| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Blue Streak | $24,468,405 | - | 2,735 | - | $8,946 | $24,468,405 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 2 | - | For Love of the Game | $16,583,065 | - | 2,829 | - | $5,861 | $16,583,065 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Sixth Sense | $14,538,671 | -30.5% | 2,788 | +5 | $5,214 | $216,607,083 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Stigmata | $12,142,264 | -48.8% | 2,901 | +2 | $4,185 | $35,866,733 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Stir of Echoes | $5,392,206 | -31.8% | 1,943 | +55 | $2,775 | $13,300,321 | 2 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Runaway Bride | $3,358,090 | -32.2% | 2,384 | -389 | $1,408 | $144,935,716 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | The Thomas Crown Affair | $2,659,463 | -28% | 1,658 | -191 | $1,604 | $65,011,671 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | The 13th Warrior | $2,323,987 | -42.9% | 1,969 | -314 | $1,180 | $30,182,436 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Bowfinger | $2,248,690 | -49.7% | 2,063 | -389 | $1,090 | $63,526,170 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Mickey Blue Eyes | $1,535,838 | -47.2% | 1,530 | -445 | $1,003 | $32,500,339 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 44 | American Beauty | $1,385,484 | +766.7% | 16 | +10 | $86,592 | $1,545,388 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The Blair Witch Project | $1,111,388 | -49.5% | 1,434 | -503 | $775 | $137,947,498 | 10 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 13 | 20 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $1,098,076 | +22% | 732 | +214 | $1,500 | $423,597,795 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Outside Providence | $849,631 | -46% | 929 | -123 | $914 | $6,960,222 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 15 | 17 | Inspector Gadget | $737,425 | -35.2% | 1,057 | -255 | $697 | $93,532,668 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | The Muse | $736,726 | -49.1% | 655 | -347 | $1,124 | $11,256,320 | 4 | USA Films | false | false |
| 17 | 10 | Chill Factor | $662,495 | -74.6% | 1,368 | -1,190 | $484 | $10,944,419 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 19 | American Pie | $661,385 | -31.2% | 604 | -171 | $1,095 | $100,865,545 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 13 | In Too Deep | $655,158 | -59.4% | 597 | -44 | $1,097 | $12,996,169 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 20 | 16 | Dudley Do-Right | $650,975 | -46.9% | 1,142 | -516 | $570 | $9,190,835 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | Deep Blue Sea | $588,634 | -44.3% | 635 | -277 | $926 | $71,790,647 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | 8 | Mysteries of Egypt | $519,443 | -85.4% | 23 | - | $22,584 | $20,160,275 | 57 | IMAX | false | false |
| 23 | 24 | Tarzan | $511,589 | -24.3% | 572 | -99 | $894 | $169,193,876 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 46 | Eyes Wide Shut | $487,323 | +296.6% | 503 | +365 | $968 | $55,403,727 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 25 | 54 | The General's Daughter | $458,029 | +507.7% | 461 | +310 | $993 | $102,094,266 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 26 | The Iron Giant | $404,621 | -21.8% | 681 | -325 | $594 | $21,784,311 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 27 | 28 | Big Daddy | $365,906 | -18.8% | 373 | -54 | $980 | $162,504,789 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 28 | 34 | Better Than Chocolate | $350,610 | +9.7% | 105 | +3 | $3,339 | $1,555,843 | 6 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 25 | An Ideal Husband | $294,941 | -49.2% | 446 | -247 | $661 | $18,430,214 | 14 | Miramax | false | false |
| 30 | 29 | Wild Wild West | $290,265 | -33.5% | 359 | -197 | $808 | $113,468,802 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 31 | 31 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $289,862 | -14.2% | 38 | - | $7,627 | $23,279,715 | 48 | IMAX | false | false |
| 32 | 27 | Mystery Men | $288,510 | -42.5% | 382 | -125 | $755 | $29,288,755 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 43 | Autumn Tale | $276,273 | +57.4% | 53 | +2 | $5,212 | $1,786,051 | 11 | October Films | false | false |
| 34 | 23 | The Red Violin | $265,832 | -62.5% | 144 | -34 | $1,846 | $9,421,473 | 46 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 35 | 33 | Everest | $241,896 | -25.6% | 57 | - | $4,243 | $71,711,573 | 81 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 36 | 21 | Run Lola Run | $232,087 | -73.6% | 116 | -25 | $2,000 | $6,283,184 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 37 | 37 | Buena Vista Social Club | $221,989 | -13.6% | 69 | - | $3,217 | $5,001,610 | 16 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 38 | 36 | Notting Hill | $221,595 | -25% | 237 | -66 | $935 | $115,778,835 | 17 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 39 | 42 | Le Dîner de Cons | $198,840 | +10.8% | 64 | +3 | $3,106 | $3,278,793 | 11 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 40 | 35 | The Haunting | $174,241 | -41.7% | 258 | -133 | $675 | $89,646,695 | 9 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 41 | 39 | Trick | $168,005 | -28.6% | 91 | -3 | $1,846 | $1,990,635 | 9 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 42 | 32 | Universal Soldier: The Return | $144,524 | -55.8% | 192 | -249 | $752 | $10,378,957 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 43 | - | Extreme | $142,812 | - | 21 | - | $6,800 | $5,528,367 | 25 | IMAX | false | false |
| 44 | 30 | Teaching Mrs. Tingle | $138,625 | -61.4% | 324 | -281 | $427 | $8,854,107 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 45 | 40 | Arlington Road | $132,261 | -28.5% | 211 | -91 | $626 | $24,297,970 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 46 | 41 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $81,222 | -54.8% | 127 | -179 | $639 | $51,956,758 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 47 | - | Island of the Sharks | $80,922 | - | 11 | - | $7,356 | $3,317,741 | 22 | IMAX | false | false |
| 48 | 45 | Brokedown Palace | $76,971 | -42% | 88 | -57 | $874 | $9,968,535 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 49 | 53 | The Matrix | $74,400 | -8.7% | 105 | -49 | $708 | $171,414,892 | 26 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 50 | 50 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $71,167 | -16.8% | 14 | -1 | $5,083 | $3,852,562 | 30 | - | false | false |
| 51 | 58 | Earth | $63,955 | +11.6% | 10 | +2 | $6,395 | $121,250 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 52 | - | Sugar Town | $61,396 | - | 8 | - | $7,674 | $61,396 | 1 | USA Films | true | false |
| 53 | - | Breakfast of Champions | $60,003 | - | 7 | - | $8,571 | $60,003 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 54 | 57 | The Minus Man | $41,379 | -29% | 6 | +1 | $6,896 | $99,697 | 2 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 55 | - | Taxman | $8,488 | - | 2 | - | $4,244 | $8,488 | 1 | Phaedra Cinema | true | false |
| 56 | 61 | Speaking in Strings | $4,058 | +44.9% | 2 | +1 | $2,029 | $6,859 | 2 | Seventh Art Releasing | false | false |
