| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Save the Last Dance | - | - | - | $27,526,443 | 2,570 | $91,057,006 | Jan 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Cast Away | - | - | - | $19,777,426 | 3,061 | $233,632,142 | Dec 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 3 | Traffic | - | - | - | $13,437,010 | 1,755 | $124,115,725 | Dec 27 | USA Films | false |
| 4 | Double Take | - | - | - | $11,736,236 | 1,631 | $29,831,583 | Jan 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | What Women Want | - | - | - | $11,632,456 | 3,092 | $182,811,707 | Dec 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Thirteen Days | - | - | - | $11,283,041 | 2,034 | $34,592,089 | Dec 22 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 7 | Finding Forrester | - | - | - | $11,112,139 | 2,002 | $51,804,714 | Dec 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 8 | Miss Congeniality | - | - | - | $10,587,474 | 2,668 | $106,807,667 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | - | - | - | $9,543,650 | 2,027 | $128,078,872 | Dec 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 10 | The Emperor's New Groove | - | - | - | $7,840,544 | 2,887 | $89,302,687 | Dec 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Family Man | - | - | - | $6,602,905 | 2,441 | $75,793,305 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 12 | Antitrust | - | - | - | $5,486,209 | 2,433 | $11,328,094 | Jan 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 13 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | - | - | - | $3,058,452 | 847 | $45,512,588 | Dec 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Vertical Limit | - | - | - | $3,010,054 | 2,602 | $69,243,859 | Dec 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 15 | Chocolat | - | - | - | $1,936,761 | 1,928 | $71,509,363 | Dec 15 | Miramax | false |
| 16 | Dracula 2000 | - | - | - | $1,876,405 | 2,204 | $33,022,767 | Dec 22 | Miramax | false |
| 17 | Dude, Where's My Car? | - | - | - | $1,849,954 | 2,100 | $46,729,800 | Dec 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | State and Main | - | - | - | $1,744,970 | 462 | $6,944,471 | Dec 22 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 19 | 102 Dalmatians | - | - | - | $1,164,895 | 2,704 | $66,957,026 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 20 | All the Pretty Horses | - | - | - | $1,010,215 | 1,593 | $15,540,353 | Dec 25 | Miramax | false |
| 21 | Rugrats in Paris | - | - | - | $1,005,032 | 2,937 | $76,507,756 | Nov 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | - | - | - | $715,905 | 3,256 | $261,231,700 | Nov 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 23 | Charlie's Angels | - | - | - | $605,121 | 3,037 | $125,305,545 | Nov 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 24 | Meet the Parents | - | - | - | $527,045 | 2,697 | $166,244,045 | Oct 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 25 | Unbreakable | - | - | - | $511,520 | 2,708 | $95,011,339 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 26 | Quills | - | - | - | $472,207 | 223 | $7,065,332 | Nov 24 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 27 | Billy Elliot | - | - | - | $448,395 | 510 | $21,995,263 | Oct 13 | Focus Features | false |
| 28 | You Can Count on Me | - | - | - | $424,795 | 150 | $9,416,804 | Nov 10 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 29 | Proof of Life | - | - | - | $348,170 | 2,705 | $32,598,931 | Dec 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | Remember the Titans | - | - | - | $338,240 | 2,803 | $115,654,751 | Sep 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 31 | CyberWorld | - | - | - | $207,179 | 38 | $11,253,900 | Oct 6 | IMAX | false |
| 32 | Malena | - | - | - | $206,643 | 117 | $3,448,233 | Dec 22 | Miramax | false |
| 33 | Pay It Forward | - | - | - | $169,173 | 2,130 | $33,519,628 | Oct 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | Men of Honor | - | - | - | $160,558 | 2,188 | $48,818,921 | Nov 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 35 | Before Night Falls | - | - | - | $155,766 | 127 | $4,242,892 | Dec 22 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 36 | Best in Show | - | - | - | $146,244 | 497 | $18,715,392 | Sep 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 37 | Little Nicky | - | - | - | $134,571 | 2,910 | $39,464,775 | Nov 10 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 38 | The House of Mirth | - | - | - | $116,847 | 63 | $3,043,284 | Dec 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 39 | Shadow of the Vampire | - | - | - | $111,391 | 513 | $8,293,784 | Dec 29 | Lionsgate | false |
| 40 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $85,911 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 41 | Dungeons & Dragons | - | - | - | $81,080 | 2,078 | $15,391,970 | Dec 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 42 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | - | - | - | $79,388 | 22 | $15,627,434 | May 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 43 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | - | - | - | $73,614 | 2,162 | $30,919,168 | Nov 3 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 44 | Requiem for a Dream | - | - | - | $70,180 | 93 | $3,635,482 | Oct 6 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 45 | Michael Jordan to the Max | - | - | - | $67,109 | 56 | $18,650,521 | May 5 | IMAX | false |
| 46 | Bedazzled | - | - | - | $56,624 | 2,571 | $37,886,980 | Oct 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 47 | Space Cowboys | - | - | - | $54,342 | 2,835 | $90,464,773 | Aug 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 48 | A Hard Day's Night | - | - | - | $51,670 | 63 | $965,351 | Dec 1 | Miramax | false |
| 49 | The 6th Day | - | - | - | $45,992 | 2,516 | $34,604,280 | Nov 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 50 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $38,089 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 51 | Seong Chun-hyang | - | - | - | $36,425 | 16 | $798,977 | Dec 29 | Lot 47 Films | false |
| 52 | Red Planet | - | - | - | $30,484 | 2,703 | $17,480,890 | Nov 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 53 | Yi Yi | - | - | - | $29,077 | 15 | $1,136,776 | Oct 6 | WinStar Cinema | false |
| 54 | Wonder Boys | - | - | - | $21,868 | 1,509 | $19,393,557 | Feb 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 55 | Extreme | - | - | - | $21,726 | 21 | $12,475,172 | Apr 2 | IMAX | false |
| 56 | What Lies Beneath | - | - | - | $19,267 | 2,925 | $155,464,351 | Jul 21 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 57 | Panic | - | - | - | $18,262 | 11 | $779,137 | Dec 1 | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 58 | Catfish in Black Bean Sauce | - | - | - | $15,940 | 20 | $1,319,592 | Jun 9 | Iron Hill Pictures | false |
| 59 | Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want | - | - | - | $10,442 | 8 | $1,210,967 | Aug 4 | Cho Taussig Productions | false |
| 60 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | - | - | - | $9,169 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 61 | A Time for Drunken Horses | - | - | - | $9,055 | 21 | $587,654 | Oct 27 | - | false |
| 62 | Left Luggage | - | - | - | $8,383 | 7 | $1,069,540 | Sep 22 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 63 | The Contender | - | - | - | $6,421 | 1,639 | $17,872,723 | Oct 13 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 64 | An Everlasting Piece | - | - | - | $1,148 | 8 | $75,228 | Dec 22 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
