| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Next Friday | - | - | - | $16,918,226 | 1,420 | $57,328,603 | Jan 12 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 2 | Stuart Little | - | - | - | $12,515,016 | 3,151 | $140,035,367 | Dec 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | The Hurricane | - | - | - | $10,512,425 | 2,148 | $50,699,241 | Dec 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Girl, Interrupted | - | - | - | $9,320,341 | 1,935 | $28,912,646 | Dec 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | The Green Mile | - | - | - | $8,841,048 | 2,875 | $136,801,374 | Dec 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Galaxy Quest | - | - | - | $8,543,011 | 2,450 | $71,583,916 | Dec 25 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 7 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | - | - | - | $6,820,619 | 2,369 | $81,298,265 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Supernova | - | - | - | $6,731,940 | 2,280 | $14,230,455 | Jan 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 9 | Toy Story 2 | - | - | - | $6,631,416 | 3,257 | $245,852,179 | Nov 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Any Given Sunday | - | - | - | $5,494,572 | 2,505 | $75,530,832 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Bicentennial Man | - | - | - | $4,271,149 | 2,767 | $58,223,861 | Dec 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Magnolia | - | - | - | $3,902,759 | 1,086 | $22,455,976 | Dec 17 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 13 | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | - | - | - | $3,533,208 | 2,162 | $65,538,755 | Dec 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Cider House Rules | - | - | - | $3,350,341 | 1,738 | $57,545,092 | Dec 10 | Miramax | false |
| 15 | Fantasia 2000 | - | - | - | $3,139,276 | 1,313 | $60,655,420 | Jan 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Snow Falling on Cedars | - | - | - | $3,101,195 | 1,155 | $14,417,593 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 17 | Anna and the King | - | - | - | $2,480,467 | 2,132 | $39,263,420 | Dec 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | Man on the Moon | - | - | - | $1,445,720 | 2,079 | $34,607,430 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 19 | The World Is Not Enough | - | - | - | $1,227,928 | 3,163 | $126,943,684 | Nov 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 20 | Sleepy Hollow | - | - | - | $868,410 | 3,069 | $101,071,502 | Nov 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 21 | The End of the Affair | - | - | - | $617,933 | 688 | $10,827,816 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 22 | American Beauty | - | - | - | $598,389 | 1,990 | $130,096,601 | Sep 15 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 23 | Double Jeopardy | - | - | - | $590,890 | 3,002 | $116,741,558 | Sep 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 24 | Being John Malkovich | - | - | - | $509,722 | 630 | $22,863,596 | Oct 29 | USA Films | false |
| 25 | Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back | - | - | - | $492,031 | 3,043 | $85,744,662 | Nov 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | All About My Mother | - | - | - | $461,678 | 145 | $8,272,296 | Nov 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 27 | The Sixth Sense | - | - | - | $415,562 | 2,821 | $293,506,292 | Aug 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Mansfield Park | - | - | - | $393,215 | 152 | $4,775,847 | Nov 19 | Miramax | false |
| 29 | End of Days | - | - | - | $392,470 | 2,652 | $66,889,043 | Nov 24 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 30 | The Bone Collector | - | - | - | $351,395 | 2,623 | $66,518,655 | Nov 5 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 31 | Three Kings | - | - | - | $252,445 | 2,942 | $60,652,036 | Oct 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 32 | Mysteries of Egypt | - | - | - | $223,453 | 27 | $40,593,486 | Aug 21 | IMAX | false |
| 33 | Dogma | - | - | - | $210,115 | 1,292 | $30,652,890 | Nov 12 | Lionsgate | false |
| 34 | Liberty Heights | - | - | - | $197,959 | 115 | $3,736,868 | Nov 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 35 | The Straight Story | - | - | - | $181,621 | 186 | $6,203,044 | Oct 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 36 | Cradle Will Rock | - | - | - | $175,515 | 506 | $2,903,404 | Dec 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 37 | Sweet and Lowdown | - | - | - | $144,250 | 239 | $4,197,015 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 38 | Boys Don't Cry | - | - | - | $138,207 | 365 | $11,540,607 | Oct 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 39 | Topsy-Turvy | - | - | - | $137,868 | 224 | $6,208,548 | Dec 15 | USA Films | false |
| 40 | The Best Man | - | - | - | $136,805 | 1,348 | $34,102,780 | Oct 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 41 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | - | - | - | $110,254 | 3,126 | $431,088,295 | May 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 42 | House on Haunted Hill | - | - | - | $106,390 | 2,710 | $40,846,082 | Oct 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 43 | Superstar | - | - | - | $103,385 | 2,016 | $30,636,478 | Oct 8 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 44 | Titus | - | - | - | $93,837 | 35 | $2,007,290 | Dec 25 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 45 | The Insider | - | - | - | $90,541 | 1,844 | $29,089,912 | Nov 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 46 | Blue Streak | - | - | - | $85,681 | 2,735 | $68,518,533 | Sep 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 47 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $84,781 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 48 | Angela's Ashes | - | - | - | $80,198 | 614 | $13,042,112 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 49 | Fight Club | - | - | - | $68,580 | 1,966 | $37,030,102 | Oct 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 50 | Anywhere But Here | - | - | - | $67,294 | 1,686 | $18,670,401 | Nov 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 51 | Mela | - | - | - | $61,901 | 29 | $220,524 | Jan 7 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 52 | My Dog Skip | - | - | - | $56,943 | 2,331 | $34,134,641 | Jan 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 53 | Island of the Sharks | - | - | - | $53,275 | 17 | $10,658,505 | Apr 23 | IMAX | false |
| 54 | Everest | - | - | - | $51,881 | 62 | $87,178,599 | Mar 6 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false |
| 55 | Bulandi | - | - | - | $50,750 | 30 | $203,548 | Jan 7 | Video Sound | false |
| 56 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $50,701 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 57 | The Limey | - | - | - | $49,139 | 105 | $3,204,663 | Oct 8 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 58 | American Movie | - | - | - | $46,115 | 29 | $1,165,795 | Nov 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 59 | 42 Up | - | - | - | $45,883 | 5 | $300,880 | Nov 17 | First Run | false |
| 60 | Sunshine | - | - | - | $44,203 | 153 | $5,096,267 | Dec 17 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 61 | Holy Smoke | - | - | - | $41,051 | 93 | $1,765,545 | Dec 3 | Miramax | false |
| 62 | The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg | - | - | - | $21,675 | 31 | $1,712,385 | Jan 12 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
