| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Mexican | - | - | - | $61,565,720 | 3,162 | $66,845,033 | Mar 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 2 | Exit Wounds | - | - | - | $37,815,948 | 2,830 | $51,758,599 | Mar 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Hannibal | - | - | - | $31,411,190 | 3,292 | $165,092,268 | Feb 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 4 | See Spot Run | - | - | - | $30,884,398 | 2,656 | $33,357,476 | Mar 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Enemy at the Gates | - | - | - | $30,847,736 | 1,724 | $51,401,758 | Mar 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | - | - | - | $29,016,115 | 2,027 | $128,078,872 | Dec 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 7 | Down to Earth | - | - | - | $27,105,040 | 2,521 | $64,186,502 | Feb 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Traffic | - | - | - | $24,229,034 | 1,755 | $124,115,725 | Dec 27 | USA Films | false |
| 9 | 15 Minutes | - | - | - | $22,896,533 | 2,337 | $24,403,552 | Mar 9 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 10 | Chocolat | - | - | - | $22,130,578 | 1,928 | $71,509,363 | Dec 15 | Miramax | false |
| 11 | Heartbreakers | - | - | - | $18,089,600 | 2,751 | $40,336,607 | Mar 23 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 12 | The Brothers | - | - | - | $14,496,110 | 1,378 | $27,457,409 | Mar 23 | Screen Gems | false |
| 13 | Recess: School's Out | - | - | - | $11,971,079 | 2,630 | $36,706,141 | Feb 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Get Over It | - | - | - | $10,962,161 | 1,742 | $11,576,464 | Mar 9 | Miramax | false |
| 15 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | - | - | - | $9,597,664 | 847 | $45,512,588 | Dec 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Spy Kids | - | - | - | $8,908,012 | 3,191 | $112,719,001 | Mar 30 | Miramax | false |
| 17 | Cast Away | - | - | - | $8,604,424 | 3,061 | $233,632,142 | Dec 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | 3000 Miles to Graceland | - | - | - | $7,768,524 | 2,545 | $15,749,959 | Feb 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | The Wedding Planner | - | - | - | $6,760,895 | 2,785 | $60,400,856 | Jan 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 20 | Sweet November | - | - | - | $6,707,713 | 2,268 | $25,288,103 | Feb 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Save the Last Dance | - | - | - | $5,487,181 | 2,570 | $91,057,006 | Jan 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | Pollock | - | - | - | $4,617,597 | 280 | $8,598,593 | Dec 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 23 | Say It Isn't So | - | - | - | $4,214,451 | 1,974 | $5,520,393 | Mar 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | Someone Like You | - | - | - | $3,551,148 | 2,349 | $27,343,067 | Mar 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 25 | Monkeybone | - | - | - | $2,658,344 | 1,748 | $5,411,999 | Feb 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 26 | Miss Congeniality | - | - | - | $2,445,324 | 2,668 | $106,807,667 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | Tomcats | - | - | - | $2,326,176 | 2,617 | $13,558,739 | Mar 30 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 28 | Finding Forrester | - | - | - | $2,305,147 | 2,002 | $51,804,714 | Dec 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 29 | Saving Silverman | - | - | - | $2,070,604 | 2,467 | $19,402,030 | Feb 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 30 | What Women Want | - | - | - | $2,060,328 | 3,092 | $182,811,707 | Dec 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 31 | The Emperor's New Groove | - | - | - | $1,885,728 | 2,887 | $89,302,687 | Dec 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 32 | Carman: The Champion | - | - | - | $1,765,751 | 232 | $1,765,751 | Mar 2 | 8x Entertainment | false |
| 33 | Before Night Falls | - | - | - | $1,566,795 | 127 | $4,242,892 | Dec 22 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 34 | You Can Count on Me | - | - | - | $1,547,164 | 150 | $9,416,804 | Nov 10 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 35 | Snatch | - | - | - | $1,455,949 | 1,444 | $30,328,156 | Dec 8 | Screen Gems | false |
| 36 | Thirteen Days | - | - | - | $1,349,024 | 2,034 | $34,592,089 | Dec 22 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 37 | 102 Dalmatians | - | - | - | $1,328,829 | 2,704 | $66,957,026 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 38 | In the Mood for Love | - | - | - | $1,297,497 | 74 | $2,738,980 | Feb 2 | USA Films | false |
| 39 | Billy Elliot | - | - | - | $1,215,964 | 510 | $21,995,263 | Oct 13 | Focus Features | false |
| 40 | Shadow of the Vampire | - | - | - | $1,121,546 | 513 | $8,293,784 | Dec 29 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 41 | The Family Man | - | - | - | $1,092,215 | 2,441 | $75,793,305 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 42 | Memento | - | - | - | $981,628 | 531 | $25,544,867 | Mar 16 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 43 | Unbreakable | - | - | - | $973,619 | 2,708 | $95,011,339 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 44 | Vertical Limit | - | - | - | $896,234 | 2,602 | $69,243,859 | Dec 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 45 | CyberWorld | - | - | - | $815,050 | 38 | $11,253,900 | Oct 6 | IMAX | false |
| 46 | American Desi | - | - | - | $732,057 | 38 | $907,835 | Mar 16 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 47 | Meet the Parents | - | - | - | $705,140 | 2,697 | $166,244,045 | Oct 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 48 | The Tailor of Panama | - | - | - | $684,016 | 441 | $13,729,742 | Mar 30 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 49 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | - | - | - | $676,127 | 26 | $15,553,324 | Feb 10 | - | false |
| 50 | Malena | - | - | - | $668,252 | 117 | $3,448,233 | Dec 22 | Miramax | false |
| 51 | Escanaba in da Moonlight | - | - | - | $663,561 | 48 | $2,276,602 | Jan 26 | - | false |
| 52 | Widow of St. Pierre | - | - | - | $662,151 | 83 | $3,193,889 | Mar 2 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 53 | Rugrats in Paris | - | - | - | $603,263 | 2,937 | $76,507,756 | Nov 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 54 | The Caveman's Valentine | - | - | - | $590,240 | 59 | $687,194 | Mar 2 | Focus Features | false |
| 55 | The House of Mirth | - | - | - | $568,636 | 63 | $3,043,284 | Dec 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 56 | Double Take | - | - | - | $554,988 | 1,631 | $29,831,583 | Jan 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 57 | Gladiator | - | - | - | $496,451 | 3,188 | $187,705,427 | May 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 58 | Blow Dry | - | - | - | $494,179 | 157 | $637,769 | Mar 9 | Miramax | false |
| 59 | Faithless | - | - | - | $485,381 | 24 | $739,055 | Jan 26 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 60 | Michael Jordan to the Max | - | - | - | $463,272 | 56 | $18,650,521 | May 5 | IMAX | false |
| 61 | Valentine | - | - | - | $460,122 | 2,310 | $20,384,136 | Feb 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 62 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | - | - | - | $449,744 | 22 | $15,627,434 | May 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 63 | Quills | - | - | - | $445,460 | 223 | $7,065,332 | Nov 24 | - | false |
| 64 | Best in Show | - | - | - | $422,578 | 497 | $18,715,392 | Sep 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 65 | Left Behind: The Movie | - | - | - | $406,155 | 867 | $4,224,065 | Feb 2 | Cloud Ten Pictures | false |
| 66 | The Pledge | - | - | - | $372,787 | 1,410 | $19,733,089 | Jan 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 67 | The Gift | - | - | - | $351,643 | 807 | $12,008,642 | Dec 22 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 68 | Dude, Where's My Car? | - | - | - | $343,348 | 2,100 | $46,729,800 | Dec 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 69 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $326,657 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 70 | Nico and Dani | - | - | - | $312,760 | 8 | $370,562 | Feb 2 | Avatar Films | false |
| 71 | Almost Famous | - | - | - | $281,431 | 2,262 | $32,534,850 | Sep 15 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 72 | NSync: Bigger Than Live | - | - | - | $265,334 | 20 | $1,808,679 | Feb 2 | IMAX | false |
| 73 | The Taste of Others | - | - | - | $206,365 | 14 | $891,369 | Sep 15 | Miramax | false |
| 74 | The Dish | - | - | - | $206,146 | 82 | $2,552,992 | Mar 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 75 | State and Main | - | - | - | $203,530 | 462 | $6,944,471 | Dec 22 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 76 | Series 7: The Contenders | - | - | - | $195,065 | 10 | $195,065 | Mar 2 | USA Films | false |
| 77 | Gabriela | - | - | - | $156,041 | 30 | $2,335,352 | Mar 16 | - | false |
| 78 | Company Man | - | - | - | $146,193 | 104 | $146,193 | Mar 9 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 79 | When Brendan Met Trudy | - | - | - | $133,376 | 14 | $133,376 | Mar 9 | - | false |
| 80 | Head Over Heels | - | - | - | $129,960 | 2,363 | $10,424,470 | Feb 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 81 | Me You Them | - | - | - | $127,087 | 22 | $323,923 | Mar 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 82 | Sugar & Spice | - | - | - | $107,083 | 2,150 | $13,305,101 | Jan 26 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 83 | Requiem for a Dream | - | - | - | $89,434 | 93 | $3,635,482 | Oct 6 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 84 | Yi Yi | - | - | - | $72,848 | 15 | $1,136,776 | Oct 6 | WinStar Cinema | false |
| 85 | Amores Perros | - | - | - | $26,336 | 187 | $5,408,467 | Mar 30 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 86 | The Gleaners & I | - | - | - | $23,284 | 4 | $155,320 | Mar 7 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 87 | Akira 2001 Re-release | - | - | - | $9,614 | 1 | $114,009 | Mar 30 | Pioneer | false |
| 88 | Simon Magus | - | - | - | $7,860 | 2 | $40,861 | Mar 9 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 89 | Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale | - | - | - | $5,092 | 15 | $373,366 | Mar 30 | IFC Films | false |
| 90 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | - | - | - | $3,475 | 3,256 | $260,745,620 | Nov 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
