| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $48,465,579 | $32,891,653 | 67.9% | $15,573,926 | 32.1% | 3,024 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Notting Hill | $21,850,890 | $15,013,295 | 68.7% | $6,837,595 | 31.3% | 2,752 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Instinct | $14,436,316 | $10,390,387 | 72% | $4,045,929 | 28% | 2,059 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Mummy | $10,625,265 | $7,418,925 | 69.8% | $3,206,340 | 30.2% | 3,411 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Entrapment | $5,489,673 | $3,781,791 | 68.9% | $1,707,882 | 31.1% | 2,590 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | The Matrix | $3,690,652 | $2,453,642 | 66.5% | $1,237,010 | 33.5% | 2,045 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | The Thirteenth Floor | $2,979,600 | $2,004,461 | 67.3% | $975,139 | 32.7% | 1,815 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 8 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $2,525,078 | - | - | - | - | 2,700 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 9 | Never Been Kissed | $1,780,072 | $1,162,182 | 65.3% | $617,890 | 34.7% | 2,085 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $1,668,371 | $1,087,948 | 65.2% | $580,423 | 34.8% | 1,005 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Election | $1,240,647 | $854,684 | 68.9% | $385,963 | 31.1% | 827 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Life | $1,232,035 | $845,645 | 68.6% | $386,390 | 31.4% | 1,120 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Love Letter | $1,166,773 | $768,296 | 65.8% | $398,477 | 34.2% | 817 | 3 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 14 | Tea with Mussolini | $1,161,965 | $766,966 | 66% | $394,999 | 34% | 271 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 15 | Black Mask | $1,150,199 | $793,481 | 69% | $356,718 | 31% | 911 | 4 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 16 | Trippin' | $831,442 | $600,090 | 72.2% | $231,352 | 27.8% | 610 | 4 | October Films | - | false |
| 17 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $510,523 | $284,458 | 55.7% | $226,065 | 44.3% | 29 | 33 | IMAX | - | false |
| 18 | Mysteries of Egypt | $503,358 | $198,254 | 39.4% | $305,104 | 60.6% | 15 | 42 | IMAX | - | false |
| 19 | Analyze This | $482,624 | $340,411 | 70.5% | $142,213 | 29.5% | 531 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar | $451,169 | $304,245 | 67.4% | $146,924 | 32.6% | 63 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 21 | The Winslow Boy | $440,275 | $305,293 | 69.3% | $134,982 | 30.7% | 140 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 22 | Shakespeare in Love | $395,866 | $263,017 | 66.4% | $132,849 | 33.6% | 586 | 26 | Miramax | - | false |
| 23 | Life Is Beautiful | $337,277 | $214,067 | 63.5% | $123,210 | 36.5% | 339 | 33 | Miramax | - | false |
| 24 | Baby Geniuses | $319,836 | $216,268 | 67.6% | $103,568 | 32.4% | 609 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 25 | Cookie's Fortune | $291,923 | $207,051 | 70.9% | $84,872 | 29.1% | 304 | 10 | October Films | - | false |
| 26 | Everest | $262,112 | $123,801 | 47.2% | $138,311 | 52.8% | 53 | 66 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - | false |
| 27 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $247,592 | $316,272 | 127.7% | $-68,680 | - | 522 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | My Favorite Martian | $241,552 | $153,964 | 63.7% | $87,588 | 36.3% | 371 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Three Seasons | $236,076 | $162,878 | 69% | $73,198 | 31% | 64 | 6 | October Films | - | false |
| 30 | October Sky | $220,950 | $139,170 | 63% | $81,780 | 37% | 282 | 16 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | Payback | $207,865 | $146,970 | 70.7% | $60,895 | 29.3% | 403 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Limbo | $205,872 | $139,634 | 67.8% | $66,238 | 32.2% | 15 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 33 | Buena Vista Social Club | $205,783 | $127,370 | 61.9% | $78,413 | 38.1% | 15 | 1 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 34 | Idle Hands | $186,913 | $111,213 | 59.5% | $75,700 | 40.5% | 384 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 35 | Forces of Nature | $175,233 | $112,205 | 64% | $63,028 | 36% | 276 | 12 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 36 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $162,896 | $98,986 | 60.8% | $63,910 | 39.2% | 14 | 15 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 37 | A Walk on the Moon | $159,913 | $109,265 | 68.3% | $50,648 | 31.7% | 191 | 11 | Miramax | - | false |
| 38 | Besieged | $159,744 | $108,725 | 68.1% | $51,019 | 31.9% | 43 | 3 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 39 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $154,478 | $81,939 | 53% | $72,539 | 47% | 14 | 58 | IMAX | - | false |
| 40 | She's All That | $149,944 | $92,552 | 61.7% | $57,392 | 38.3% | 286 | 19 | Miramax | - | false |
| 41 | Cruel Intentions | $141,740 | $86,738 | 61.2% | $55,002 | 38.8% | 253 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 42 | The Out-of-Towners | $137,653 | $95,280 | 69.2% | $42,373 | 30.8% | 347 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 43 | The Other Sister | $135,806 | $82,214 | 60.5% | $53,592 | 39.5% | 203 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | This Is My Father | $106,132 | $73,401 | 69.2% | $32,731 | 30.8% | 49 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 45 | The Castle | $100,425 | $69,713 | 69.4% | $30,712 | 30.6% | 54 | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| 46 | The Dreamlife of Angels | $98,864 | $68,845 | 69.6% | $30,019 | 30.4% | 53 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 47 | Island of the Sharks | $92,075 | $45,114 | 49% | $46,961 | 51% | 5 | 7 | IMAX | - | false |
| 48 | Foolish | $88,661 | $65,064 | 73.4% | $23,597 | 26.6% | 108 | 9 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 49 | Doug's 1st Movie | $88,332 | $53,244 | 60.3% | $35,088 | 39.7% | 204 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 50 | Get Real | $86,595 | $60,121 | 69.4% | $26,474 | 30.6% | 29 | 6 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 51 | eXistenZ | $77,816 | $50,034 | 64.3% | $27,782 | 35.7% | 79 | 7 | Miramax | - | false |
| 52 | Go | $71,740 | $50,482 | 70.4% | $21,258 | 29.6% | 125 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 53 | Twice Upon a Yesterday | $70,132 | $48,685 | 69.4% | $21,447 | 30.6% | 17 | 2 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | The King of Masks | $69,859 | $51,539 | 73.8% | $18,320 | 26.2% | 16 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 55 | Hideous Kinky | $69,856 | $45,245 | 64.8% | $24,611 | 35.2% | 52 | 8 | Stratosphere Entertainment | - | false |
| 56 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $45,727 | $50,778 | 111% | $-5,051 | - | 10 | 100 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 57 | Desert Blue | $20,930 | $13,092 | 62.6% | $7,838 | 37.4% | 5 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 58 | Free Enterprise | $18,451 | $13,086 | 70.9% | $5,365 | 29.1% | 9 | 1 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 59 | Finding North | $9,231 | $5,952 | 64.5% | $3,279 | 35.5% | 1 | 1 | Cowboy Pictures | - | false |
| 60 | I Want You | $1,672 | $1,242 | 74.3% | $430 | 25.7% | 1 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Eternity and a Day | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Artistic License | - | false |
| - | The Red Violin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | Edge of Seventeen | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Pushing Tin | - | $97,872 | - | - | - | - | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Edtv | - | $37,532 | - | - | - | - | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Lost & Found | - | $44,222 | - | - | - | - | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Pillow Book | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | Trekkies | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| - | Patch Adams | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Open Your Eyes | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Southie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
