| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | House on Haunted Hill | $20,272,697 | $15,946,032 | 78.7% | $4,326,665 | 21.3% | 2,710 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | The Best Man | $8,040,825 | $6,281,690 | 78.1% | $1,759,135 | 21.9% | 1,348 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Double Jeopardy | $7,066,960 | $5,405,037 | 76.5% | $1,661,923 | 23.5% | 2,986 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | American Beauty | $5,280,194 | $3,779,747 | 71.6% | $1,500,447 | 28.4% | 1,528 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 5 | Fight Club | $5,122,385 | $3,296,137 | 64.4% | $1,826,248 | 35.6% | 1,943 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Music of the Heart | $4,916,514 | $3,653,281 | 74.3% | $1,263,233 | 25.7% | 1,349 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 7 | Bringing Out the Dead | $4,648,591 | $3,384,042 | 72.8% | $1,264,549 | 27.2% | 1,947 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Sixth Sense | $4,276,286 | $3,200,961 | 74.8% | $1,075,325 | 25.2% | 2,051 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Story of Us | $4,110,770 | $2,968,895 | 72.2% | $1,141,875 | 27.8% | 2,175 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Three Kings | $3,371,835 | $2,522,288 | 74.8% | $849,547 | 25.2% | 1,851 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Three to Tango | $3,015,899 | $2,143,958 | 71.1% | $871,941 | 28.9% | 2,234 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Bats | $2,821,335 | $2,236,978 | 79.3% | $584,357 | 20.7% | 2,540 | 2 | Destination Films | - | false |
| 13 | Superstar | $2,423,510 | $1,852,652 | 76.4% | $570,858 | 23.6% | 2,016 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Random Hearts | $1,977,873 | $1,451,911 | 73.4% | $525,962 | 26.6% | 1,827 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 15 | The Omega Code | $1,799,217 | $1,429,371 | 79.4% | $369,846 | 20.6% | 365 | 3 | Providence Entertainment | - | false |
| 16 | Blue Streak | $1,211,639 | $917,455 | 75.7% | $294,184 | 24.3% | 1,093 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 17 | Being John Malkovich | $1,023,621 | $637,721 | 62.3% | $385,900 | 37.7% | 25 | 1 | USA Films | - | false |
| 18 | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | $609,708 | $423,226 | 69.4% | $186,482 | 30.6% | 1,153 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 19 | Crazy in Alabama | $532,336 | $366,136 | 68.8% | $166,200 | 31.2% | 1,214 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 20 | Mysteries of Egypt | $511,920 | $252,731 | 49.4% | $259,189 | 50.6% | 25 | 63 | IMAX | - | false |
| 21 | The Straight Story | $504,067 | $372,733 | 74% | $131,334 | 26% | 96 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | The Limey | $490,003 | $348,383 | 71.1% | $141,620 | 28.9% | 100 | 4 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 23 | Drive Me Crazy | $420,247 | $317,615 | 75.6% | $102,632 | 24.4% | 714 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 24 | Stigmata | $419,079 | $293,067 | 69.9% | $126,012 | 30.1% | 574 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 25 | Fifty | $410,100 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | IMAX | - | false |
| 26 | For Love of the Game | $384,595 | $282,625 | 73.5% | $101,970 | 26.5% | 475 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 27 | Boys Don't Cry | $373,480 | $257,330 | 68.9% | $116,150 | 31.1% | 41 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $324,522 | $222,596 | 68.6% | $101,926 | 31.4% | 331 | 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 29 | Inspector Gadget | $258,729 | $183,554 | 70.9% | $75,175 | 29.1% | 480 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | Mickey Blue Eyes | $239,180 | $153,610 | 64.2% | $85,570 | 35.8% | 433 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 31 | Romance | $224,747 | $88,689 | 39.5% | $136,058 | 60.5% | 54 | 7 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $217,794 | $141,592 | 65% | $76,202 | 35% | 30 | 54 | IMAX | - | false |
| 33 | Stir of Echoes | $217,509 | $156,759 | 72.1% | $60,750 | 27.9% | 238 | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 34 | The Thomas Crown Affair | $217,024 | $148,752 | 68.5% | $68,272 | 31.5% | 258 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 35 | Happy, Texas | $214,063 | $150,295 | 70.2% | $63,768 | 29.8% | 110 | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| 36 | Princess Mononoke | $208,624 | $144,446 | 69.2% | $64,178 | 30.8% | 8 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 37 | Mystery, Alaska | $200,741 | $141,334 | 70.4% | $59,407 | 29.6% | 232 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 38 | Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box | $174,890 | $128,171 | 73.3% | $46,719 | 26.7% | 19 | 5 | IMAX | - | false |
| 39 | Deep Blue Sea | $173,008 | $121,016 | 70% | $51,992 | 30% | 371 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 40 | Everest | $167,271 | $91,002 | 54.4% | $76,269 | 45.6% | 41 | 87 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - | false |
| 41 | The 13th Warrior | $161,728 | $101,600 | 62.8% | $60,128 | 37.2% | 250 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | Runaway Bride | $157,542 | $115,648 | 73.4% | $41,894 | 26.6% | 248 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 43 | Bowfinger | $155,020 | $104,880 | 67.7% | $50,140 | 32.3% | 228 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | Buena Vista Social Club | $146,103 | $99,028 | 67.8% | $47,075 | 32.2% | 66 | 22 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 45 | The Blair Witch Project | $118,883 | $91,408 | 76.9% | $27,475 | 23.1% | 232 | 16 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 46 | Island of the Sharks | $117,766 | $85,966 | 73% | $31,800 | 27% | 15 | 28 | IMAX | - | false |
| 47 | The Haunting | $100,229 | $75,056 | 74.9% | $25,173 | 25.1% | 277 | 15 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 48 | The Astronaut's Wife | $94,022 | $60,342 | 64.2% | $33,680 | 35.8% | 187 | 10 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 49 | The Red Violin | $91,224 | $62,037 | 68% | $29,187 | 32% | 66 | 52 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 50 | Wolves | $66,857 | $44,054 | 65.9% | $22,803 | 34.1% | 16 | 20 | IMAX | - | false |
| 51 | Run Lola Run | $64,597 | $40,659 | 62.9% | $23,938 | 37.1% | 45 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 52 | Tarzan | $60,570 | $40,661 | 67.1% | $19,909 | 32.9% | 143 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 53 | All About My Mother | $60,080 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 54 | The Iron Giant | $58,732 | $45,793 | 78% | $12,939 | 22% | 273 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 55 | Galapagos | $56,750 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | IMAX | - | false |
| 56 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $55,319 | $38,532 | 69.6% | $16,787 | 30.4% | 15 | 79 | IMAX | - | false |
| 57 | The Children of the Marshland | $48,204 | $32,718 | 67.9% | $15,486 | 32.1% | 13 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 58 | Le Dîner de Cons | $46,360 | $40,824 | 88.1% | $5,536 | 11.9% | 43 | 17 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 59 | Man of the Century | $12,573 | $7,724 | 61.4% | $4,849 | 38.6% | 2 | 1 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 60 | Dreaming of Joseph Lees | $12,044 | $7,680 | 63.8% | $4,364 | 36.2% | 2 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 61 | The Suburbans | $10,949 | $5,797 | 53% | $5,152 | 47% | 11 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Grandfather | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Beefcake | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 3 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Body Shots | - | $80,087 | - | - | - | - | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Thicker Than Water | - | $61,977 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Palm Pictures | - | false |
| - | Show Me Love | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | American Pie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Breakfast of Champions | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | The Boys | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Stratosphere Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Lucie Aubrac | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | USA Films | - | false |
| - | Molly | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
