| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $48,465,579 | -41.4% | 3,024 | +1 | $16,026 | $271,332,050 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Notting Hill | $21,850,890 | -36.5% | 2,752 | +5 | $7,940 | $56,257,065 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Instinct | $14,436,316 | - | 2,059 | - | $7,011 | $14,436,316 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Mummy | $10,625,265 | -32.4% | 3,411 | +16 | $3,115 | $130,729,865 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Entrapment | $5,489,673 | -37.9% | 2,590 | -163 | $2,119 | $76,700,963 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Matrix | $3,690,652 | -24.3% | 2,045 | -57 | $1,804 | $159,497,755 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | The Thirteenth Floor | $2,979,600 | -45.2% | 1,815 | - | $1,641 | $8,420,503 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | - | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $2,525,078 | - | 2,700 | - | $935 | $2,525,078 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 9 | 8 | Never Been Kissed | $1,780,072 | -29.6% | 2,085 | -65 | $853 | $51,243,589 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $1,668,371 | -36.1% | 1,005 | -94 | $1,660 | $13,594,361 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Election | $1,240,647 | -26.4% | 827 | - | $1,500 | $12,646,166 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Life | $1,232,035 | -27.2% | 1,120 | -94 | $1,100 | $60,984,529 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | The Love Letter | $1,166,773 | -34.9% | 817 | +36 | $1,428 | $6,632,574 | 3 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Tea with Mussolini | $1,161,965 | -25.1% | 271 | +5 | $4,287 | $6,893,183 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | Black Mask | $1,150,199 | -40.9% | 911 | -65 | $1,262 | $11,002,754 | 4 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Trippin' | $831,442 | -41.8% | 610 | -100 | $1,363 | $7,893,959 | 4 | October Films | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $510,523 | -1.9% | 29 | - | $17,604 | $15,152,910 | 33 | IMAX | false | false |
| 18 | - | Mysteries of Egypt | $503,358 | - | 15 | - | $33,557 | $10,026,081 | 42 | IMAX | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Analyze This | $482,624 | -23.5% | 531 | -42 | $908 | $104,411,698 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | - | Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar | $451,169 | - | 63 | - | $7,161 | $451,169 | 1 | Lionsgate | true | false |
| 21 | 21 | The Winslow Boy | $440,275 | -1.5% | 140 | +23 | $3,144 | $1,503,427 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 22 | 16 | Shakespeare in Love | $395,866 | -41.4% | 586 | -209 | $675 | $97,300,334 | 26 | Miramax | false | false |
| 23 | 20 | Life Is Beautiful | $337,277 | -28% | 339 | -69 | $994 | $56,816,174 | 33 | Miramax | false | false |
| 24 | 22 | Baby Geniuses | $319,836 | -18% | 609 | -91 | $525 | $25,611,756 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 25 | 19 | Cookie's Fortune | $291,923 | -38.4% | 304 | -97 | $960 | $10,143,183 | 10 | October Films | false | false |
| 26 | - | Everest | $262,112 | - | 53 | - | $4,945 | $65,751,299 | 66 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 27 | 15 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $247,592 | -70.9% | 522 | -127 | $474 | $35,893,236 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 28 | 24 | My Favorite Martian | $241,552 | -29.5% | 371 | -63 | $651 | $36,032,643 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 25 | Three Seasons | $236,076 | -23.3% | 64 | +9 | $3,688 | $1,392,277 | 6 | October Films | false | false |
| 30 | 26 | October Sky | $220,950 | -18.6% | 282 | -64 | $783 | $31,340,075 | 16 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 23 | Payback | $207,865 | -42.8% | 403 | -134 | $515 | $81,181,325 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | - | Limbo | $205,872 | - | 15 | - | $13,724 | $205,872 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 33 | - | Buena Vista Social Club | $205,783 | - | 15 | - | $13,718 | $205,783 | 1 | Artisan Entertainment | true | false |
| 34 | - | Idle Hands | $186,913 | - | 384 | - | $486 | $3,956,764 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 35 | 28 | Forces of Nature | $175,233 | -30.8% | 276 | -114 | $634 | $51,923,070 | 12 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 36 | 34 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $162,896 | -11.6% | 14 | +1 | $11,635 | $1,261,529 | 15 | - | false | false |
| 37 | 27 | A Walk on the Moon | $159,913 | -40.2% | 191 | -25 | $837 | $4,447,463 | 11 | Miramax | false | false |
| 38 | 33 | Besieged | $159,744 | -14.3% | 43 | -1 | $3,714 | $567,555 | 3 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 39 | 29 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $154,478 | -24.1% | 14 | +1 | $11,034 | $7,803,691 | 58 | IMAX | false | false |
| 40 | 32 | She's All That | $149,944 | -22.4% | 286 | -59 | $524 | $62,906,754 | 19 | Miramax | false | false |
| 41 | 36 | Cruel Intentions | $141,740 | +1.9% | 253 | -11 | $560 | $37,793,081 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 42 | 31 | The Out-of-Towners | $137,653 | -31.8% | 347 | -123 | $396 | $27,704,101 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 43 | 30 | The Other Sister | $135,806 | -32.8% | 203 | -86 | $668 | $27,712,597 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 48 | This Is My Father | $106,132 | +29.9% | 49 | +12 | $2,165 | $363,299 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 45 | 39 | The Castle | $100,425 | -23.2% | 54 | -2 | $1,859 | $560,553 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 46 | 37 | The Dreamlife of Angels | $98,864 | -27.6% | 53 | -1 | $1,865 | $1,455,157 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 47 | 44 | Island of the Sharks | $92,075 | -8.6% | 5 | +1 | $18,415 | $465,489 | 7 | IMAX | false | false |
| 48 | 45 | Foolish | $88,661 | -10.8% | 108 | -8 | $820 | $5,694,849 | 9 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 49 | 38 | Doug's 1st Movie | $88,332 | -34.8% | 204 | -83 | $433 | $18,586,024 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 50 | 41 | Get Real | $86,595 | -30.1% | 29 | -7 | $2,986 | $585,163 | 6 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 51 | - | eXistenZ | $77,816 | - | 79 | -18 | $985 | $2,577,307 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
| 52 | 43 | Go | $71,740 | -29.5% | 125 | -21 | $573 | $16,405,699 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 53 | 52 | Twice Upon a Yesterday | $70,132 | +198.9% | 17 | +11 | $4,125 | $93,594 | 2 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 54 | - | The King of Masks | $69,859 | - | 16 | - | $4,366 | $348,446 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 55 | 40 | Hideous Kinky | $69,856 | -43.6% | 52 | -1 | $1,343 | $1,110,674 | 8 | - | false | false |
| 56 | 47 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $45,727 | -47.1% | 10 | -1 | $4,572 | $13,259,646 | 100 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 57 | - | Desert Blue | $20,930 | - | 5 | - | $4,186 | $20,930 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 58 | - | Free Enterprise | $18,451 | - | 9 | - | $2,050 | $18,451 | 1 | Regent Releasing | true | false |
| 59 | - | Finding North | $9,231 | - | 1 | - | $9,231 | $9,231 | 1 | Cowboy Pictures | true | false |
| 60 | - | I Want You | $1,672 | - | 1 | - | $1,672 | $1,672 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
