| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | U-571 | $25,907,490 | - | 2,583 | - | $10,030 | $25,907,490 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Rules of Engagement | $10,531,880 | -31.5% | 3,220 | +30 | $3,270 | $45,574,700 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Love & Basketball | $10,340,276 | - | 1,237 | - | $8,359 | $10,421,779 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | 28 Days | $9,840,211 | -33.2% | 2,523 | - | $3,900 | $24,575,144 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Keeping the Faith | $9,649,411 | -15.4% | 2,158 | +6 | $4,471 | $21,051,598 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Road to El Dorado | $7,750,178 | -20.9% | 3,170 | -53 | $2,444 | $44,441,235 | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Erin Brockovich | $7,365,445 | -23.2% | 3,056 | -14 | $2,410 | $109,251,155 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Return to Me | $5,509,371 | -21.2% | 2,320 | - | $2,374 | $22,747,610 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | American Psycho | $3,850,027 | -45.2% | 1,242 | +6 | $3,099 | $10,873,052 | 2 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Final Destination | $3,735,358 | -20.1% | 1,305 | -204 | $2,862 | $43,572,348 | 6 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Skulls | $3,643,760 | -38.5% | 2,047 | -362 | $1,780 | $31,266,620 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 14 | Fantasia 2000 | $3,552,534 | +23.8% | 53 | - | $67,028 | $47,408,175 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Gossip | $3,197,438 | - | 1,525 | - | $2,096 | $3,197,438 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 14 | 11 | High Fidelity | $2,957,713 | -21.8% | 1,231 | +2 | $2,402 | $20,840,454 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Romeo Must Die | $2,028,517 | -46.2% | 1,439 | -385 | $1,409 | $52,863,027 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | American Beauty | $1,875,203 | -34.2% | 1,130 | -337 | $1,659 | $127,474,117 | 33 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Where the Money Is | $1,728,511 | -49.4% | 1,535 | -3 | $1,126 | $5,143,345 | 2 | USA Films | false | false |
| 18 | 10 | Ready to Rumble | $1,375,494 | -64.8% | 1,672 | -913 | $822 | $11,688,920 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | My Dog Skip | $911,009 | -9.9% | 937 | -86 | $972 | $32,724,069 | 15 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | Toy Story 2 | $551,600 | +3.9% | 516 | +69 | $1,068 | $244,094,007 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | Mission to Mars | $514,187 | -48.1% | 508 | -254 | $1,012 | $58,918,799 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 19 | The Cider House Rules | $493,952 | -37.1% | 422 | -222 | $1,170 | $56,421,109 | 20 | Miramax | false | false |
| 23 | - | The Other Conquest | $385,547 | - | 74 | - | $5,210 | $477,927 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 24 | - | The Virgin Suicides | $322,875 | - | 18 | - | $17,937 | $322,875 | 1 | Paramount Classics | true | false |
| 25 | 26 | Mysteries of Egypt | $314,127 | +1.9% | 19 | - | $16,533 | $32,427,224 | 88 | IMAX | false | false |
| 26 | - | Bicentennial Man | $306,217 | - | 356 | +344 | $860 | $57,860,183 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 48 | East Is East | $290,529 | +255.6% | 18 | +14 | $16,140 | $372,234 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 28 | 24 | The Green Mile | $286,986 | -23.8% | 368 | -83 | $779 | $136,491,997 | 20 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 29 | 16 | Black & White | $264,231 | -79.4% | 313 | -971 | $844 | $5,196,697 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 30 | 23 | The Sixth Sense | $247,715 | -41.1% | 323 | -127 | $766 | $293,330,042 | 38 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 21 | Boys Don't Cry | $229,740 | -54.4% | 158 | -94 | $1,454 | $11,357,349 | 29 | - | false | false |
| 32 | 28 | Next Friday | $225,536 | -18.4% | 277 | +11 | $814 | $56,837,685 | 16 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 33 | 33 | Galapagos | $223,010 | +17.7% | 5 | - | $44,602 | $2,937,448 | 26 | IMAX | false | false |
| 34 | 25 | Galaxy Quest | $205,889 | -39.9% | 306 | -121 | $672 | $71,302,687 | 18 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 35 | 31 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | $202,234 | -18.2% | 83 | +6 | $2,436 | $2,644,186 | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 36 | 22 | Here on Earth | $198,558 | -54.6% | 283 | -196 | $701 | $10,367,651 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 37 | 29 | The Ninth Gate | $198,310 | -26.6% | 201 | -40 | $986 | $18,351,788 | 7 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 38 | 32 | Stuart Little | $186,896 | -14% | 402 | -16 | $464 | $139,962,637 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 39 | 35 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $186,702 | +6.7% | 8 | +1 | $23,337 | $28,590,109 | 79 | IMAX | false | false |
| 40 | 34 | The Tigger Movie | $146,455 | -17.9% | 226 | -15 | $648 | $44,490,021 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 41 | - | Girl, Interrupted | $133,931 | - | 235 | - | $569 | $28,814,046 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 42 | 39 | East/West | $127,849 | +13.3% | 17 | +6 | $7,520 | $321,263 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 43 | 37 | All About My Mother | $121,039 | -19% | 61 | -5 | $1,984 | $7,703,021 | 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 44 | 46 | Joe Gould's Secret | $115,296 | +16.3% | 29 | +13 | $3,975 | $272,637 | 3 | USA Films | false | false |
| 45 | 36 | The Whole Nine Yards | $108,023 | -28.8% | 160 | -217 | $675 | $56,839,019 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 46 | 45 | The Color of Paradise | $102,198 | -4.8% | 19 | +1 | $5,378 | $357,543 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 47 | 52 | Me Myself I | $99,985 | +100.5% | 33 | +18 | $3,029 | $192,517 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 48 | 41 | Island of the Sharks | $95,244 | -13.8% | 5 | - | $19,048 | $7,104,651 | 53 | IMAX | false | false |
| 49 | 30 | God's Army | $72,944 | -71.2% | 49 | +16 | $1,488 | $1,234,066 | 7 | - | false | false |
| 50 | - | Croupier | $72,560 | - | 19 | - | $3,818 | $89,335 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 51 | 42 | Sleepy Hollow | $71,468 | -35% | 139 | -32 | $514 | $101,013,435 | 23 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 52 | 50 | Wolves | $70,872 | +18% | 12 | -1 | $5,906 | $3,716,031 | 45 | IMAX | false | false |
| 53 | 43 | Topsy-Turvy | $70,567 | -34.8% | 58 | -16 | $1,216 | $6,130,930 | 20 | USA Films | false | false |
| 54 | 44 | Alien Adventure | $66,003 | -38.5% | 4 | - | $16,500 | $552,402 | 36 | - | false | false |
| 55 | 51 | Titus | $51,953 | -5% | 28 | - | $1,855 | $1,784,159 | 18 | - | false | false |
| 56 | 54 | Mifune | $44,637 | -1.4% | 26 | +1 | $1,716 | $483,503 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 57 | - | The Last September | $35,572 | - | - | - | - | $35,572 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | true | false |
