| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 3 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $89,248,852 | +219.7% | 3,359 | - | $26,570 | $117,166,830 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Ocean's Eleven | $30,196,160 | -0.7% | 3,075 | - | $9,819 | $110,827,400 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | $27,169,496 | - | 3,139 | - | $8,655 | $27,169,496 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 1 | Vanilla Sky | $22,038,254 | -33.2% | 2,744 | +2 | $8,031 | $55,043,298 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Ali | $20,026,078 | - | 2,446 | - | $8,187 | $20,026,078 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | $17,652,364 | +29.3% | 3,311 | -111 | $5,331 | $274,655,414 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | - | How High | $12,546,060 | - | 1,266 | - | $9,910 | $12,546,060 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | - | The Majestic | $10,125,955 | - | 2,361 | - | $4,288 | $10,125,955 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 9 | 4 | Not Another Teen Movie | $9,713,831 | -39.9% | 2,365 | - | $4,107 | $25,867,015 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Monsters, Inc. | $9,095,946 | +33.5% | 2,097 | -585 | $4,337 | $229,744,970 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Joe Somebody | $8,059,680 | - | 2,506 | - | $3,216 | $8,059,680 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 12 | - | Kate & Leopold | $7,568,533 | - | 2,449 | - | $3,090 | $7,568,533 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 13 | - | A Beautiful Mind | $5,930,676 | - | 11 | - | $539,152 | $5,930,676 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 6 | Behind Enemy Lines | $5,880,687 | -18.7% | 1,808 | -984 | $3,252 | $46,508,399 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | The Royal Tenenbaums | $2,646,084 | +438.8% | 40 | +35 | $66,152 | $3,137,188 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 11 | Amélie | $1,675,594 | +39.9% | 221 | - | $7,581 | $14,613,788 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | 8 | Spy Game | $1,465,800 | -56.3% | 834 | -1,669 | $1,757 | $60,177,390 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | The Shipping News | $907,703 | - | 186 | - | $4,880 | $907,703 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 19 | 9 | Black Knight | $838,376 | -67.2% | 647 | -1,260 | $1,295 | $31,103,395 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 20 | 22 | Serendipity | $551,417 | +111.9% | 331 | -11 | $1,665 | $50,056,224 | 12 | Miramax | false | false |
| 21 | 10 | Shallow Hal | $527,006 | -73.2% | 549 | -1,218 | $959 | $67,965,401 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 22 | 29 | In the Bedroom | $494,674 | +326.6% | 6 | - | $82,445 | $1,022,285 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 23 | 15 | The Wash | $389,390 | -23.9% | 299 | -130 | $1,302 | $9,871,390 | 6 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 24 | 20 | The Man Who Wasn't There | $276,515 | -18.6% | 143 | -87 | $1,933 | $6,721,515 | 8 | USA Films | false | false |
| 25 | 26 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $273,318 | +64.2% | 19 | - | $14,385 | $6,240,093 | 46 | - | false | false |
| 26 | 25 | The Business of Strangers | $238,458 | +24% | 60 | +23 | $3,974 | $535,732 | 3 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 27 | 14 | Domestic Disturbance | $203,756 | -60.7% | 285 | -597 | $714 | $44,676,477 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 28 | 21 | Hardball | $197,160 | -29.8% | 202 | -84 | $976 | $39,965,837 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 31 | The Endurance | $175,567 | +59.3% | 40 | +7 | $4,389 | $1,043,086 | 12 | Cowboy Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | 35 | Planet of the Apes | $155,938 | +60.9% | 287 | +36 | $543 | $179,670,419 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 31 | - | Gosford Park | $129,223 | - | - | - | - | $129,223 | 1 | USA Films | true | false |
| 32 | 38 | Waking Life | $126,007 | +85.3% | 50 | -21 | $2,520 | $2,481,020 | 10 | - | false | false |
| 33 | 34 | Lantana | $124,246 | +26.4% | 8 | +2 | $15,530 | $222,527 | 2 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 34 | - | Max Keeble's Big Move | $116,170 | - | 253 | - | $459 | $16,910,279 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 46 | The Devil's Backbone | $115,586 | +315.6% | 35 | +30 | $3,302 | $277,719 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 36 | 27 | Zoolander | $114,665 | -26% | 161 | -72 | $712 | $45,061,373 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 37 | 24 | Sidewalks of New York | $114,019 | -47.9% | 82 | -91 | $1,390 | $2,297,694 | 5 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 38 | 12 | Out Cold | $107,410 | -87.7% | 155 | -1,028 | $692 | $13,531,249 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 39 | 30 | Mulholland Drive | $100,850 | -11% | 60 | -23 | $1,680 | $5,511,723 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 40 | 23 | K-PAX | $97,395 | -55.9% | 159 | -150 | $612 | $50,197,610 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 41 | 43 | No Man's Land | $87,252 | +185.8% | 14 | +11 | $6,232 | $150,912 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 42 | 17 | Life as a House | $73,184 | -81.5% | 74 | -430 | $988 | $15,607,486 | 9 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 43 | 33 | The Princess Diaries | $72,880 | -27.9% | 116 | -60 | $628 | $108,121,101 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | - | Corky Romano | $72,168 | - | 106 | - | $680 | $23,516,128 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 45 | 41 | Kandahar | $65,131 | +80.4% | 4 | +1 | $16,282 | $256,221 | 2 | Avatar Films | false | false |
| 46 | - | Trembling Before G-d | $43,574 | - | 7 | - | $6,224 | $239,848 | 10 | New Yorker Films | false | false |
| 47 | - | Monster's Ball | $43,443 | - | - | - | - | $43,443 | 1 | Lionsgate | true | false |
| 48 | 28 | Bandits | $38,910 | -66.5% | 271 | -31 | $143 | $41,372,655 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 49 | 37 | Don't Say a Word | $21,061 | -74.1% | 49 | -108 | $429 | $54,895,842 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 50 | 42 | Moulin Rouge! | $19,725 | -39.3% | 12 | -10 | $1,643 | $57,018,162 | 32 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
