| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | A Civil Action | $19,251,221 | $15,163,484 | 78.8% | $4,087,737 | 21.2% | 1,802 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Patch Adams | $15,830,925 | $12,686,600 | 80.1% | $3,144,325 | 19.9% | 2,770 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | You've Got Mail | $10,281,089 | $8,102,869 | 78.8% | $2,178,220 | 21.2% | 2,948 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Stepmom | $10,128,232 | $7,905,257 | 78% | $2,222,975 | 22% | 2,358 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | The Prince of Egypt | $7,531,933 | $6,074,356 | 80.6% | $1,457,577 | 19.4% | 2,947 | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 6 | Mighty Joe Young | $6,001,036 | $5,041,684 | 84% | $959,352 | 16% | 2,559 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Shakespeare in Love | $5,763,444 | $4,224,426 | 73.3% | $1,539,018 | 26.7% | 632 | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| 8 | A Bug's Life | $5,723,410 | $4,723,951 | 82.5% | $999,459 | 17.5% | 2,500 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Faculty | $5,170,255 | $4,086,045 | 79% | $1,084,210 | 21% | 2,365 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 10 | Enemy of the State | $4,057,809 | $3,112,469 | 76.7% | $945,340 | 23.3% | 1,576 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Star Trek: Insurrection | $3,747,462 | $2,960,225 | 79% | $787,237 | 21% | 2,161 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Waking Ned Devine | $2,656,173 | $1,953,320 | 73.5% | $702,853 | 26.5% | 502 | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Waterboy | $2,013,576 | $1,631,047 | 81% | $382,529 | 19% | 1,149 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Thin Red Line | $1,863,240 | $1,276,384 | 68.5% | $586,856 | 31.5% | 61 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | The Rugrats Movie | $1,691,288 | $1,437,993 | 85% | $253,295 | 15% | 1,633 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Life Is Beautiful | $1,324,963 | $904,692 | 68.3% | $420,271 | 31.7% | 228 | 12 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Jack Frost | $1,177,464 | $1,006,392 | 85.5% | $171,072 | 14.5% | 1,702 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | Rush Hour | $1,164,492 | $837,765 | 71.9% | $326,727 | 28.1% | 783 | 17 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 19 | Elizabeth | $1,121,144 | $801,412 | 71.5% | $319,732 | 28.5% | 476 | 10 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 20 | Down in the Delta | $678,788 | $528,430 | 77.8% | $150,358 | 22.2% | 417 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 21 | Everest | $468,133 | $316,892 | 67.7% | $151,241 | 32.3% | 56 | 45 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - | false |
| 22 | A Simple Plan | $444,306 | $308,891 | 69.5% | $135,415 | 30.5% | 80 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | Antz | $420,700 | $332,023 | 78.9% | $88,677 | 21.1% | 565 | 15 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 24 | There's Something About Mary | $373,931 | $262,536 | 70.2% | $111,395 | 29.8% | 323 | 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 25 | Meet Joe Black | $347,840 | $255,685 | 73.5% | $92,155 | 26.5% | 544 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | Babe: Pig in the City | $324,810 | $256,795 | 79.1% | $68,015 | 20.9% | 535 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 27 | The Siege | $318,025 | $231,911 | 72.9% | $86,114 | 27.1% | 397 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 28 | Little Voice | $280,938 | $189,926 | 67.6% | $91,012 | 32.4% | 37 | 6 | Miramax | - | false |
| 29 | Psycho | $279,420 | $213,885 | 76.6% | $65,535 | 23.4% | 460 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $273,830 | $199,934 | 73% | $73,896 | 27% | 19 | 12 | IMAX | - | false |
| 31 | Gods and Monsters | $234,893 | $165,181 | 70.3% | $69,712 | 29.7% | 104 | 10 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 32 | Hurlyburly | $234,329 | $159,184 | 67.9% | $75,145 | 32.1% | 29 | 3 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 33 | Dancing at Lughnasa | $199,408 | $142,640 | 71.5% | $56,768 | 28.5% | 80 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 34 | Central Station | $153,040 | $121,208 | 79.2% | $31,832 | 20.8% | 21 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 35 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $140,722 | $87,193 | 62% | $53,529 | 38% | 15 | 37 | IMAX | - | false |
| 36 | Pleasantville | $125,804 | $83,720 | 66.6% | $42,084 | 33.4% | 148 | 12 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 37 | Hilary and Jackie | $122,518 | $84,303 | 68.8% | $38,215 | 31.2% | 6 | 3 | October Films | - | false |
| 38 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | $97,365 | $76,529 | 78.6% | $20,836 | 21.4% | 180 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 39 | Urban Legend | $96,068 | $79,102 | 82.3% | $16,966 | 17.7% | 302 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 40 | Affliction | $80,558 | $51,833 | 64.3% | $28,725 | 35.7% | 3 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 41 | American History X | $78,555 | $50,371 | 64.1% | $28,184 | 35.9% | 87 | 11 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 42 | The Celebration | $75,743 | $54,102 | 71.4% | $21,641 | 28.6% | 27 | 14 | October Films | - | false |
| 43 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $58,566 | $28,634 | 48.9% | $29,932 | 51.1% | 14 | 79 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 44 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | $56,954 | $46,706 | 82% | $10,248 | 18% | 193 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 45 | Belly | $53,298 | $36,162 | 67.8% | $17,136 | 32.2% | 82 | 10 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 46 | The General | $48,416 | $32,902 | 68% | $15,514 | 32% | 6 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 47 | Steam: The Turkish Bath | $43,340 | $32,082 | 74% | $11,258 | 26% | 6 | 7 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 48 | Ringmaster | $42,761 | $30,192 | 70.6% | $12,569 | 29.4% | 74 | 7 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 49 | Shattered Image | $22,548 | $18,955 | 84.1% | $3,593 | 15.9% | 5 | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 50 | Living Out Loud | $21,722 | $15,592 | 71.8% | $6,130 | 28.2% | 43 | 11 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | The Hi-Lo Country | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Very Bad Things | - | $43,531 | - | - | - | - | 7 | PolyGram | - | false |
| - | Across the Sea of Time | - | - | - | - | - | - | 169 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Wings of Courage | - | - | - | - | - | - | 195 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | The Mask of Zorro | - | $22,737 | - | - | - | - | 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Another Day in Paradise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| - | Home Fries | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Ever After: A Cinderella Story | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
