| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Big Daddy | $70,491,929 | $41,536,370 | 58.9% | $28,955,559 | 41.1% | 3,027 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | Tarzan | $43,663,632 | $24,055,796 | 55.1% | $19,607,836 | 44.9% | 3,049 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $30,781,410 | $18,338,740 | 59.6% | $12,442,670 | 40.4% | 3,314 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 4 | The General's Daughter | $25,023,020 | $15,178,374 | 60.7% | $9,844,646 | 39.3% | 2,858 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $22,317,549 | $14,111,919 | 63.2% | $8,205,630 | 36.8% | 3,126 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Wild Wild West | $13,270,305 | - | - | - | - | 3,309 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Notting Hill | $8,785,860 | $5,527,440 | 62.9% | $3,258,420 | 37.1% | 2,559 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $8,301,520 | - | - | - | - | 2,128 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Mummy | $3,140,535 | $2,172,945 | 69.2% | $967,590 | 30.8% | 1,826 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Instinct | $2,902,343 | $1,942,612 | 66.9% | $959,731 | 33.1% | 1,814 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | An Ideal Husband | $2,655,203 | $1,139,316 | 42.9% | $1,515,887 | 57.1% | 122 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 12 | Summer of Sam | $2,038,998 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Matrix | $1,499,777 | $1,011,566 | 67.4% | $488,211 | 32.6% | 1,139 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Entrapment | $1,308,751 | $826,601 | 63.2% | $482,150 | 36.8% | 1,062 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | Tea with Mussolini | $1,237,824 | $641,530 | 51.8% | $596,294 | 48.2% | 283 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 16 | The Red Violin | $1,111,689 | $732,707 | 65.9% | $378,982 | 34.1% | 250 | 34 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 17 | Mysteries of Egypt | $652,391 | $320,971 | 49.2% | $331,420 | 50.8% | 21 | 45 | IMAX | - | false |
| 18 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $622,689 | $274,351 | 44.1% | $348,338 | 55.9% | 32 | 36 | IMAX | - | false |
| 19 | Never Been Kissed | $582,642 | $294,824 | 50.6% | $287,818 | 49.4% | 533 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 20 | Buena Vista Social Club | $510,748 | $234,308 | 45.9% | $276,440 | 54.1% | 29 | 4 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 21 | Everest | $493,254 | $211,601 | 42.9% | $281,653 | 57.1% | 55 | 69 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - | false |
| 22 | Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar | $482,044 | $110,496 | 22.9% | $371,548 | 77.1% | 73 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 23 | Analyze This | $481,695 | $267,840 | 55.6% | $213,855 | 44.4% | 497 | 17 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 24 | Limbo | $418,072 | $238,743 | 57.1% | $179,329 | 42.9% | 96 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 25 | Life | $409,800 | $256,520 | 62.6% | $153,280 | 37.4% | 424 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | Run Lola Run | $409,424 | $206,444 | 50.4% | $202,980 | 49.6% | 20 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 27 | The Out-of-Towners | $350,215 | $216,550 | 61.8% | $133,665 | 38.2% | 507 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $348,665 | $205,038 | 58.8% | $143,627 | 41.2% | 283 | 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | The Winslow Boy | $338,550 | $245,084 | 72.4% | $93,466 | 27.6% | 121 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 30 | Shakespeare in Love | $323,084 | $74,703 | 23.1% | $248,381 | 76.9% | 176 | 29 | Miramax | - | false |
| 31 | Election | $299,225 | $178,894 | 59.8% | $120,331 | 40.2% | 337 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $234,765 | $121,671 | 51.8% | $113,094 | 48.2% | 16 | 18 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | The Thirteenth Floor | $229,214 | $163,903 | 71.5% | $65,311 | 28.5% | 295 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 34 | October Sky | $225,610 | $108,675 | 48.2% | $116,935 | 51.8% | 207 | 19 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | Besieged | $225,497 | $137,075 | 60.8% | $88,422 | 39.2% | 125 | 6 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 36 | Island of the Sharks | $216,733 | $72,710 | 33.6% | $144,023 | 66.4% | 8 | 10 | IMAX | - | false |
| 37 | Twin Dragons | $209,369 | $123,340 | 58.9% | $86,029 | 41.1% | 206 | 12 | Miramax | - | false |
| 38 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $207,763 | $112,782 | 54.3% | $94,981 | 45.7% | 12 | 61 | IMAX | - | false |
| 39 | Baby Geniuses | $205,604 | $121,639 | 59.2% | $83,965 | 40.8% | 301 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 40 | Forces of Nature | $187,863 | $103,183 | 54.9% | $84,680 | 45.1% | 336 | 15 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 41 | The Love Letter | $179,672 | $113,651 | 63.2% | $66,021 | 36.8% | 269 | 6 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 42 | Doug's 1st Movie | $166,977 | $77,279 | 46.3% | $89,698 | 53.7% | 281 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 43 | My Favorite Martian | $162,512 | $83,776 | 51.6% | $78,736 | 48.4% | 224 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $151,941 | $44,296 | 29.2% | $107,645 | 70.8% | 113 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 45 | Cookie's Fortune | $148,468 | $83,222 | 56% | $65,246 | 44% | 100 | 13 | October Films | - | false |
| 46 | Foolish | $134,553 | $74,898 | 55.7% | $59,655 | 44.3% | 219 | 12 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 47 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $132,553 | $44,134 | 33.3% | $88,419 | 66.7% | 9 | 103 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 48 | Get Real | $107,299 | $63,324 | 59% | $43,975 | 41% | 39 | 9 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 49 | Three Seasons | $106,737 | $57,325 | 53.7% | $49,412 | 46.3% | 41 | 9 | October Films | - | false |
| 50 | This Is My Father | $104,348 | $65,274 | 62.6% | $39,074 | 37.4% | 46 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 51 | Wolves | $83,012 | $37,277 | 44.9% | $45,735 | 55.1% | 9 | 2 | IMAX | - | false |
| 52 | My Son the Fanatic | $81,100 | $38,399 | 47.4% | $42,701 | 52.6% | 5 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 53 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $72,624 | $39,067 | 53.8% | $33,557 | 46.2% | 11 | 8 | Stratosphere Entertainment | - | false |
| 54 | Cruel Intentions | $65,857 | $44,589 | 67.7% | $21,268 | 32.3% | 64 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 55 | A Walk on the Moon | $62,958 | $37,101 | 58.9% | $25,857 | 41.1% | 54 | 14 | Miramax | - | false |
| 56 | The Castle | $58,764 | $40,436 | 68.8% | $18,328 | 31.2% | 39 | 8 | Miramax | - | false |
| 57 | Regret to Inform | $10,368 | $6,294 | 60.7% | $4,074 | 39.3% | 1 | 1 | Artistic License | - | false |
| 58 | The Lovers on the Bridge | $8,197 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 59 | Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season | $5,312 | $2,765 | 52% | $2,547 | 48% | 8 | 1 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 60 | Genghis Blues | $1,631 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Roxie Releasing | - | false |
| - | Following | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| - | The Dreamlife of Angels | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Edge of Seventeen | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Go | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Gabbeh | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| - | Desert Blue | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Life Is Beautiful | - | $35,977 | - | - | - | - | 36 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Contempt | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Innocent Sleep | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Castle Hill Productions | - | false |
| - | She's All That | - | $57,265 | - | - | - | - | 22 | Miramax | - | false |
