| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $82,671,711 | $51,399,863 | 62.2% | $31,271,848 | 37.8% | 3,023 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Notting Hill | $34,406,175 | $21,811,180 | 63.4% | $12,594,995 | 36.6% | 2,747 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Mummy | $15,718,970 | $9,947,350 | 63.3% | $5,771,620 | 36.7% | 3,395 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Entrapment | $8,845,070 | - | - | - | - | 2,753 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | The Thirteenth Floor | $5,440,903 | $3,322,416 | 61.1% | $2,118,487 | 38.9% | 1,815 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 6 | The Matrix | $4,872,553 | $2,899,495 | 59.5% | $1,973,058 | 40.5% | 2,102 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $2,611,747 | - | - | - | - | 1,099 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Never Been Kissed | $2,526,960 | - | - | - | - | 2,150 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Black Mask | $1,947,159 | - | - | - | - | 976 | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 10 | The Love Letter | $1,793,138 | $1,093,745 | 61% | $699,393 | 39% | 781 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 11 | Life | $1,693,195 | - | - | - | - | 1,214 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Election | $1,684,645 | - | - | - | - | 827 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Tea with Mussolini | $1,551,900 | - | - | - | - | 266 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 14 | Trippin' | $1,428,211 | - | - | - | - | 710 | 3 | October Films | - | false |
| 15 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $850,056 | - | - | - | - | 649 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Shakespeare in Love | $675,834 | - | - | - | - | 795 | 25 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Analyze This | $631,231 | - | - | - | - | 573 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $520,375 | - | - | - | - | 29 | 32 | IMAX | - | false |
| 19 | Cookie's Fortune | $473,815 | - | - | - | - | 401 | 9 | October Films | - | false |
| 20 | Life Is Beautiful | $468,287 | - | - | - | - | 408 | 32 | Miramax | - | false |
| 21 | The Winslow Boy | $447,094 | - | - | - | - | 117 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 22 | Baby Geniuses | $390,175 | - | - | - | - | 700 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 23 | Payback | $363,307 | - | - | - | - | 537 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | My Favorite Martian | $342,490 | - | - | - | - | 434 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 25 | Three Seasons | $307,903 | - | - | - | - | 55 | 5 | October Films | - | false |
| 26 | October Sky | $271,575 | - | - | - | - | 346 | 15 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 27 | A Walk on the Moon | $267,320 | - | - | - | - | 216 | 10 | Miramax | - | false |
| 28 | Forces of Nature | $253,121 | - | - | - | - | 390 | 11 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 29 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $203,541 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 57 | IMAX | - | false |
| 30 | The Other Sister | $202,096 | - | - | - | - | 289 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | The Out-of-Towners | $201,881 | - | - | - | - | 470 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | She's All That | $193,196 | - | - | - | - | 345 | 18 | Miramax | - | false |
| 33 | Besieged | $186,507 | - | - | - | - | 44 | 2 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 34 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $184,299 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 14 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | Lost & Found | $175,905 | - | - | - | - | 390 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 36 | Cruel Intentions | $139,127 | - | - | - | - | 264 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 37 | The Dreamlife of Angels | $136,479 | - | - | - | - | 54 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 38 | Doug's 1st Movie | $135,419 | - | - | - | - | 287 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 39 | The Castle | $130,827 | - | - | - | - | 56 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 40 | Hideous Kinky | $123,936 | - | - | - | - | 53 | 7 | Stratosphere Entertainment | - | false |
| 41 | Get Real | $123,926 | - | - | - | - | 36 | 5 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 42 | Pushing Tin | $120,061 | - | - | - | - | 243 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 43 | Go | $101,760 | - | - | - | - | 146 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 44 | Island of the Sharks | $100,693 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | IMAX | - | false |
| 45 | Foolish | $99,434 | - | - | - | - | 116 | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 46 | Edtv | $90,400 | - | - | - | - | 201 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 47 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $86,359 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 99 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 48 | This Is My Father | $81,691 | - | - | - | - | 37 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 49 | Trekkies | $78,685 | - | - | - | - | 339 | 2 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 50 | Patch Adams | $31,560 | $20,220 | 64.1% | $11,340 | 35.9% | 71 | 23 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 51 | Eternity and a Day | $30,704 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | Artistic License | - | false |
| 52 | Twice Upon a Yesterday | $23,462 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 53 | Southie | $21,772 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | eXistenZ | - | - | - | - | - | 97 | 6 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Open Your Eyes | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 7 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | The Rage: Carrie 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The King of Masks | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | The King and I | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Mysteries of Egypt | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Extreme | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Saving Private Ryan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| - | Waking Ned Devine | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| - | Endurance | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Prince of Egypt | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| - | Everest | - | - | - | - | - | - | 65 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - | false |
| - | Frogs for Snakes | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Idle Hands | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Rushmore | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
