| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Eyes Wide Shut | $30,196,742 | - | 2,411 | - | $12,524 | $30,196,742 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | American Pie | $22,435,380 | -29.8% | 2,518 | +10 | $8,910 | $54,398,595 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Big Daddy | $15,941,625 | -32.5% | 3,254 | - | $4,899 | $140,005,318 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | - | Lake Placid | $15,777,491 | - | 2,096 | - | $7,527 | $15,777,491 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Wild Wild West | $14,767,697 | -39.2% | 3,342 | - | $4,418 | $98,780,906 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Tarzan | $12,200,398 | -29.2% | 2,838 | -293 | $4,298 | $147,638,402 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Wood | $11,528,422 | - | 1,191 | - | $9,679 | $11,528,422 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $9,020,017 | -23.9% | 1,850 | -597 | $4,875 | $398,573,626 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 13 | Muppets from Space | $7,772,078 | +317.7% | 2,265 | +216 | $3,431 | $9,632,551 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | The General's Daughter | $7,546,967 | -34.1% | 2,258 | -452 | $3,342 | $90,251,695 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $7,033,494 | -33.9% | 2,090 | -518 | $3,365 | $193,363,533 | 7 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $6,576,636 | -38.1% | 2,008 | -120 | $3,275 | $45,649,488 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Arlington Road | $6,157,944 | -41.4% | 1,631 | - | $3,775 | $16,675,239 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Notting Hill | $3,318,315 | -32% | 1,183 | -396 | $2,805 | $108,324,255 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Blair Witch Project | $3,001,034 | - | 27 | - | $111,149 | $3,061,153 | 1 | Artisan Entertainment | true | false |
| 16 | 12 | An Ideal Husband | $2,621,717 | -23.9% | 753 | -19 | $3,481 | $12,795,338 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | 10 | Summer of Sam | $2,238,390 | -56.7% | 1,068 | -468 | $2,095 | $18,001,451 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | The Mummy | $1,047,160 | -23.6% | 557 | -137 | $1,880 | $151,159,815 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Mysteries of Egypt | $801,299 | +7.6% | 22 | +1 | $36,422 | $14,339,307 | 48 | IMAX | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $667,922 | -1% | 35 | - | $19,083 | $18,744,293 | 39 | IMAX | false | false |
| 21 | 22 | Entrapment | $648,616 | +6.6% | 546 | +11 | $1,187 | $85,841,496 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 22 | 21 | The Red Violin | $597,603 | -4.9% | 205 | -36 | $2,915 | $6,162,167 | 37 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 23 | 23 | Run Lola Run | $590,809 | +6.5% | 99 | +44 | $5,967 | $2,366,922 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 24 | 18 | Tea with Mussolini | $543,685 | -23.5% | 246 | -35 | $2,210 | $12,350,789 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 25 | 15 | Shakespeare in Love | $442,127 | -45.3% | 439 | -133 | $1,007 | $100,158,218 | 32 | Miramax | false | false |
| 26 | 25 | Everest | $401,097 | -4.5% | 58 | +2 | $6,915 | $68,185,121 | 72 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 27 | 27 | Buena Vista Social Club | $360,888 | -10.3% | 55 | +4 | $6,561 | $2,421,934 | 7 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 28 | 19 | The Matrix | $351,269 | -49.2% | 282 | -245 | $1,245 | $168,037,422 | 17 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 29 | 26 | Never Been Kissed | $341,838 | -18.3% | 296 | -92 | $1,154 | $54,781,047 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 30 | 28 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $272,474 | -21.2% | 244 | -67 | $1,116 | $37,610,415 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 31 | Island of the Sharks | $257,040 | +6.5% | 8 | -1 | $32,130 | $1,590,722 | 13 | IMAX | false | false |
| 32 | 30 | Life | $237,130 | -7.6% | 247 | +21 | $960 | $63,401,999 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 56 | The Thirteenth Floor | $226,334 | +342.4% | 326 | +279 | $694 | $11,506,827 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 34 | 32 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $212,494 | -3% | 15 | - | $14,166 | $2,448,903 | 21 | - | false | false |
| 35 | 36 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $206,158 | +8.8% | 11 | +1 | $18,741 | $8,957,585 | 64 | IMAX | false | false |
| 36 | 44 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $169,445 | +55% | 203 | +82 | $834 | $15,905,264 | 10 | - | false | false |
| 37 | 34 | The Winslow Boy | $160,182 | -21.5% | 68 | -19 | $2,355 | $3,365,013 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 38 | 24 | Instinct | $148,368 | -66.2% | 167 | -231 | $888 | $33,100,123 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 39 | 47 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $142,856 | +48.1% | 9 | - | $15,872 | $13,941,653 | 106 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 40 | 38 | Black Mask | $142,134 | -14.3% | 204 | -97 | $696 | $12,410,838 | 10 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 41 | 39 | October Sky | $136,310 | -11.6% | 135 | -14 | $1,009 | $32,411,895 | 22 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 42 | 35 | Baby Geniuses | $123,994 | -38.4% | 175 | -13 | $708 | $26,776,394 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 43 | 51 | Wolves | $120,571 | +79.5% | 11 | +2 | $10,961 | $1,108,197 | 5 | IMAX | false | false |
| 44 | 37 | Analyze This | $114,668 | -38.6% | 131 | -68 | $875 | $106,735,819 | 20 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 45 | 33 | Limbo | $93,901 | -56.1% | 61 | -49 | $1,539 | $1,818,573 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 46 | 59 | Le Dîner de Cons | $85,391 | +97.1% | 6 | +5 | $14,231 | $128,711 | 2 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 47 | 46 | My Son the Fanatic | $73,582 | -24.6% | 17 | -3 | $4,328 | $341,084 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 48 | 42 | Besieged | $73,325 | -40.6% | 50 | -15 | $1,466 | $1,939,199 | 9 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 49 | 40 | The Love Letter | $67,497 | -55.7% | 166 | -183 | $406 | $8,302,478 | 9 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 50 | 50 | Edge of Seventeen | $66,123 | -20.3% | 10 | - | $6,612 | $577,369 | 12 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 51 | 43 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $65,546 | -41.3% | 18 | -2 | $3,641 | $501,378 | 11 | - | false | false |
| 52 | 49 | Election | $55,164 | -38.1% | 62 | -73 | $889 | $14,541,112 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 53 | 54 | Go | $53,910 | -9.7% | 58 | +6 | $929 | $16,770,809 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 54 | 55 | Autumn Tale | $45,877 | -13.1% | 2 | - | $22,938 | $98,649 | 2 | October Films | false | false |
| 55 | 61 | After Life | $29,522 | -27.4% | 7 | - | $4,217 | $270,774 | 10 | Artistic License | false | false |
| 56 | - | I'm Losing You | $11,379 | - | 2 | - | $5,689 | $11,379 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
