| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 7 | $40,855,281 | +1,432.1% | 35.4% | 7 | Dinosaur | $38,854,851 | 95.1% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $39,489,967 | +51.7% | 34.2% | 5 | Gladiator | $19,749,273 | 50% | 3 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 3 | 2 | $10,318,140 | -35.1% | 8.9% | 5 | U-571 | $4,637,520 | 44.9% | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $6,358,359 | -20.9% | 5.5% | 3 | Frequency | $4,339,196 | 68.2% | 4 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 5 | 5 | $4,498,051 | -41.8% | 3.9% | 6 | Center Stage | $3,252,977 | 72.3% | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 6 | 3 | $4,341,449 | -64% | 3.8% | 4 | Battlefield Earth | $3,924,921 | 90.4% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 7 | 6 | $2,771,369 | -30.7% | 2.4% | 1 | Where the Heart Is | $2,771,369 | 100% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 8 | 9 | $1,164,224 | -35.9% | 1% | 1 | Rules of Engagement | $1,164,224 | 100% | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,111,563 | -41.8% | 1% | 2 | Held Up | $1,080,980 | 97.2% | 2 | Trimark Pictures | - |
| 10 | 11 | $1,046,455 | -1.8% | 0.9% | 6 | Michael Jordan to the Max | $504,652 | 48.2% | 3 | IMAX | - |
| 11 | 14 | $891,041 | +143.9% | 0.8% | 2 | The Big Kahuna | $791,026 | 88.8% | 4 | Lionsgate | - |
| 12 | 10 | $635,007 | -44.2% | 0.5% | 1 | Return to Me | $635,007 | 100% | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 13 | 12 | $494,584 | -18.1% | 0.4% | 1 | The Virgin Suicides | $494,584 | 100% | 5 | Paramount Classics | - |
| 14 | 13 | $392,746 | -23.6% | 0.3% | 3 | Up at the Villa | $264,953 | 67.5% | 3 | USA Films | - |
| 15 | 15 | $375,145 | +11.7% | 0.3% | 4 | East Is East | $195,944 | 52.2% | 6 | Miramax | - |
| 16 | 16 | $322,217 | +9.1% | 0.3% | 3 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $178,919 | 55.5% | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 17 | 17 | $131,250 | -53.1% | 0.1% | 1 | Scream 3 | $131,250 | 100% | 16 | Dimension Films | - |
| 18 | 19 | $70,334 | +2.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Alien Adventure | $70,334 | 100% | 40 | nWave Pictures | - |
| 19 | 21 | $60,164 | +13.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Croupier | $60,164 | 100% | 5 | - | - |
| 20 | 18 | $40,071 | -49.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Luminarias | $40,071 | 100% | 3 | New Latin Pictures | - |
| 21 | 22 | $36,714 | -29.7% | <0.1% | 1 | God's Army | $36,714 | 100% | 11 | Zion Films | - |
| 22 | 23 | $29,717 | -23.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | $29,717 | 100% | 12 | Artisan Entertainment | - |
