 | -76.4% | 58 | -224 | $559 | $90,689,703 | 20 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 58 | - | God Said, 'Ha!' | $15,483 | - | 2 | - | $7,741 | $15,483 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 59 | 38 | Dancing at Lughnasa | $13,002 | -92.9% | 47 | -20 | $276 | $2,091,847 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
