| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $25,505,518 | -18.7% | 31.6% | 8 | The Matrix | $16,558,874 | 64.9% | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | $15,448,925 | -44.9% | 19.2% | 4 | Life | $14,020,770 | 90.8% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $12,025,534 | +14.5% | 14.9% | 2 | Never Been Kissed | $7,429,522 | 61.8% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 5 | $7,116,812 | +2.7% | 8.8% | 6 | Shakespeare in Love | $1,657,070 | 23.3% | 20 | Miramax | - |
| 5 | 4 | $4,692,905 | -34% | 5.8% | 5 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $3,269,670 | 69.7% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $3,961,286 | -33.4% | 4.9% | 6 | Go | $2,754,121 | 69.5% | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 7 | 8 | $3,052,993 | -24.9% | 3.8% | 4 | The Out-of-Towners | $2,577,108 | 84.4% | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $2,893,832 | -33.1% | 3.6% | 3 | Forces of Nature | $2,108,049 | 72.8% | 6 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 9 | 9 | $1,694,014 | -26.4% | 2.1% | 2 | Cookie's Fortune | $1,694,014 | 100% | 4 | October Films | - |
| 10 | 10 | $1,166,790 | +17% | 1.4% | 4 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $529,805 | 45.4% | 27 | IMAX | - |
| 11 | 11 | $935,551 | +33.2% | 1.2% | 2 | Foolish | $935,551 | 100% | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | - |
| 12 | 14 | $354,222 | -29% | 0.4% | 2 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | $191,781 | 54.1% | 8 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 13 | 15 | $339,536 | -9% | 0.4% | 1 | Everest | $339,536 | 100% | 60 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - |
| 14 | 16 | $324,044 | -3.7% | 0.4% | 2 | The Corruptor | $169,240 | 52.2% | 7 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 15 | 13 | $291,255 | -42.6% | 0.4% | 4 | Central Station | $123,497 | 42.4% | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 16 | 19 | $285,361 | +139.9% | 0.4% | 1 | Hideous Kinky | $285,361 | 100% | 2 | Stratosphere Entertainment | - |
| 17 | 12 | $234,292 | -57.1% | 0.3% | 2 | The Mod Squad | $123,637 | 52.8% | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 18 | 18 | $186,108 | -6% | 0.2% | 1 | Waking Ned Devine | $186,108 | 100% | 23 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 19 | 17 | $72,465 | -75.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Affliction | $72,465 | 100% | 18 | Lionsgate | - |
