| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Wild Wild West | $46,464,977 | $27,687,484 | 59.6% | $18,777,493 | 40.4% | 3,342 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Big Daddy | $29,959,496 | $20,013,415 | 66.8% | $9,946,081 | 33.2% | 3,121 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | Tarzan | $21,011,142 | $13,914,914 | 66.2% | $7,096,228 | 33.8% | 3,103 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $20,139,405 | $11,335,889 | 56.3% | $8,803,516 | 43.7% | 2,128 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $17,817,665 | $9,540,382 | 53.5% | $8,277,283 | 46.5% | 2,628 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | The General's Daughter | $14,590,009 | $10,706,418 | 73.4% | $3,883,591 | 26.6% | 2,858 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $12,599,850 | $8,956,912 | 71.1% | $3,642,938 | 28.9% | 3,091 | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 8 | Summer of Sam | $10,590,158 | $5,952,452 | 56.2% | $4,637,706 | 43.8% | 1,536 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Notting Hill | $7,358,040 | $3,868,560 | 52.6% | $3,489,480 | 47.4% | 1,944 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | An Ideal Husband | $3,755,289 | $2,741,108 | 73% | $1,014,181 | 27% | 602 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 11 | The Mummy | $1,740,945 | $917,600 | 52.7% | $823,345 | 47.3% | 992 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Elvis Gratton II: Miracle à Memphis | $1,389,635 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 13 | The Red Violin | $1,266,114 | $882,894 | 69.7% | $383,220 | 30.3% | 261 | 35 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 14 | Instinct | $878,272 | $595,561 | 67.8% | $282,711 | 32.2% | 832 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Shakespeare in Love | $824,130 | $582,774 | 70.7% | $241,356 | 29.3% | 618 | 30 | Miramax | - | false |
| 16 | The Matrix | $818,377 | $475,602 | 58.1% | $342,775 | 41.9% | 747 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | Tea with Mussolini | $789,832 | $539,894 | 68.4% | $249,938 | 31.6% | 284 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 18 | Mysteries of Egypt | $778,742 | $432,952 | 55.6% | $345,790 | 44.4% | 22 | 46 | IMAX | - | false |
| 19 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $547,461 | $280,381 | 51.2% | $267,080 | 48.8% | 35 | 37 | IMAX | - | false |
| 20 | Entrapment | $540,847 | $381,736 | 70.6% | $159,111 | 29.4% | 553 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 21 | Run Lola Run | $523,347 | $358,203 | 68.4% | $165,144 | 31.6% | 45 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 22 | Never Been Kissed | $442,733 | $270,351 | 61.1% | $172,382 | 38.9% | 469 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 23 | Everest | $442,390 | $207,293 | 46.9% | $235,097 | 53.1% | 55 | 70 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - | false |
| 24 | Buena Vista Social Club | $418,583 | $284,516 | 68% | $134,067 | 32% | 50 | 5 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 25 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $388,367 | $205,918 | 53% | $182,449 | 47% | 409 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | The Winslow Boy | $330,637 | $183,893 | 55.6% | $146,744 | 44.4% | 86 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 27 | Limbo | $270,594 | $203,375 | 75.2% | $67,219 | 24.8% | 111 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 28 | Analyze This | $253,561 | $173,285 | 68.3% | $80,276 | 31.7% | 323 | 18 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 29 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $221,972 | $111,901 | 50.4% | $110,071 | 49.6% | 11 | 62 | IMAX | - | false |
| 30 | Life | $209,485 | $142,115 | 67.8% | $67,370 | 32.2% | 245 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $205,981 | $133,650 | 64.9% | $72,331 | 35.1% | 15 | 19 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Island of the Sharks | $190,133 | $89,721 | 47.2% | $100,412 | 52.8% | 8 | 11 | IMAX | - | false |
| 33 | Besieged | $179,265 | $134,415 | 75% | $44,850 | 25% | 86 | 7 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 34 | Hote Hote Pyar Hogaya | $158,836 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 35 | The Out-of-Towners | $153,276 | $100,619 | 65.6% | $52,657 | 34.4% | 319 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 36 | October Sky | $134,235 | $87,135 | 64.9% | $47,100 | 35.1% | 157 | 20 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 37 | Baby Geniuses | $134,003 | $85,620 | 63.9% | $48,383 | 36.1% | 240 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 38 | Election | $130,666 | $89,239 | 68.3% | $41,427 | 31.7% | 222 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 39 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $112,245 | $73,919 | 65.9% | $38,326 | 34.1% | 128 | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | The Thirteenth Floor | $89,961 | $67,015 | 74.5% | $22,946 | 25.5% | 100 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 41 | My Son the Fanatic | $88,791 | $62,288 | 70.2% | $26,503 | 29.8% | 14 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 42 | My Favorite Martian | $74,530 | $43,651 | 58.6% | $30,879 | 41.4% | 146 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 43 | Doug's 1st Movie | $74,211 | $40,629 | 54.8% | $33,582 | 45.2% | 170 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | This Is My Father | $73,884 | $40,756 | 55.2% | $33,128 | 44.8% | 44 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 45 | Wolves | $73,757 | $43,128 | 58.5% | $30,629 | 41.5% | 9 | 3 | IMAX | - | false |
| 46 | Edge of Seventeen | $72,995 | $57,234 | 78.4% | $15,761 | 21.6% | 7 | 10 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 47 | The Castle | $69,368 | $42,816 | 61.7% | $26,552 | 38.3% | 26 | 9 | Miramax | - | false |
| 48 | Three Seasons | $58,132 | $25,509 | 43.9% | $32,623 | 56.1% | 31 | 10 | October Films | - | false |
| 49 | The Love Letter | $57,812 | $30,566 | 52.9% | $27,246 | 47.1% | 87 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 50 | Get Real | $54,567 | $43,211 | 79.2% | $11,356 | 20.8% | 35 | 10 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 51 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $54,035 | $34,035 | 63% | $20,000 | 37% | 9 | 104 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 52 | Foolish | $52,893 | $32,868 | 62.1% | $20,025 | 37.9% | 83 | 13 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 53 | Cookie's Fortune | $52,411 | $40,207 | 76.7% | $12,204 | 23.3% | 52 | 14 | October Films | - | false |
| 54 | Cruel Intentions | $50,450 | $35,144 | 69.7% | $15,306 | 30.3% | 41 | 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 55 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $43,039 | $30,606 | 71.1% | $12,433 | 28.9% | 13 | 9 | Stratosphere Entertainment | - | false |
| 56 | Forces of Nature | $40,359 | $40,359 | 100% | $0 | - | 159 | 16 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 57 | Go | $36,350 | $23,464 | 64.6% | $12,886 | 35.4% | 58 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 58 | Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season | $28,985 | - | - | - | - | 35 | 2 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 59 | Genghis Blues | $12,977 | $6,524 | 50.3% | $6,453 | 49.7% | 1 | 2 | Roxie Releasing | - | false |
| 60 | Late August, Early September | $2,741 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| - | Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar | - | $64,135 | - | - | - | 39 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | Following | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| - | The King of Masks | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | The Dreamlife of Angels | - | $19,976 | - | - | - | - | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | For Ever Mozart | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| - | Straight from the Heart | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Video Sound | - | false |
| - | Black Mask | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Summerspell | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Margin Films | - | false |
| - | Extreme | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | After Life | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Artistic License | - | false |
| - | A Walk on the Moon | - | $19,779 | - | - | - | - | 15 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Trippin' | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | October Films | - | false |
| - | Twin Dragons | - | $62,197 | - | - | - | - | 13 | Miramax | - | false |
