| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Heartbreakers | $15,337,492 | - | 2,750 | - | $5,577 | $15,337,492 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 2 | - | The Brothers | $12,501,608 | - | 1,378 | - | $9,072 | $12,501,608 | 1 | Screen Gems | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Exit Wounds | $12,425,869 | -46.9% | 2,830 | - | $4,390 | $35,847,126 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Enemy at the Gates | $11,046,740 | -37.9% | 1,677 | +168 | $6,587 | $28,842,564 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | $7,068,638 | +30.7% | 2,027 | +167 | $3,487 | $108,709,004 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | The Mexican | $6,292,379 | -40.6% | 3,043 | -119 | $2,067 | $59,648,721 | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | 10 | Traffic | $5,908,074 | +26.4% | 1,684 | +2 | $3,508 | $109,641,477 | 14 | USA Films | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Chocolat | $4,591,838 | -5.6% | 1,781 | -120 | $2,578 | $61,941,674 | 15 | Miramax | false | false |
| 9 | 4 | See Spot Run | $4,542,068 | -25.2% | 2,605 | -51 | $1,743 | $30,424,820 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | Say It Isn't So | $3,816,225 | - | 1,974 | - | $1,933 | $3,816,225 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 11 | 7 | Down to Earth | $3,051,687 | -38.2% | 2,044 | -381 | $1,492 | $60,791,144 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 5 | 15 Minutes | $3,042,150 | -48% | 2,013 | -324 | $1,511 | $22,488,333 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Hannibal | $2,636,705 | -43.8% | 1,812 | -621 | $1,455 | $160,839,191 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Get Over It | $2,045,991 | -41.8% | 1,740 | -2 | $1,175 | $10,783,733 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | $1,859,525 | -8.1% | 816 | -10 | $2,278 | $37,640,617 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Cast Away | $1,411,731 | -15.2% | 786 | -293 | $1,796 | $229,530,027 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | Recess: School's Out | $1,358,512 | -37.1% | 1,308 | -428 | $1,038 | $35,175,646 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Pollock | $1,221,541 | +13.8% | 271 | +53 | $4,507 | $5,319,314 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | Save the Last Dance | $688,711 | -36.4% | 615 | -247 | $1,119 | $88,183,157 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | The Wedding Planner | $614,718 | -48.7% | 483 | -402 | $1,272 | $59,614,921 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | Miss Congeniality | $546,243 | -9.1% | 536 | -38 | $1,019 | $105,686,206 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | 21 | The Emperor's New Groove | $461,848 | +1.8% | 414 | +9 | $1,115 | $87,471,859 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 25 | Memento | $353,523 | +0.4% | 15 | +4 | $23,568 | $705,766 | 2 | Newmarket Films | false | false |
| 24 | 26 | You Can Count on Me | $339,573 | -2.9% | 132 | - | $2,572 | $8,792,412 | 20 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 25 | 22 | Finding Forrester | $333,418 | -22.4% | 279 | -94 | $1,195 | $51,443,647 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 26 | 24 | American Desi | $314,079 | -17.4% | 37 | -1 | $8,488 | $694,133 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | false | false |
| 27 | 27 | Before Night Falls | $313,645 | -7.1% | 107 | -5 | $2,931 | $3,913,159 | 14 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 28 | 18 | Sweet November | $297,835 | -62.4% | 705 | - | $422 | $24,940,645 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 29 | 23 | What Women Want | $276,452 | -34.6% | 240 | -82 | $1,151 | $181,016,976 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | 29 | Billy Elliot | $271,890 | +1.3% | 159 | +6 | $1,710 | $21,532,780 | 24 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 31 | 31 | 102 Dalmatians | $212,639 | -18.3% | 274 | -42 | $776 | $66,724,929 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 30 | In the Mood for Love | $209,190 | -20.8% | 69 | -5 | $3,031 | $2,220,068 | 8 | USA Films | false | false |
| 33 | 35 | The Family Man | $174,765 | -17.7% | 184 | -36 | $949 | $75,694,925 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 34 | 37 | Widow of St. Pierre | $164,170 | -14.1% | 41 | +6 | $4,004 | $588,893 | 4 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 35 | 40 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $148,689 | -8.7% | 4 | - | $37,172 | $992,487 | 7 | - | false | false |
| 36 | 39 | Escanaba in da Moonlight | $138,856 | -15.3% | 47 | - | $2,954 | $2,004,545 | 9 | - | false | false |
| 37 | 32 | Thirteen Days | $134,248 | -41.1% | 161 | -49 | $833 | $34,503,105 | 14 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 38 | 34 | CyberWorld | $121,612 | -43.9% | 34 | -1 | $3,576 | $6,925,230 | 25 | IMAX | false | false |
| 39 | 49 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $119,713 | +21.7% | 15 | -1 | $7,980 | $9,995,999 | 47 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 40 | 46 | Michael Jordan to the Max | $117,319 | +7% | 15 | - | $7,821 | $15,628,829 | 47 | IMAX | false | false |
| 41 | 41 | Unbreakable | $112,060 | -29.9% | 141 | -36 | $794 | $94,875,945 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 42 | - | The Pledge | $111,720 | - | 230 | - | $485 | $19,689,083 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 43 | 42 | The House of Mirth | $109,044 | -17.7% | 63 | +4 | $1,730 | $2,311,702 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 44 | 20 | 3000 Miles to Graceland | $96,633 | -79.4% | 149 | -603 | $648 | $15,591,951 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 45 | - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $93,466 | - | 13 | - | $7,189 | $36,591,898 | 127 | IMAX | false | false |
| 46 | 33 | Shadow of the Vampire | $92,640 | -58.2% | 75 | -104 | $1,235 | $8,239,746 | 13 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 47 | 52 | Quills | $84,244 | -9.2% | 54 | -8 | $1,560 | $6,954,337 | 18 | - | false | false |
| 48 | 48 | The Dish | $75,172 | -23.7% | 6 | - | $12,528 | $189,644 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 49 | 43 | Meet the Parents | $73,150 | -44.5% | 119 | -19 | $614 | $166,244,045 | 25 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 50 | 54 | NSync: Bigger Than Live | $67,264 | +18.6% | 12 | +1 | $5,605 | $459,442 | 8 | IMAX | false | false |
| 51 | 53 | Best in Show | $66,310 | -10.5% | 63 | -8 | $1,052 | $18,427,315 | 26 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 52 | - | The Taste of Others | $60,038 | - | 12 | - | $5,003 | $667,625 | 28 | Miramax | false | false |
| 53 | 56 | Gladiator | $44,299 | -3.3% | 12 | -3 | $3,691 | $186,887,819 | 47 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 54 | 44 | The Caveman's Valentine | $40,773 | -66.8% | 25 | -33 | $1,630 | $554,812 | 4 | Focus Features | false | false |
