| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Big Daddy | $70,491,929 | - | 3,027 | - | $23,287 | $70,491,929 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Tarzan | $43,663,632 | -18.2% | 3,049 | +44 | $14,320 | $97,182,983 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $30,781,410 | -35.3% | 3,314 | - | $9,288 | $163,088,718 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The General's Daughter | $25,023,020 | -20.9% | 2,858 | +2 | $8,755 | $56,661,742 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $22,317,549 | -21.3% | 3,126 | +107 | $7,139 | $359,875,311 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | - | Wild Wild West | $13,270,305 | - | 3,309 | - | $4,010 | $13,270,305 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Notting Hill | $8,785,860 | -21.2% | 2,559 | -227 | $3,433 | $92,768,795 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $8,301,520 | - | 2,128 | - | $3,901 | $8,301,520 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | The Mummy | $3,140,535 | -37.9% | 1,826 | -506 | $1,719 | $147,001,055 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Instinct | $2,902,343 | -39.8% | 1,814 | -315 | $1,599 | $31,634,885 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 25 | An Ideal Husband | $2,655,203 | +735.5% | 122 | +112 | $21,763 | $2,973,017 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | - | Summer of Sam | $2,038,998 | - | - | - | - | $2,038,998 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | 8 | The Matrix | $1,499,777 | -29.4% | 1,139 | -226 | $1,316 | $166,176,617 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | Entrapment | $1,308,751 | -37.1% | 1,062 | -402 | $1,232 | $84,043,420 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Tea with Mussolini | $1,237,824 | +25.1% | 283 | - | $4,373 | $10,306,287 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 16 | 41 | The Red Violin | $1,111,689 | +665.4% | 250 | +219 | $4,446 | $3,670,006 | 34 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 17 | 11 | Mysteries of Egypt | $652,391 | -5.3% | 21 | - | $31,066 | $12,014,615 | 45 | IMAX | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $622,689 | +18.7% | 32 | -1 | $19,459 | $16,853,917 | 36 | IMAX | false | false |
| 19 | 13 | Never Been Kissed | $582,642 | -5.8% | 533 | -55 | $1,093 | $53,577,895 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 20 | 27 | Buena Vista Social Club | $510,748 | +65.6% | 29 | +4 | $17,612 | $1,239,916 | 4 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 21 | 20 | Everest | $493,254 | +34.1% | 55 | +3 | $8,968 | $66,921,506 | 69 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 22 | 31 | Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar | $482,044 | +84.6% | 73 | +8 | $6,603 | $1,579,925 | 4 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 23 | 14 | Analyze This | $481,695 | -17.7% | 497 | -147 | $969 | $106,180,942 | 17 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 24 | 24 | Limbo | $418,072 | +31.5% | 96 | +29 | $4,354 | $1,240,341 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 25 | 17 | Life | $409,800 | -15.7% | 424 | -88 | $966 | $62,698,814 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 30 | Run Lola Run | $409,424 | +56.2% | 20 | +8 | $20,471 | $698,180 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 27 | 54 | The Out-of-Towners | $350,215 | +730.2% | 507 | +420 | $690 | $28,188,569 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 28 | 16 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $348,665 | -29.8% | 283 | -131 | $1,232 | $15,514,263 | 7 | - | false | false |
| 29 | 22 | The Winslow Boy | $338,550 | -7.1% | 121 | -11 | $2,797 | $2,670,014 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 30 | 40 | Shakespeare in Love | $323,084 | +100.9% | 176 | -70 | $1,835 | $98,083,046 | 29 | Miramax | false | false |
| 31 | 18 | Election | $299,225 | -30.3% | 337 | -172 | $887 | $14,266,190 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 36 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $234,765 | +27.5% | 16 | +1 | $14,672 | $1,811,285 | 18 | - | false | false |
| 33 | 12 | The Thirteenth Floor | $229,214 | -63.3% | 295 | -415 | $776 | $11,139,376 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 34 | 34 | October Sky | $225,610 | +14.5% | 207 | -29 | $1,089 | $31,987,140 | 19 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 23 | Besieged | $225,497 | -30.1% | 125 | -28 | $1,803 | $1,563,158 | 6 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 36 | 49 | Island of the Sharks | $216,733 | +101.1% | 8 | +2 | $27,091 | $902,216 | 10 | IMAX | false | false |
| 37 | 37 | Twin Dragons | $209,369 | +21.4% | 206 | -73 | $1,016 | $8,270,234 | 12 | Miramax | false | false |
| 38 | 39 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $207,763 | +26.5% | 12 | +2 | $17,313 | $8,339,886 | 61 | IMAX | false | false |
| 39 | 35 | Baby Geniuses | $205,604 | +5.4% | 301 | -82 | $683 | $26,317,177 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 40 | 28 | Forces of Nature | $187,863 | -34.4% | 336 | -154 | $559 | $52,838,397 | 15 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 41 | 21 | The Love Letter | $179,672 | -51.1% | 269 | -281 | $667 | $8,024,829 | 6 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 42 | 32 | Doug's 1st Movie | $166,977 | -21.9% | 281 | -148 | $594 | $19,203,804 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 43 | 33 | My Favorite Martian | $162,512 | -23.1% | 224 | -68 | $725 | $36,683,408 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 43 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $151,941 | +8.9% | 113 | -54 | $1,344 | $36,603,670 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 45 | 47 | Cookie's Fortune | $148,468 | +26.3% | 100 | -14 | $1,484 | $10,624,305 | 13 | October Films | false | false |
| 46 | 55 | Foolish | $134,553 | +258.5% | 219 | +167 | $614 | $5,921,905 | 12 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 47 | 46 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $132,553 | +10.6% | 9 | - | $14,728 | $13,648,324 | 103 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 48 | 50 | Get Real | $107,299 | +7.7% | 39 | - | $2,751 | $888,598 | 9 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 49 | 45 | Three Seasons | $106,737 | -17.1% | 41 | -17 | $2,603 | $1,809,163 | 9 | October Films | false | false |
| 50 | 48 | This Is My Father | $104,348 | -3.3% | 46 | -1 | $2,268 | $697,434 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 51 | 44 | Wolves | $83,012 | -35.6% | 9 | +1 | $9,223 | $846,710 | 2 | IMAX | false | false |
| 52 | - | My Son the Fanatic | $81,100 | - | 5 | - | $16,220 | $81,100 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 53 | - | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $72,624 | - | 11 | - | $6,602 | $281,120 | 8 | - | false | false |
| 54 | 53 | Cruel Intentions | $65,857 | +45.6% | 64 | -30 | $1,029 | $38,006,131 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 55 | 52 | A Walk on the Moon | $62,958 | -9.1% | 54 | -24 | $1,165 | $4,722,208 | 14 | Miramax | false | false |
| 56 | 51 | The Castle | $58,764 | -16.8% | 39 | - | $1,506 | $764,656 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 57 | - | Regret to Inform | $10,368 | - | 1 | - | $10,368 | $10,368 | 1 | Artistic License | true | false |
| 58 | - | The Lovers on the Bridge | $8,197 | - | - | - | - | $8,197 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 59 | - | Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season | $5,312 | - | 8 | - | $664 | $5,312 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 60 | - | Genghis Blues | $1,631 | - | 1 | - | $1,631 | $1,631 | 1 | Roxie Releasing | true | false |
