| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 4 | $28,883,406 | +94% | 31.2% | 1 | Cast Away | $28,883,406 | 100% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 3 | $23,173,945 | +53.4% | 25% | 5 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | $12,244,675 | 52.8% | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 1 | $15,889,422 | -55.3% | 17.1% | 1 | What Women Want | $15,889,422 | 100% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 6 | $10,046,534 | +75.2% | 10.8% | 1 | Miss Congeniality | $10,046,534 | 100% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 2 | $7,698,635 | -53.1% | 8.3% | 1 | The Emperor's New Groove | $7,698,635 | 100% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $4,271,857 | -59.6% | 4.6% | 3 | Vertical Limit | $3,971,398 | 93% | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 7 | 8 | $2,636,887 | +123.3% | 2.8% | 1 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | $2,636,887 | 100% | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 8 | 14 | $62,358 | -71.6% | <0.1% | 3 | The Contender | $25,797 | 41.4% | 11 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
