| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Best Man | $11,656,070 | - | 1,346 | - | $8,659 | $11,656,070 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 2 | Double Jeopardy | $9,569,067 | -27.6% | 3,002 | +66 | $3,187 | $92,896,673 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Fight Club | $8,807,772 | -43.4% | 1,966 | +3 | $4,480 | $24,363,619 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | Bringing Out the Dead | $8,050,073 | - | 1,936 | - | $4,158 | $8,050,073 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Story of Us | $6,877,330 | -44.6% | 2,166 | +2 | $3,175 | $19,287,870 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | American Beauty | $6,876,137 | -22.7% | 1,459 | +109 | $4,712 | $50,326,285 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | - | Bats | $5,689,773 | - | 2,540 | - | $2,240 | $5,689,773 | 1 | Destination Films | true | false |
| 8 | - | Three to Tango | $5,545,234 | - | 2,234 | - | $2,482 | $5,545,234 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 9 | 4 | Three Kings | $5,410,730 | -42.4% | 2,411 | -531 | $2,244 | $51,207,110 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Sixth Sense | $5,191,711 | -23% | 2,191 | -491 | $2,369 | $256,634,871 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Superstar | $4,138,950 | -37.5% | 2,016 | - | $2,053 | $21,656,189 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 6 | Random Hearts | $3,798,560 | -48.3% | 2,547 | -150 | $1,491 | $28,053,025 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Blue Streak | $2,171,873 | -54% | 1,541 | -812 | $1,409 | $63,738,387 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | The Omega Code | $1,997,294 | -33.1% | 306 | +2 | $6,527 | $4,982,354 | 2 | Providence Entertainment | false | false |
| 15 | - | Crazy in Alabama | $1,357,821 | - | 1,214 | - | $1,118 | $1,357,821 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 16 | 12 | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | $1,052,444 | -38% | 1,125 | -85 | $935 | $9,727,576 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 11 | Drive Me Crazy | $983,230 | -63.7% | 1,062 | -1,026 | $925 | $16,416,191 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | Stigmata | $632,516 | -49.2% | 709 | -298 | $892 | $48,913,493 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 19 | - | Body Shots | $619,877 | - | 309 | - | $2,006 | $619,877 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 20 | 13 | For Love of the Game | $581,110 | -58.3% | 642 | -834 | $905 | $34,105,105 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 21 | Mysteries of Egypt | $549,095 | +11.8% | 25 | +3 | $21,963 | $22,795,430 | 62 | IMAX | false | false |
| 22 | 25 | The Limey | $522,091 | +57.2% | 96 | +56 | $5,438 | $1,126,398 | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 23 | 19 | Inspector Gadget | $443,500 | -19.8% | 561 | -101 | $790 | $96,055,816 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 33 | Boys Don't Cry | $429,349 | +149.8% | 39 | +21 | $11,008 | $717,729 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 25 | 18 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $422,843 | -27.1% | 386 | -108 | $1,095 | $427,385,273 | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 26 | 48 | Romance | $410,813 | +393.2% | 68 | -6 | $6,041 | $1,180,581 | 6 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 15 | Mystery, Alaska | $364,876 | -69.8% | 410 | -798 | $889 | $8,213,439 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 28 | 38 | The Straight Story | $361,502 | +179.1% | 32 | +25 | $11,296 | $491,036 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 23 | Happy, Texas | $330,488 | -24.5% | 146 | +12 | $2,263 | $1,140,417 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 30 | 17 | Stir of Echoes | $294,123 | -49.8% | 346 | -305 | $850 | $20,136,923 | 7 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 31 | 26 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $283,114 | -11.4% | 31 | -4 | $9,132 | $24,861,332 | 53 | IMAX | false | false |
| 32 | 36 | The 13th Warrior | $267,209 | +72% | 359 | +166 | $744 | $32,284,283 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 24 | Deep Blue Sea | $267,189 | -30.8% | 512 | -164 | $521 | $73,026,228 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 34 | 20 | Runaway Bride | $249,482 | -54.8% | 414 | -326 | $602 | $149,890,883 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 16 | The Thomas Crown Affair | $241,456 | -58.8% | 256 | -461 | $943 | $68,404,155 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 36 | 22 | The Blair Witch Project | $219,819 | -54.1% | 408 | -309 | $538 | $140,382,365 | 15 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 37 | 30 | Buena Vista Social Club | $211,616 | +14.3% | 74 | +1 | $2,859 | $6,131,412 | 21 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 38 | 27 | The Haunting | $210,122 | -27.3% | 248 | -70 | $847 | $91,232,847 | 14 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 39 | 29 | Everest | $205,830 | <0.1% | 42 | - | $4,900 | $72,790,142 | 86 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 40 | 44 | Island of the Sharks | $173,817 | +71.7% | 15 | - | $11,587 | $3,993,678 | 27 | IMAX | false | false |
| 41 | 28 | Bowfinger | $163,155 | -29.4% | 235 | -100 | $694 | $65,662,000 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 42 | 39 | Extreme | $136,807 | +8.5% | 14 | - | $9,771 | $6,206,388 | 30 | IMAX | false | false |
| 43 | 46 | Guinevere | $128,281 | +32.2% | 39 | +6 | $3,289 | $592,502 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 44 | 42 | Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box | $127,699 | +9% | 18 | +9 | $7,094 | $504,722 | 4 | IMAX | false | false |
| 45 | 40 | American Pie | $120,890 | -3.6% | 252 | -58 | $479 | $101,782,770 | 16 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 46 | 35 | Tarzan | $106,669 | -34.4% | 181 | -84 | $589 | $170,405,047 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 47 | 31 | The Iron Giant | $104,960 | -41% | 351 | -129 | $299 | $22,868,464 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 48 | 43 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $104,680 | -6.4% | 15 | - | $6,978 | $10,686,748 | 78 | IMAX | false | false |
| 49 | 37 | Wolves | $98,035 | -24.6% | 16 | +2 | $6,127 | $2,314,386 | 19 | IMAX | false | false |
| 50 | 52 | Le Dîner de Cons | $78,638 | +50.5% | 48 | -15 | $1,638 | $3,734,636 | 16 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 51 | 41 | Big Daddy | $78,605 | -33.7% | 132 | -25 | $595 | $163,448,979 | 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 52 | 47 | Run Lola Run | $77,827 | -18.8% | 48 | -10 | $1,621 | $6,887,817 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 53 | 50 | The Children of the Marshland | $58,494 | -5.6% | 13 | - | $4,499 | $244,901 | 4 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 54 | 55 | Show Me Love | $32,565 | +21.7% | 7 | +2 | $4,652 | $59,332 | 2 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 55 | - | Beyond the Mat | $17,186 | - | 1 | - | $17,186 | $17,186 | 1 | Lionsgate | true | false |
| 56 | - | Molly | $13,874 | - | 12 | - | $1,156 | $13,874 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
