| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Save the Last Dance | $27,526,443 | - | 2,230 | - | $12,343 | $27,526,443 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Cast Away | $19,777,426 | - | 3,048 | - | $6,488 | $167,758,651 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | - | Traffic | $13,437,010 | - | 1,527 | - | $8,799 | $35,339,764 | 3 | USA Films | false | false |
| 4 | - | Double Take | $11,736,236 | - | 1,631 | - | $7,195 | $11,736,236 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | - | What Women Want | $11,632,456 | - | 3,092 | - | $3,762 | $153,551,869 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Thirteen Days | $11,283,041 | - | 2,029 | - | $5,560 | $11,919,279 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 7 | - | Finding Forrester | $11,112,139 | - | 2,002 | - | $5,550 | $20,537,936 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 8 | - | Miss Congeniality | $10,587,474 | - | 2,668 | - | $3,968 | $79,408,245 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | - | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | $9,543,650 | - | 693 | - | $13,771 | $30,325,865 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 10 | - | The Emperor's New Groove | $7,840,544 | - | 2,237 | - | $3,504 | $71,484,885 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | - | The Family Man | $6,602,905 | - | 2,441 | - | $2,705 | $65,216,960 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Antitrust | $5,486,209 | - | 2,433 | - | $2,254 | $5,486,209 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 13 | - | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | $3,058,452 | - | 431 | - | $7,096 | $7,348,420 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | - | Vertical Limit | $3,010,054 | - | 2,042 | - | $1,474 | $63,761,520 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 15 | - | Chocolat | $1,936,761 | - | 261 | - | $7,420 | $9,096,869 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 16 | - | Dracula 2000 | $1,876,405 | - | 1,604 | - | $1,169 | $31,239,719 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | - | Dude, Where's My Car? | $1,849,954 | - | 1,493 | - | $1,239 | $44,132,638 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 18 | - | State and Main | $1,744,970 | - | 459 | - | $3,801 | $4,112,803 | - | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 19 | - | 102 Dalmatians | $1,164,895 | - | 820 | - | $1,420 | $62,608,326 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | - | All the Pretty Horses | $1,010,215 | - | 1,043 | - | $968 | $14,713,716 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 21 | - | Rugrats in Paris | $1,005,032 | - | 886 | - | $1,134 | $74,222,462 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | - | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | $715,905 | - | 912 | - | $784 | $259,011,600 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | - | Charlie's Angels | $605,121 | - | 375 | - | $1,613 | $123,901,195 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 24 | - | Meet the Parents | $527,045 | - | 415 | - | $1,269 | $162,911,435 | 15 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | - | Unbreakable | $511,520 | - | 488 | - | $1,048 | $92,914,916 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | - | Quills | $472,207 | - | 177 | - | $2,667 | $5,002,987 | - | - | - | false |
| 27 | - | Billy Elliot | $448,395 | - | 212 | - | $2,115 | $18,370,425 | - | Focus Features | - | false |
| 28 | - | You Can Count on Me | $424,795 | - | 132 | - | $3,218 | $5,345,112 | - | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 29 | - | Proof of Life | $348,170 | - | 535 | - | $650 | $31,968,452 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 30 | - | Remember the Titans | $338,240 | - | 316 | - | $1,070 | $114,765,238 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | - | CyberWorld | $207,179 | - | 38 | - | $5,452 | $4,956,041 | - | IMAX | - | false |
| 32 | - | Malena | $206,643 | - | 33 | - | $6,261 | $1,048,362 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 33 | - | Pay It Forward | $169,173 | - | 226 | - | $748 | $33,161,987 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 34 | - | Men of Honor | $160,558 | - | 238 | - | $674 | $48,192,932 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 35 | - | Before Night Falls | $155,766 | - | 18 | - | $8,653 | $552,299 | - | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 36 | - | Best in Show | $146,244 | - | 91 | - | $1,607 | $17,610,115 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | - | Little Nicky | $134,571 | - | 165 | - | $815 | $39,213,024 | - | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 38 | - | The House of Mirth | $116,847 | - | 11 | - | $10,622 | $425,471 | - | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 39 | - | Shadow of the Vampire | $111,391 | - | 7 | - | $15,913 | $445,814 | - | Lionsgate Films | - | false |
| 40 | - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $85,911 | - | 12 | - | $7,159 | $35,805,263 | - | IMAX | - | false |
| 41 | - | Dungeons & Dragons | $81,080 | - | 131 | - | $618 | $14,981,991 | - | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 42 | - | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $79,388 | - | 17 | - | $4,669 | $8,896,121 | - | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 43 | - | The Legend of Bagger Vance | $73,614 | - | 116 | - | $634 | $30,787,414 | 11 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 44 | - | Requiem for a Dream | $70,180 | - | 53 | - | $1,324 | $3,075,031 | - | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 45 | - | Michael Jordan to the Max | $67,109 | - | 12 | - | $5,592 | $14,583,031 | - | IMAX | - | false |
| 46 | - | Bedazzled | $56,624 | - | 91 | - | $622 | $37,757,363 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 47 | - | Space Cowboys | $54,342 | - | 102 | - | $532 | $90,454,043 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 48 | - | A Hard Day's Night | $51,670 | - | 31 | - | $1,666 | $860,887 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 49 | - | The 6th Day | $45,992 | - | 87 | - | $528 | $34,543,701 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 50 | - | Galapagos | $38,089 | - | 8 | - | $4,761 | $8,823,659 | - | IMAX | - | false |
| 51 | - | Chunhyang | $36,425 | - | 4 | - | $9,106 | $81,601 | - | Lot 47 Films | - | false |
| 52 | - | Red Planet | $30,484 | - | 72 | - | $423 | $17,473,245 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 53 | - | Yi Yi | $29,077 | - | 3 | - | $9,692 | $250,443 | - | WinStar Cinema | - | false |
| 54 | - | Wonder Boys | $21,868 | - | 10 | - | $2,186 | $19,347,156 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 55 | - | Extreme | $21,726 | - | 9 | - | $2,414 | $10,661,994 | - | IMAX | - | false |
| 56 | - | What Lies Beneath | $19,267 | - | 32 | - | $602 | $155,430,724 | 26 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 57 | - | Panic | $18,262 | - | 2 | - | $9,131 | $92,259 | - | Roxie Releasing | - | false |
| 58 | - | Catfish in Black Bean Sauce | $15,940 | - | 4 | - | $3,985 | $1,158,196 | - | - | - | false |
| 59 | - | Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want | $10,442 | - | 8 | - | $1,305 | $696,418 | - | - | - | false |
| 60 | - | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $9,169 | - | 3 | - | $3,056 | $5,183,279 | - | - | - | false |
| 61 | - | A Time for Drunken Horses | $9,055 | - | 6 | - | $1,509 | $587,654 | - | - | - | false |
| 62 | - | Left Luggage | $8,383 | - | 4 | - | $2,095 | $239,892 | - | Castle Hill Productions | - | false |
| 63 | - | The Contender | $6,421 | - | 15 | - | $428 | $17,859,580 | 14 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 64 | - | An Everlasting Piece | $1,148 | - | 2 | - | $574 | $75,078 | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
