| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Patch Adams | $46,444,325 | $25,262,280 | 54.4% | $21,182,045 | 45.6% | 2,712 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Stepmom | $35,435,611 | $19,142,440 | 54% | $16,293,171 | 46% | 2,358 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | You've Got Mail | $34,424,571 | $18,101,967 | 52.6% | $16,322,604 | 47.4% | 2,756 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | The Prince of Egypt | $30,167,450 | $15,119,107 | 50.1% | $15,048,343 | 49.9% | 3,218 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 5 | A Bug's Life | $23,223,865 | $10,126,455 | 43.6% | $13,097,410 | 56.4% | 2,456 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Mighty Joe Young | $20,028,356 | $10,602,042 | 52.9% | $9,426,314 | 47.1% | 2,502 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Faculty | $18,409,135 | $11,633,495 | 63.2% | $6,775,640 | 36.8% | 2,365 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 8 | Star Trek: Insurrection | $13,465,244 | $7,304,179 | 54.2% | $6,161,065 | 45.8% | 2,677 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Enemy of the State | $9,839,415 | $5,298,377 | 53.8% | $4,541,038 | 46.2% | 1,505 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Jack Frost | $9,371,497 | $3,903,021 | 41.6% | $5,468,476 | 58.4% | 2,142 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | The Rugrats Movie | $7,081,657 | $2,666,292 | 37.6% | $4,415,365 | 62.4% | 2,225 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Shakespeare in Love | $5,259,721 | $2,609,894 | 49.6% | $2,649,827 | 50.4% | 295 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 13 | The Waterboy | $4,651,015 | $2,332,774 | 50.2% | $2,318,241 | 49.8% | 1,281 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Waking Ned Devine | $3,123,993 | $1,664,179 | 53.3% | $1,459,814 | 46.7% | 259 | 6 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Down in the Delta | $2,497,557 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 16 | Antz | $1,232,475 | $552,428 | 44.8% | $680,047 | 55.2% | 853 | 13 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 17 | The Thin Red Line | $557,979 | $282,534 | 50.6% | $275,445 | 49.4% | 5 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 18 | Hurlyburly | $291,996 | $164,826 | 56.4% | $127,170 | 43.6% | 16 | 1 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 19 | A Civil Action | $155,596 | $70,079 | 45% | $85,517 | 55% | 2 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | The General | $82,967 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 21 | Hilary and Jackie | $41,973 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | October Films | - | false |
| 22 | The Swindle | $32,806 | $24,917 | 76% | $7,889 | 24% | 3 | 2 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 23 | The Theory of Flight | $26,477 | $15,179 | 57.3% | $11,298 | 42.7% | 6 | 2 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 24 | Affliction | $26,038 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 25 | Playing by Heart | $10,265 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 26 | The Hi-Lo Country | $6,013 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 27 | Another Day in Paradise | $4,849 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| - | Elizabeth | - | $854,052 | - | - | - | 409 | 8 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Life Is Beautiful | - | $988,234 | - | - | - | 224 | 10 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | A Simple Plan | - | $444,014 | - | - | - | 80 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Pleasantville | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | The Red Violin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | Babe: Pig in the City | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Very Bad Things | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | PolyGram | - | false |
| - | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | There's Something About Mary | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | The Siege | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Les Boys II | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | Meet Joe Black | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | The Mask of Zorro | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | - | - | - | - | - | - | 77 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Belly | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Practical Magic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Thieves | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Gods and Monsters | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | American History X | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Saving Private Ryan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| - | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Home Fries | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Psycho | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Central Station | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | The Wizard of Oz 1998 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | I'll Be Home for Christmas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Bride of Chucky | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Celebration | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | October Films | - | false |
| - | Everest | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - | false |
| - | Ringmaster | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Little Voice | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Rush Hour | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Happiness | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Good Machine | - | false |
| - | Urban Legend | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Dancing at Lughnasa | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
