| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $31,384,108 | -20.5% | 29.8% | 7 | The Matrix | $23,434,747 | 74.7% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 8 | $28,027,820 | +647% | 26.6% | 4 | Life | $25,758,430 | 91.9% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $10,498,170 | -27.6% | 10% | 1 | Never Been Kissed | $10,498,170 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 3 | $7,114,699 | -28.9% | 6.8% | 6 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $4,651,231 | 65.4% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $6,927,190 | -24.6% | 6.6% | 5 | Shakespeare in Love | $2,298,982 | 33.2% | 19 | Miramax | - |
| 6 | 5 | $5,950,673 | -34.4% | 5.7% | 6 | Go | $4,140,306 | 69.6% | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 7 | 7 | $4,324,545 | -22.2% | 4.1% | 3 | Forces of Nature | $3,178,937 | 73.5% | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 8 | 6 | $4,067,021 | -36.7% | 3.9% | 4 | The Out-of-Towners | $3,903,740 | 96% | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 9 | 11 | $2,300,913 | +77.4% | 2.2% | 1 | Cookie's Fortune | $2,300,913 | 100% | 3 | October Films | - |
| 10 | 12 | $997,570 | -11.5% | 0.9% | 4 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $518,753 | 52% | 26 | IMAX | - |
| 11 | 9 | $702,136 | -73.6% | 0.7% | 1 | Foolish | $702,136 | 100% | 2 | Artisan Entertainment | - |
| 12 | 10 | $546,734 | -60.7% | 0.5% | 2 | The Mod Squad | $343,732 | 62.9% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 13 | 15 | $506,974 | -6.2% | 0.5% | 5 | Central Station | $171,736 | 33.9% | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 14 | 13 | $499,073 | -17.1% | 0.5% | 2 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | $254,473 | 51% | 7 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 15 | 17 | $373,259 | -7% | 0.4% | 1 | Everest | $373,259 | 100% | 59 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - |
| 16 | 14 | $336,371 | -40% | 0.3% | 2 | Blast from the Past | $251,159 | 74.7% | 10 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 17 | 16 | $298,885 | -42.4% | 0.3% | 2 | Gods and Monsters | $157,974 | 52.9% | 24 | Lionsgate | - |
| 18 | 18 | $198,002 | +54.6% | 0.2% | 1 | Waking Ned Devine | $198,002 | 100% | 22 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
