| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Sixth Sense | $43,896,663 | - | 2,161 | - | $20,313 | $43,896,663 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Blair Witch Project | $37,076,361 | -24% | 2,142 | +1,041 | $17,309 | $92,778,744 | 4 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Runaway Bride | $31,136,016 | -41.3% | 3,161 | +3 | $9,850 | $84,184,355 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Thomas Crown Affair | $20,896,461 | - | 2,427 | - | $8,609 | $20,896,461 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Deep Blue Sea | $16,134,806 | -42.9% | 2,901 | +47 | $5,561 | $50,441,687 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | - | Mystery Men | $14,610,265 | - | 2,136 | - | $6,840 | $14,610,265 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Inspector Gadget | $14,289,399 | -34.7% | 2,862 | -15 | $4,992 | $69,895,005 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | The Haunting | $9,430,384 | -57.5% | 2,881 | +17 | $3,273 | $80,331,453 | 3 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 9 | 59 | The Iron Giant | $8,780,682 | +43,364.4% | 2,179 | - | $4,029 | $8,800,884 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | American Pie | $6,596,570 | -40% | 1,795 | -641 | $3,674 | $87,958,165 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $3,574,752 | -33.5% | 1,199 | -429 | $2,981 | $414,126,705 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 22 | Dick | $3,552,922 | +200.5% | 1,522 | - | $2,334 | $4,735,324 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Tarzan | $2,791,549 | -42.2% | 1,132 | -479 | $2,466 | $162,934,202 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 7 | Eyes Wide Shut | $2,365,027 | -61.9% | 1,612 | -652 | $1,467 | $52,899,408 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 8 | Big Daddy | $2,354,228 | -56.9% | 1,518 | -770 | $1,550 | $156,918,774 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | The General's Daughter | $1,635,328 | -48.7% | 936 | -383 | $1,747 | $100,296,825 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | The Wood | $1,631,243 | -53.4% | 811 | -241 | $2,011 | $23,157,009 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 11 | Lake Placid | $1,272,267 | -67.8% | 815 | -981 | $1,561 | $29,154,884 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $1,209,597 | -43% | 701 | -355 | $1,725 | $200,105,267 | 10 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 20 | 29 | Mysteries of Egypt | $1,188,945 | +198.9% | 21 | - | $56,616 | $16,698,804 | 51 | IMAX | false | false |
| 21 | 12 | Wild Wild West | $1,069,423 | -70.5% | 1,157 | -994 | $924 | $111,066,374 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | 19 | Notting Hill | $855,830 | -35.3% | 514 | -194 | $1,665 | $112,974,290 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 15 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | $699,980 | -75.5% | 776 | -431 | $902 | $9,779,877 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | The Matrix | $665,476 | -34.2% | 455 | -232 | $1,462 | $169,996,174 | 20 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 25 | 17 | Arlington Road | $638,217 | -67.3% | 361 | -500 | $1,767 | $23,496,662 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 26 | 25 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $609,048 | -1.6% | 36 | -1 | $16,918 | $20,636,306 | 42 | IMAX | false | false |
| 27 | 21 | An Ideal Husband | $586,474 | -51.4% | 336 | -164 | $1,745 | $16,651,246 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 28 | 24 | The Mummy | $580,455 | -30.1% | 470 | -138 | $1,235 | $154,011,770 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 18 | Muppets from Space | $462,659 | -67.2% | 454 | -842 | $1,019 | $15,091,139 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 30 | 20 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $438,186 | -66.7% | 342 | -590 | $1,281 | $50,743,769 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 26 | Everest | $430,355 | -5.9% | 58 | - | $7,419 | $69,735,883 | 75 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 32 | 27 | Run Lola Run | $422,191 | <0.1% | 106 | +2 | $3,982 | $3,911,373 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 33 | 28 | Entrapment | $313,822 | -25.3% | 327 | -63 | $959 | $87,185,094 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 34 | 42 | Trick | $313,661 | +116.9% | 34 | +28 | $9,225 | $638,432 | 3 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 35 | 33 | Extreme | $286,359 | +1.8% | 20 | +13 | $14,317 | $3,929,466 | 19 | IMAX | false | false |
| 36 | 34 | Island of the Sharks | $250,594 | -7.5% | 10 | - | $25,059 | $2,365,226 | 16 | IMAX | false | false |
| 37 | 32 | Buena Vista Social Club | $249,890 | -15% | 51 | +1 | $4,899 | $3,291,681 | 10 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 38 | 31 | Tea with Mussolini | $238,615 | -26.7% | 167 | -27 | $1,428 | $13,394,920 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 39 | 39 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $223,143 | +23.8% | 15 | - | $14,876 | $3,060,628 | 24 | - | false | false |
| 40 | 36 | Le Dîner de Cons | $214,526 | -8.9% | 37 | +10 | $5,798 | $1,831,329 | 5 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 41 | 49 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $187,972 | +91.9% | 9 | - | $20,885 | $9,551,652 | 67 | IMAX | false | false |
| 42 | 37 | Instinct | $180,624 | -22.8% | 252 | -87 | $716 | $33,921,897 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 43 | 41 | Life | $156,361 | -2.8% | 155 | -17 | $1,008 | $63,926,140 | 17 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 43 | Autumn Tale | $149,812 | +5.9% | 27 | +5 | $5,548 | $541,808 | 5 | October Films | false | false |
| 45 | 40 | Never Been Kissed | $132,516 | -18.2% | 169 | -27 | $784 | $55,297,296 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 46 | 30 | The Red Violin | $129,840 | -67.3% | 117 | -27 | $1,109 | $7,344,342 | 40 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 47 | 48 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $127,331 | +25.4% | 12 | - | $10,610 | $14,262,816 | 109 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 48 | 53 | My Life So Far | $121,910 | +76.8% | 17 | +12 | $7,171 | $272,665 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 49 | 45 | Wolves | $107,806 | -4.9% | 10 | - | $10,780 | $1,437,992 | 8 | IMAX | false | false |
| 50 | - | Illuminata | $81,268 | - | 8 | - | $10,158 | $81,268 | 2 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 51 | 47 | Wildfire: Feel the Heat | $68,542 | -33.4% | 7 | - | $9,791 | $1,056,553 | 22 | - | false | false |
| 52 | 46 | The Winslow Boy | $60,144 | -42.9% | 40 | -10 | $1,503 | $3,677,321 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 53 | 35 | Summer of Sam | $57,139 | -75.9% | 32 | -87 | $1,785 | $18,986,892 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 54 | 52 | Twin Falls Idaho | $48,595 | -35.1% | 6 | - | $8,099 | $123,419 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 55 | 55 | Baby Geniuses | $48,129 | -14.7% | 87 | -14 | $553 | $26,993,128 | 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 56 | 58 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $44,341 | +94.5% | 12 | -5 | $3,695 | $663,196 | 14 | - | false | false |
| 57 | - | Kohram | $31,727 | - | 11 | - | $2,884 | $31,727 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 58 | - | The Adventures of Sebastian Cole | $20,988 | - | 7 | - | $2,998 | $20,988 | 1 | Paramount Classics | true | false |
