| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $82,671,711 | -16.8% | 3,023 | +53 | $27,347 | $222,866,471 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | - | Notting Hill | $34,406,175 | - | 2,747 | - | $12,525 | $34,406,175 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Mummy | $15,718,970 | -12.5% | 3,395 | +119 | $4,630 | $120,104,600 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Entrapment | $8,845,070 | +0.6% | 2,753 | -116 | $3,212 | $71,211,290 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Thirteenth Floor | $5,440,903 | - | 1,815 | - | $2,997 | $5,440,903 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Matrix | $4,872,553 | +13.2% | 2,102 | -419 | $2,318 | $155,807,103 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $2,611,747 | -29.2% | 1,099 | +6 | $2,376 | $11,925,990 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Never Been Kissed | $2,526,960 | +1.4% | 2,150 | +262 | $1,175 | $49,463,517 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Black Mask | $1,947,159 | -13.8% | 976 | -12 | $1,995 | $9,852,555 | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | The Love Letter | $1,793,138 | -51.2% | 781 | +12 | $2,295 | $5,465,801 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Life | $1,693,195 | -19.3% | 1,214 | -506 | $1,394 | $59,752,494 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Election | $1,684,645 | -17.3% | 827 | - | $2,037 | $11,405,519 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Tea with Mussolini | $1,551,900 | -16.7% | 266 | -7 | $5,834 | $5,731,218 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Trippin' | $1,428,211 | -22.1% | 710 | -71 | $2,011 | $7,062,517 | 3 | October Films | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $850,056 | +8.5% | 649 | -332 | $1,309 | $35,645,644 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Shakespeare in Love | $675,834 | -34.6% | 795 | -428 | $850 | $96,904,468 | 25 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | Analyze This | $631,231 | -25.9% | 573 | -550 | $1,101 | $103,929,074 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 19 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $520,375 | +17.5% | 29 | +1 | $17,943 | $14,642,387 | 32 | IMAX | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Cookie's Fortune | $473,815 | -22.9% | 401 | -103 | $1,181 | $9,851,260 | 9 | October Films | false | false |
| 20 | 16 | Life Is Beautiful | $468,287 | -26.8% | 408 | -171 | $1,147 | $56,478,897 | 32 | Miramax | false | false |
| 21 | 33 | The Winslow Boy | $447,094 | +161.9% | 117 | +88 | $3,821 | $1,063,152 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 22 | 41 | Baby Geniuses | $390,175 | +177.9% | 700 | +239 | $557 | $25,291,920 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | 18 | Payback | $363,307 | -22.5% | 537 | -30 | $676 | $80,973,460 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | - | My Favorite Martian | $342,490 | - | 434 | - | $789 | $35,791,091 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 25 | Three Seasons | $307,903 | +10.3% | 55 | +2 | $5,598 | $1,156,201 | 5 | October Films | false | false |
| 26 | 24 | October Sky | $271,575 | -5.4% | 346 | -82 | $784 | $31,119,125 | 15 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 22 | A Walk on the Moon | $267,320 | -20.8% | 216 | -6 | $1,237 | $4,287,550 | 10 | Miramax | false | false |
| 28 | 20 | Forces of Nature | $253,121 | -34.9% | 390 | -168 | $649 | $51,747,837 | 11 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 29 | 26 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $203,541 | -22.3% | 13 | - | $15,657 | $7,649,213 | 57 | IMAX | false | false |
| 30 | 30 | The Other Sister | $202,096 | +1.7% | 289 | -25 | $699 | $27,576,791 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 21 | The Out-of-Towners | $201,881 | -45.9% | 470 | -332 | $429 | $27,566,448 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 23 | She's All That | $193,196 | -35.6% | 345 | -118 | $559 | $62,756,810 | 18 | Miramax | false | false |
| 33 | 28 | Besieged | $186,507 | -15.7% | 44 | +8 | $4,238 | $407,811 | 2 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 34 | 39 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $184,299 | +22.7% | 13 | +6 | $14,176 | $1,098,633 | 14 | - | false | false |
| 35 | 44 | Lost & Found | $175,905 | +66.7% | 390 | +87 | $451 | $6,463,254 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 36 | 38 | Cruel Intentions | $139,127 | -8.7% | 264 | -163 | $526 | $37,651,341 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 37 | 37 | The Dreamlife of Angels | $136,479 | -11% | 54 | -6 | $2,527 | $1,356,293 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 38 | 34 | Doug's 1st Movie | $135,419 | -19.4% | 287 | -130 | $471 | $18,497,692 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 39 | 36 | The Castle | $130,827 | -15.9% | 56 | +1 | $2,336 | $460,128 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 40 | 52 | Hideous Kinky | $123,936 | +137.7% | 53 | +11 | $2,338 | $1,040,818 | 7 | - | false | false |
| 41 | 43 | Get Real | $123,926 | +11.1% | 36 | +3 | $3,442 | $498,568 | 5 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 42 | 29 | Pushing Tin | $120,061 | -45.6% | 243 | -174 | $494 | $8,163,518 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 43 | 32 | Go | $101,760 | -40.6% | 146 | -143 | $696 | $16,333,959 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 44 | 48 | Island of the Sharks | $100,693 | +31.5% | 4 | +1 | $25,173 | $373,414 | 6 | IMAX | false | false |
| 45 | 45 | Foolish | $99,434 | -1.2% | 116 | -34 | $857 | $5,606,188 | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 46 | 42 | Edtv | $90,400 | -31.7% | 201 | -61 | $449 | $22,383,555 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 47 | 47 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $86,359 | -6% | 11 | - | $7,850 | $13,213,919 | 99 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 48 | 53 | This Is My Father | $81,691 | +89.8% | 37 | +24 | $2,207 | $257,167 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 49 | 31 | Trekkies | $78,685 | -56.9% | 339 | - | $232 | $261,259 | 2 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 50 | 50 | Patch Adams | $31,560 | -43.1% | 71 | +6 | $444 | $135,019,563 | 23 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 51 | - | Eternity and a Day | $30,704 | - | 3 | - | $10,234 | $30,704 | 1 | Artistic License | true | false |
| 52 | - | Twice Upon a Yesterday | $23,462 | - | 6 | - | $3,910 | $23,462 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | true | false |
| 53 | - | Southie | $21,772 | - | 2 | - | $10,886 | $21,772 | 1 | Lionsgate Films | true | false |
