| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Black Hawk Down | - | - | - | $33,628,211 | 3,143 | $108,638,745 | Dec 28 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 2 | Snow Dogs | - | - | - | $23,708,174 | 2,454 | $81,172,560 | Jan 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | - | - | - | $15,268,084 | 3,381 | $313,364,114 | Dec 19 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 4 | A Beautiful Mind | - | - | - | $14,707,360 | 2,250 | $170,742,341 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | Orange County | - | - | - | $10,529,180 | 2,317 | $41,076,018 | Jan 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Ocean's Eleven | - | - | - | $6,755,340 | 3,075 | $183,417,150 | Dec 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | The Royal Tenenbaums | - | - | - | $5,358,838 | 999 | $52,364,010 | Dec 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | - | - | - | $4,307,398 | 3,151 | $80,936,232 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Gosford Park | - | - | - | $4,151,226 | 918 | $41,308,615 | Dec 26 | USA Films | false |
| 10 | Kate & Leopold | - | - | - | $4,126,573 | 2,467 | $47,121,859 | Dec 25 | Miramax | false |
| 11 | Vanilla Sky | - | - | - | $3,591,761 | 2,842 | $100,618,344 | Dec 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | - | - | - | $3,452,767 | 3,672 | $317,575,550 | Nov 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | In the Bedroom | - | - | - | $2,859,733 | 1,103 | $35,930,604 | Nov 23 | Miramax | false |
| 14 | Beauty and the Beast 2000 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $2,443,280 | 68 | $25,487,190 | Jan 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Monsters, Inc. | - | - | - | $2,012,370 | 3,649 | $255,873,250 | Nov 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Ali | - | - | - | $1,715,402 | 2,521 | $58,203,105 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | How High | - | - | - | $1,552,960 | 1,273 | $31,178,740 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | - | - | - | $1,533,927 | 405 | $11,260,096 | Jan 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Shipping News | - | - | - | $1,516,302 | 434 | $11,434,216 | Dec 25 | Miramax | false |
| 20 | Amélie | - | - | - | $1,330,432 | 303 | $33,225,499 | Nov 2 | Miramax | false |
| 21 | Behind Enemy Lines | - | - | - | $956,681 | 2,844 | $58,856,790 | Nov 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 22 | The Majestic | - | - | - | $781,451 | 2,361 | $27,807,266 | Dec 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | State Property | - | - | - | $555,754 | 75 | $2,106,838 | Jan 18 | Lionsgate | false |
| 24 | Not Another Teen Movie | - | - | - | $511,918 | 2,365 | $38,252,284 | Dec 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 25 | Joe Somebody | - | - | - | $452,337 | 2,517 | $22,771,646 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 26 | Impostor | - | - | - | $387,246 | 1,870 | $6,285,176 | Jan 4 | Miramax | false |
| 27 | Shallow Hal | - | - | - | $323,612 | 2,799 | $70,839,203 | Nov 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 28 | Black Knight | - | - | - | $253,874 | 2,571 | $33,426,971 | Nov 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 29 | Domestic Disturbance | - | - | - | $209,494 | 2,910 | $45,246,095 | Nov 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 30 | Monster's Ball | - | - | - | $198,916 | 714 | $31,273,922 | Dec 26 | Lionsgate | false |
| 31 | The Other Side of Heaven | - | - | - | $190,685 | 306 | $4,720,371 | Dec 14 | Excel Entertainment | false |
| 32 | Lantana | - | - | - | $186,393 | 108 | $4,623,189 | Dec 14 | Lionsgate | false |
| 33 | Mulholland Drive | - | - | - | $179,265 | 247 | $7,220,243 | Oct 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 34 | Spy Game | - | - | - | $171,405 | 2,770 | $62,362,560 | Nov 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 35 | Kandahar | - | - | - | $130,012 | 29 | $1,418,314 | Dec 14 | Avatar Films | false |
| 36 | Charlotte Gray | - | - | - | $116,285 | 52 | $741,394 | Dec 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 37 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | - | - | - | $99,847 | 26 | $15,553,324 | Feb 10 | WGBH Giant-Screen Films | false |
| 38 | Out Cold | - | - | - | $93,819 | 2,011 | $13,906,394 | Nov 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 39 | The Man Who Wasn't There | - | - | - | $90,856 | 259 | $7,504,257 | Nov 2 | USA Films | false |
| 40 | The Endurance | - | - | - | $73,812 | 40 | $2,453,083 | Oct 5 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 41 | Les Boys III | - | - | - | $73,439 | 115 | $3,557,100 | Nov 30 | Lionsgate | false |
| 42 | Italian for Beginners | - | - | - | $66,047 | 99 | $4,544,753 | Jan 18 | Miramax | false |
| 43 | Planet of the Apes | - | - | - | $59,581 | 3,530 | $180,011,740 | Jul 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 44 | The Business of Strangers | - | - | - | $51,913 | 60 | $1,030,920 | Dec 7 | IFC Films | false |
| 45 | Iris | - | - | - | $42,424 | 220 | $5,594,617 | Dec 14 | Miramax | false |
| 46 | The Devil's Backbone | - | - | - | $37,800 | 35 | $755,249 | Nov 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 47 | Corky Romano | - | - | - | $34,044 | 2,094 | $23,980,304 | Oct 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 48 | Waking Life | - | - | - | $32,213 | 93 | $2,901,447 | Oct 19 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 49 | Max Keeble's Big Move | - | - | - | $30,973 | 2,045 | $17,294,293 | Oct 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 50 | What Time Is It There? | - | - | - | $27,936 | 4 | $195,760 | Jan 11 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 51 | I Am Sam | - | - | - | $25,544 | 1,450 | $40,311,852 | Dec 28 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 52 | The Fluffer | - | - | - | $24,848 | 6 | $563,373 | Nov 16 | First Run | false |
| 53 | No Man's Land | - | - | - | $24,141 | 38 | $1,012,153 | Dec 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 54 | Ghost World | - | - | - | $22,038 | 128 | $6,217,849 | Jul 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 55 | Time of Favor | - | - | - | $19,473 | 5 | $137,340 | Jan 18 | Kino International | false |
| 56 | Life and Debt | - | - | - | $17,405 | 4 | $263,107 | Jun 16 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 57 | Bandits | - | - | - | $16,620 | 3,207 | $41,575,141 | Oct 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 58 | The Wash | - | - | - | $16,400 | 749 | $10,097,538 | Nov 16 | Lionsgate | false |
| 59 | Moulin Rouge! | - | - | - | $16,188 | 2,283 | $57,386,607 | May 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 60 | Innocence | - | - | - | $14,543 | 52 | $2,202,382 | Aug 17 | IDP Distribution | false |
