| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 40 | Tarzan | $53,379,977 | +38,199.8% | 3,005 | - | $17,763 | $53,519,351 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $47,565,723 | -42.1% | 3,314 | +2 | $14,352 | $132,307,308 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 3 | - | The General's Daughter | $31,638,722 | - | 2,856 | - | $11,077 | $31,638,722 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $28,343,914 | -25.2% | 3,019 | -5 | $9,388 | $337,557,762 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Notting Hill | $11,144,000 | -32.8% | 2,786 | +6 | $4,000 | $83,982,935 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | The Mummy | $5,060,440 | -37.3% | 2,332 | -766 | $2,170 | $143,860,520 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Instinct | $4,818,073 | -49.2% | 2,129 | +42 | $2,263 | $28,732,542 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Matrix | $2,123,545 | -30.5% | 1,365 | -542 | $1,555 | $164,676,840 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Entrapment | $2,080,689 | -47.4% | 1,464 | -683 | $1,421 | $82,734,669 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Tea with Mussolini | $989,127 | -16.6% | 283 | +8 | $3,495 | $9,068,463 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 16 | Mysteries of Egypt | $688,841 | +6.4% | 21 | +3 | $32,801 | $11,362,224 | 44 | IMAX | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | The Thirteenth Floor | $624,837 | -66.5% | 710 | -1,105 | $880 | $10,910,162 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Never Been Kissed | $618,192 | -45.5% | 588 | -687 | $1,051 | $52,995,253 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Analyze This | $585,147 | -16.7% | 644 | -167 | $908 | $105,699,247 | 16 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 19 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $524,477 | -5.3% | 33 | +2 | $15,893 | $16,231,228 | 35 | IMAX | false | false |
| 16 | 11 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $497,027 | -53.7% | 414 | -366 | $1,200 | $15,165,598 | 6 | - | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | Life | $486,400 | -40.5% | 512 | -302 | $950 | $62,289,014 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 12 | Election | $429,218 | -51.9% | 509 | -318 | $843 | $13,966,965 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | Straight from the Heart | $405,282 | - | 35 | - | $11,579 | $405,282 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 20 | 26 | Everest | $367,954 | +19.1% | 52 | -1 | $7,076 | $66,428,252 | 68 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 21 | 13 | The Love Letter | $367,328 | -56.5% | 550 | -221 | $667 | $7,845,157 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 22 | 21 | The Winslow Boy | $364,230 | -21.5% | 132 | -9 | $2,759 | $2,331,464 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 23 | 22 | Besieged | $322,514 | -27.9% | 153 | +1 | $2,107 | $1,337,661 | 5 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 24 | 29 | Limbo | $317,998 | +6.6% | 67 | +30 | $4,746 | $822,269 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 25 | - | An Ideal Husband | $317,814 | - | 10 | - | $31,781 | $317,814 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 26 | 17 | Black Mask | $317,018 | -50.2% | 311 | -283 | $1,019 | $11,956,385 | 6 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 27 | 35 | Buena Vista Social Club | $308,477 | +43.5% | 25 | +9 | $12,339 | $729,168 | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 28 | 23 | Forces of Nature | $286,169 | -35.2% | 490 | -98 | $584 | $52,650,534 | 14 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 29 | 20 | Trippin' | $264,555 | -47% | 303 | -139 | $873 | $8,657,449 | 6 | October Films | false | false |
| 30 | - | Run Lola Run | $262,160 | - | 12 | - | $21,846 | $288,756 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 31 | 25 | Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar | $261,115 | -32.3% | 65 | - | $4,017 | $1,097,881 | 3 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 32 | 31 | Doug's 1st Movie | $213,804 | -9.8% | 429 | +58 | $498 | $19,036,827 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 30 | My Favorite Martian | $211,248 | -23.7% | 292 | -36 | $723 | $36,520,896 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 34 | 32 | October Sky | $197,060 | -12.2% | 236 | -4 | $835 | $31,761,530 | 18 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 27 | Baby Geniuses | $195,149 | -35.9% | 383 | -61 | $509 | $26,111,573 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 36 | 42 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $184,153 | +40.7% | 15 | +1 | $12,276 | $1,576,520 | 17 | - | false | false |
| 37 | - | Twin Dragons | $172,441 | - | 279 | - | $618 | $8,060,865 | 11 | Miramax | false | false |
| 38 | 36 | She's All That | $170,263 | -8.1% | 148 | -26 | $1,150 | $63,262,244 | 21 | Miramax | false | false |
| 39 | 38 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $164,298 | <0.1% | 10 | -4 | $16,429 | $8,132,123 | 60 | IMAX | false | false |
| 40 | 28 | Shakespeare in Love | $160,845 | -46.2% | 246 | -167 | $653 | $97,759,962 | 28 | Miramax | false | false |
| 41 | 43 | The Red Violin | $145,248 | +11.8% | 31 | +18 | $4,685 | $2,558,317 | 33 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 42 | 33 | Life Is Beautiful | $141,596 | -36.4% | 163 | -88 | $868 | $57,180,374 | 35 | Miramax | false | false |
| 43 | 24 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $139,484 | -66.7% | 167 | -219 | $835 | $36,451,729 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | - | Wolves | $128,924 | - | 8 | - | $16,115 | $763,698 | 1 | IMAX | true | false |
| 45 | 37 | Three Seasons | $128,817 | -29% | 58 | -8 | $2,220 | $1,702,426 | 8 | October Films | false | false |
| 46 | 41 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $119,801 | -12.1% | 9 | - | $13,311 | $13,515,771 | 102 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 47 | 34 | Cookie's Fortune | $117,527 | -45.4% | 114 | -97 | $1,030 | $10,475,837 | 12 | October Films | false | false |
| 48 | 45 | This Is My Father | $107,952 | -11.4% | 47 | -4 | $2,296 | $593,086 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 49 | 47 | Island of the Sharks | $107,776 | -4% | 6 | +1 | $17,962 | $685,483 | 9 | IMAX | false | false |
| 50 | 49 | Get Real | $99,666 | +3.3% | 39 | -1 | $2,555 | $781,299 | 8 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 51 | 53 | The Castle | $70,657 | -5.4% | 39 | -14 | $1,811 | $705,892 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
| 52 | 39 | A Walk on the Moon | $69,273 | -51.4% | 78 | -57 | $888 | $4,659,250 | 13 | Miramax | false | false |
| 53 | 48 | Cruel Intentions | $45,242 | -55.6% | 94 | -59 | $481 | $37,940,274 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 54 | 51 | The Out-of-Towners | $42,186 | -54.2% | 87 | -132 | $484 | $27,838,354 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 55 | 57 | Foolish | $37,529 | -31.7% | 52 | -23 | $721 | $5,787,352 | 11 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
