| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $40,840,267 | - | 2,970 | - | $13,750 | $40,840,267 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Mummy | $30,693,920 | -44.9% | 3,226 | +16 | $9,514 | $86,418,205 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Entrapment | $11,594,927 | -26.9% | 2,879 | +24 | $4,027 | $53,577,239 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Matrix | $6,041,952 | -24.2% | 2,715 | -145 | $2,225 | $146,631,989 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | Black Mask | $5,647,692 | - | 979 | - | $5,768 | $5,647,692 | 1 | Artisan Entertainment | true | false |
| 6 | - | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $5,624,791 | - | 1,080 | - | $5,208 | $5,624,791 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Life | $3,505,149 | -24.1% | 2,247 | -191 | $1,559 | $55,961,279 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Trippin' | $3,173,074 | - | 777 | - | $4,083 | $3,799,806 | 1 | October Films | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | Never Been Kissed | $3,127,006 | -18.1% | 2,274 | -130 | $1,375 | $44,445,371 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | Election | $2,935,098 | -30.4% | 827 | - | $3,549 | $7,683,362 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Tea with Mussolini | $2,315,458 | - | 270 | - | $8,575 | $2,315,458 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 12 | 7 | Analyze This | $1,213,271 | -42.7% | 1,588 | -407 | $764 | $102,446,465 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $1,098,532 | -21.8% | 1,386 | -326 | $792 | $34,011,994 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Shakespeare in Love | $948,481 | -11.1% | 903 | - | $1,050 | $95,194,973 | 23 | Miramax | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Life Is Beautiful | $892,990 | -17.1% | 836 | +24 | $1,068 | $55,370,775 | 30 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | 9 | Cookie's Fortune | $781,173 | -30% | 555 | +3 | $1,407 | $8,762,632 | 7 | October Films | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | The Out-of-Towners | $719,745 | -27.8% | 1,186 | -120 | $606 | $26,991,532 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Forces of Nature | $580,760 | -24% | 861 | -256 | $674 | $51,105,672 | 9 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 19 | 13 | Pushing Tin | $523,116 | -45.3% | 843 | -317 | $620 | $7,822,900 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 20 | 21 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $496,086 | +14.2% | 29 | - | $17,106 | $13,679,327 | 30 | IMAX | false | false |
| 21 | 15 | She's All That | $495,392 | -38.9% | 550 | -63 | $900 | $62,263,756 | 16 | Miramax | false | false |
| 22 | 22 | October Sky | $447,070 | +20.7% | 530 | +101 | $843 | $30,560,335 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 19 | A Walk on the Moon | $418,450 | -24.6% | 246 | +3 | $1,701 | $3,682,852 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 24 | 16 | Go | $400,596 | -50.3% | 589 | -295 | $680 | $16,060,974 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 25 | 14 | Idle Hands | $384,215 | -59% | 1,074 | -537 | $357 | $3,624,636 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 26 | 26 | Everest | $380,398 | +15.1% | 55 | - | $6,916 | $64,849,530 | 63 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 27 | 38 | The King and I | $297,105 | +155.9% | 688 | +420 | $431 | $11,594,380 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 28 | 20 | Lost & Found | $284,774 | -47.1% | 703 | -581 | $405 | $6,181,828 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 29 | 27 | Doug's 1st Movie | $276,688 | -14.7% | 717 | -113 | $385 | $18,194,223 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | 53 | The Other Sister | $264,423 | +369.6% | 387 | +268 | $683 | $27,175,997 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 28 | Baby Geniuses | $254,183 | -19.7% | 660 | -81 | $385 | $24,761,352 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 32 | 30 | Three Seasons | $250,153 | +0.9% | 38 | +16 | $6,582 | $569,175 | 3 | October Films | false | false |
| 33 | 23 | Twin Dragons | $229,209 | -35.5% | 491 | -171 | $466 | $7,694,370 | 6 | Miramax | false | false |
| 34 | 36 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $210,769 | +37.9% | 12 | +1 | $17,564 | $7,183,582 | 55 | IMAX | false | false |
| 35 | 29 | Saving Private Ryan | $209,270 | -24.6% | 319 | -82 | $656 | $216,012,924 | 43 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 36 | 47 | Cruel Intentions | $199,659 | +192.5% | 515 | +324 | $387 | $37,359,786 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 37 | 31 | Edtv | $199,110 | -7.7% | 377 | -31 | $528 | $22,160,745 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 38 | 24 | eXistenZ | $191,908 | -45.1% | 150 | -91 | $1,279 | $2,419,573 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 39 | 25 | Foolish | $177,059 | -48.8% | 245 | -95 | $722 | $5,406,115 | 6 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 40 | 33 | The Winslow Boy | $170,262 | +3.3% | 28 | +16 | $6,080 | $445,358 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 41 | - | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $164,420 | - | 7 | - | $23,488 | $764,092 | 12 | - | false | false |
| 42 | 40 | The Dreamlife of Angels | $160,492 | +58% | 58 | -8 | $2,767 | $1,066,518 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 43 | 55 | The Castle | $131,262 | +209.4% | 35 | -222 | $3,750 | $173,685 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 44 | 46 | Get Real | $110,987 | +53.2% | 32 | +15 | $3,468 | $263,052 | 3 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 45 | 35 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | $106,917 | -30.3% | 89 | -15 | $1,201 | $3,604,359 | 11 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 46 | 39 | Waking Ned Devine | $92,641 | -16.9% | 114 | -10 | $812 | $24,630,999 | 26 | - | false | false |
| 47 | 34 | Hideous Kinky | $84,019 | -47.6% | 67 | -11 | $1,254 | $864,753 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 48 | - | Island of the Sharks | $81,308 | - | 3 | - | $27,102 | $196,121 | 4 | IMAX | false | false |
| 49 | 32 | True Crime | $80,174 | -57.8% | 251 | -279 | $319 | $16,604,916 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 50 | 37 | The Prince of Egypt | $79,916 | -38.3% | 225 | -78 | $355 | $101,265,247 | 22 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 51 | - | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $77,393 | - | 11 | - | $7,035 | $13,035,718 | 97 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 52 | 42 | The Rage: Carrie 2 | $68,648 | -22% | 122 | -40 | $562 | $17,546,817 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 53 | - | Edge of Seventeen | $54,722 | - | 4 | - | $13,680 | $68,364 | 3 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 54 | 43 | This Is My Father | $54,710 | -29.6% | 12 | +3 | $4,559 | $132,431 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 55 | 48 | Patch Adams | $52,113 | -19.4% | 82 | -23 | $635 | $134,932,558 | 21 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 56 | 49 | Payback | $47,815 | -23.5% | 99 | -43 | $482 | $80,141,251 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 57 | 54 | A Bug's Life | $22,820 | -58.2% | 83 | -101 | $274 | $162,798,565 | 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 58 | - | Endurance | $21,162 | - | 4 | - | $5,290 | $21,162 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
