| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Varsity Blues | $20,001,291 | $15,204,148 | 76% | $4,797,143 | 24% | 2,121 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Patch Adams | $13,838,600 | $10,226,755 | 73.9% | $3,611,845 | 26.1% | 2,893 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | A Civil Action | $13,597,424 | - | - | - | - | 2,001 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Thin Red Line | $13,445,812 | $9,765,762 | 72.6% | $3,680,050 | 27.4% | 1,528 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | At First Sight | $9,766,402 | - | - | - | - | 1,814 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Stepmom | $9,178,336 | $6,511,757 | 71% | $2,666,579 | 29% | 2,358 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | You've Got Mail | $7,743,664 | - | - | - | - | 2,554 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | The Prince of Egypt | $7,078,346 | $4,651,352 | 65.7% | $2,426,994 | 34.3% | 2,215 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 9 | Virus | $7,002,460 | - | - | - | - | 2,018 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Shakespeare in Love | $5,695,807 | - | - | - | - | 648 | 6 | Miramax | - | false |
| 11 | In Dreams | $5,460,693 | $3,992,449 | 73.1% | $1,468,244 | 26.9% | 1,670 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 12 | A Bug's Life | $5,079,544 | $3,443,206 | 67.8% | $1,636,338 | 32.2% | 1,815 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Mighty Joe Young | $5,033,129 | - | - | - | - | 2,087 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Faculty | $2,699,827 | - | - | - | - | 2,103 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 15 | Waking Ned Devine | $2,669,642 | - | - | - | - | 504 | 9 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Enemy of the State | $2,400,526 | - | - | - | - | 1,286 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Star Trek: Insurrection | $1,837,484 | - | - | - | - | 1,474 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Life Is Beautiful | $1,604,280 | - | - | - | - | 218 | 13 | Miramax | - | false |
| 19 | The Rugrats Movie | $1,442,223 | - | - | - | - | 981 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | The Waterboy | $1,317,157 | - | - | - | - | 738 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Elizabeth | $986,977 | - | - | - | - | 389 | 11 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 22 | Rush Hour | $627,116 | - | - | - | - | 479 | 18 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 23 | Everest | $522,095 | - | - | - | - | 53 | 46 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - | false |
| 24 | A Simple Plan | $513,463 | - | - | - | - | 80 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 25 | Down in the Delta | $467,973 | - | - | - | - | 250 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 26 | Babe: Pig in the City | $441,805 | - | - | - | - | 479 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 27 | Hilary and Jackie | $436,366 | - | - | - | - | 39 | 4 | October Films | - | false |
| 28 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $408,920 | - | - | - | - | 21 | 13 | IMAX | - | false |
| 29 | Jack Frost | $382,390 | - | - | - | - | 627 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 30 | There's Something About Mary | $356,730 | - | - | - | - | 283 | 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 31 | Antz | $355,736 | $227,727 | 64% | $128,009 | 36% | 424 | 16 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 32 | Hurlyburly | $354,546 | - | - | - | - | 84 | 4 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 33 | Little Voice | $345,346 | - | - | - | - | 38 | 7 | Miramax | - | false |
| 34 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | $291,286 | - | - | - | - | 538 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 35 | Meet Joe Black | $243,450 | - | - | - | - | 338 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 36 | Home Fries | $227,667 | - | - | - | - | 368 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | Ringmaster | $204,903 | - | - | - | - | 391 | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 38 | Gods and Monsters | $198,685 | - | - | - | - | 80 | 11 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 39 | Dancing at Lughnasa | $194,936 | - | - | - | - | 75 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 40 | Central Station | $189,946 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 41 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $172,725 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 38 | IMAX | - | false |
| 42 | The Siege | $154,423 | - | - | - | - | 212 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 43 | Psycho | $110,985 | - | - | - | - | 200 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | Pleasantville | $103,977 | - | - | - | - | 112 | 13 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 45 | Affliction | $103,009 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 46 | The Celebration | $58,374 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 15 | October Films | - | false |
| 47 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $50,322 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 80 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 48 | The General | $45,169 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 49 | Urban Legend | $32,642 | - | - | - | - | 134 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 50 | Steam: The Turkish Bath | $27,935 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 51 | The Hi-Lo Country | $16,395 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 52 | Another Day in Paradise | $13,176 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 53 | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | $10,250 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 16 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 54 | The Winners | $1,215 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | First Look International | - | false |
| - | The Red Violin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | Les Boys II | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | Belly | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Playing by Heart | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Saving Private Ryan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| - | Vampires | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | I'll Be Home for Christmas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Ever After: A Cinderella Story | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
