| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Entrapment | $26,126,032 | $20,145,595 | 77.1% | $5,980,437 | 22.9% | 2,814 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | The Matrix | $11,624,679 | $8,715,866 | 75% | $2,908,813 | 25% | 2,903 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Life | $8,060,400 | $6,481,175 | 80.4% | $1,579,225 | 19.6% | 2,613 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Never Been Kissed | $5,071,108 | $4,072,477 | 80.3% | $998,631 | 19.7% | 2,481 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Analyze This | $2,827,085 | $2,175,397 | 77% | $651,688 | 23% | 2,128 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Idle Hands | $2,303,163 | $1,807,181 | 78.5% | $495,982 | 21.5% | 1,611 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $2,184,902 | $1,811,809 | 82.9% | $373,093 | 17.1% | 2,020 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Pushing Tin | $1,746,660 | $1,250,045 | 71.6% | $496,615 | 28.4% | 1,284 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Go | $1,618,309 | $1,152,271 | 71.2% | $466,038 | 28.8% | 1,419 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 10 | Lost & Found | $1,606,042 | $1,254,596 | 78.1% | $351,446 | 21.9% | 2,469 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | The Out-of-Towners | $1,404,641 | $1,104,467 | 78.6% | $300,174 | 21.4% | 1,850 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Cookie's Fortune | $1,308,820 | $1,001,113 | 76.5% | $307,707 | 23.5% | 559 | 5 | October Films | - | false |
| 13 | Life Is Beautiful | $1,159,653 | $831,732 | 71.7% | $327,921 | 28.3% | 914 | 28 | Miramax | - | false |
| 14 | Forces of Nature | $1,151,602 | $875,144 | 76% | $276,458 | 24% | 1,508 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 15 | Shakespeare in Love | $1,118,313 | $825,962 | 73.9% | $292,351 | 26.1% | 1,017 | 21 | Miramax | - | false |
| 16 | A Walk on the Moon | $682,108 | $512,589 | 75.2% | $169,519 | 24.8% | 242 | 6 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Twin Dragons | $638,598 | $495,436 | 77.6% | $143,162 | 22.4% | 852 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 18 | eXistenZ | $620,207 | $385,530 | 62.2% | $234,677 | 37.8% | 256 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 19 | Foolish | $588,014 | $448,779 | 76.3% | $139,235 | 23.7% | 381 | 4 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 20 | Doug's 1st Movie | $498,334 | $419,110 | 84.1% | $79,224 | 15.9% | 1,054 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Baby Geniuses | $460,299 | $388,303 | 84.4% | $71,996 | 15.6% | 939 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 22 | October Sky | $454,285 | $353,970 | 77.9% | $100,315 | 22.1% | 513 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $403,612 | $232,409 | 57.6% | $171,203 | 42.4% | 29 | 28 | IMAX | - | false |
| 24 | Saving Private Ryan | $388,579 | $268,659 | 69.1% | $119,920 | 30.9% | 524 | 41 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 25 | Election | $360,491 | $245,582 | 68.1% | $114,909 | 31.9% | 14 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | The Faculty | $355,048 | $296,307 | 83.5% | $58,741 | 16.5% | 410 | 19 | Miramax | - | false |
| 27 | Edtv | $343,990 | $262,845 | 76.4% | $81,145 | 23.6% | 531 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | Mysteries of Egypt | $298,313 | $146,176 | 49% | $152,137 | 51% | 15 | 37 | IMAX | - | false |
| 29 | Everest | $288,118 | $204,420 | 71% | $83,698 | 29% | 55 | 61 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - | false |
| 30 | The Dreamlife of Angels | $286,277 | $123,392 | 43.1% | $162,885 | 56.9% | 40 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 31 | Hideous Kinky | $216,119 | $156,788 | 72.6% | $59,331 | 27.4% | 76 | 3 | Stratosphere Entertainment | - | false |
| 32 | The Prince of Egypt | $206,804 | $166,804 | 80.7% | $40,000 | 19.3% | 340 | 20 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 33 | Sarfarosh | $184,837 | $150,429 | 81.4% | $34,408 | 18.6% | 24 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 34 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | $172,854 | $111,613 | 64.6% | $61,241 | 35.4% | 112 | 9 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 35 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $170,415 | $56,409 | 33.1% | $114,006 | 66.9% | 11 | 53 | IMAX | - | false |
| 36 | The King and I | $147,626 | $119,103 | 80.7% | $28,523 | 19.3% | 330 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | Extreme | $140,108 | $104,386 | 74.5% | $35,722 | 25.5% | 4 | 5 | IMAX | - | false |
| 38 | Message in a Bottle | $138,274 | $105,393 | 76.2% | $32,881 | 23.8% | 223 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 39 | 8MM | $131,363 | $110,742 | 84.3% | $20,621 | 15.7% | 422 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 40 | Blast from the Past | $124,936 | $92,552 | 74.1% | $32,384 | 25.9% | 181 | 12 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 41 | Cruel Intentions | $121,062 | $102,177 | 84.4% | $18,885 | 15.6% | 250 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 42 | Central Station | $116,356 | $71,031 | 61% | $45,325 | 39% | 68 | 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 43 | The Winslow Boy | $110,263 | $80,553 | 73.1% | $29,710 | 26.9% | 6 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 44 | Rushmore | $108,959 | $74,355 | 68.2% | $34,604 | 31.8% | 135 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 45 | The Rage: Carrie 2 | $107,677 | $83,177 | 77.2% | $24,500 | 22.8% | 187 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 46 | A Bug's Life | $107,118 | $84,590 | 79% | $22,528 | 21% | 275 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 47 | Waking Ned Devine | $104,914 | $72,106 | 68.7% | $32,808 | 31.3% | 129 | 24 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 48 | True Crime | $103,295 | $75,268 | 72.9% | $28,027 | 27.1% | 338 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 49 | The Other Sister | $98,819 | $76,531 | 77.4% | $22,288 | 22.6% | 183 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 50 | Patch Adams | $98,630 | $80,080 | 81.2% | $18,550 | 18.8% | 127 | 19 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 51 | Payback | $92,461 | $74,014 | 80% | $18,447 | 20% | 206 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 52 | Open Your Eyes | $90,222 | $67,013 | 74.3% | $23,209 | 25.7% | 23 | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 53 | The Deep End of the Ocean | $87,552 | $73,369 | 83.8% | $14,183 | 16.2% | 324 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 54 | The Mod Squad | $85,971 | $63,606 | 74% | $22,365 | 26% | 182 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 55 | Get Real | $79,639 | $54,254 | 68.1% | $25,385 | 31.9% | 6 | 1 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 56 | Three Seasons | $71,056 | $47,542 | 66.9% | $23,514 | 33.1% | 3 | 1 | October Films | - | false |
| 57 | The Velocity of Gary | $2,143 | $1,242 | 58% | $901 | 42% | 1 | 1 | Next Millenium Films | - | false |
| - | Goliathon | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 2 | Cowboy Pictures | - | false |
| - | Dancemaker | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 10 | Artistic License | - | false |
| - | Elizabeth | - | $60,280 | - | - | - | - | 26 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Affliction | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | Ripe | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Designated Mourner | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | First Look International | - | false |
| - | Tango | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Gods and Monsters | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | A Simple Plan | - | $59,406 | - | - | - | - | 21 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | She's All That | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | SLC Punk! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Heaven | - | $1,983 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Stepmom | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Corruptor | - | $60,448 | - | - | - | - | 8 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | You've Got Mail | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
