| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | American Pie | $31,963,215 | - | 2,508 | - | $12,744 | $31,963,215 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Wild Wild West | $24,277,927 | -47.8% | 3,342 | - | $7,264 | $84,013,209 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Big Daddy | $23,612,268 | -21.2% | 3,254 | +133 | $7,256 | $124,063,693 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Tarzan | $17,243,879 | -17.9% | 3,131 | +28 | $5,507 | $135,438,004 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $11,860,633 | -33.4% | 2,447 | -181 | $4,847 | $389,553,609 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | The General's Daughter | $11,452,977 | -21.5% | 2,710 | -148 | $4,226 | $82,704,728 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $10,641,471 | -15.5% | 2,608 | -483 | $4,080 | $186,330,039 | 6 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $10,631,927 | -47.2% | 2,128 | - | $4,996 | $39,072,852 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Arlington Road | $10,517,295 | - | 1,631 | - | $6,448 | $10,517,295 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 10 | 8 | Summer of Sam | $5,172,903 | -51.2% | 1,536 | - | $3,367 | $15,763,061 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Notting Hill | $4,879,105 | -33.7% | 1,579 | -365 | $3,089 | $105,005,940 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | An Ideal Husband | $3,445,315 | -8.3% | 772 | +170 | $4,462 | $10,173,621 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 13 | - | Muppets from Space | $1,860,473 | - | 2,049 | - | $907 | $1,860,473 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 14 | 11 | The Mummy | $1,370,655 | -21.3% | 694 | -298 | $1,975 | $150,112,655 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Shakespeare in Love | $808,915 | -1.8% | 572 | -46 | $1,414 | $99,716,091 | 31 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Elvis Gratton II: Miracle à Memphis | $778,363 | -44% | 91 | - | $8,553 | $2,167,998 | 2 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | Mysteries of Egypt | $744,651 | -4.4% | 21 | -1 | $35,459 | $13,538,008 | 47 | IMAX | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Tea with Mussolini | $710,985 | -10% | 281 | -3 | $2,530 | $11,807,104 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | The Matrix | $691,159 | -15.5% | 527 | -220 | $1,311 | $167,686,153 | 16 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | 19 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $674,993 | +23.3% | 35 | - | $19,285 | $18,076,371 | 38 | IMAX | false | false |
| 21 | 13 | The Red Violin | $628,444 | -50.4% | 241 | -20 | $2,607 | $5,564,564 | 36 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 22 | 20 | Entrapment | $608,613 | +12.5% | 535 | -18 | $1,137 | $85,192,880 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 23 | 21 | Run Lola Run | $554,586 | +6% | 55 | +10 | $10,083 | $1,776,113 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 24 | 14 | Instinct | $438,598 | -50.1% | 398 | -434 | $1,102 | $32,951,755 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 23 | Everest | $420,128 | -5% | 56 | +1 | $7,502 | $67,784,024 | 71 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 26 | 22 | Never Been Kissed | $418,581 | -5.5% | 388 | -81 | $1,078 | $54,439,209 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 27 | 24 | Buena Vista Social Club | $402,547 | -3.8% | 51 | +1 | $7,893 | $2,061,046 | 6 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 28 | 25 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $345,904 | -10.9% | 311 | -98 | $1,112 | $37,337,941 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | - | Extreme | $309,362 | - | 19 | - | $16,282 | $2,780,207 | 15 | IMAX | false | false |
| 30 | 30 | Life | $256,570 | +22.5% | 226 | -19 | $1,135 | $63,164,869 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 32 | Island of the Sharks | $241,333 | +26.9% | 9 | +1 | $26,814 | $1,333,682 | 12 | IMAX | false | false |
| 32 | 31 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $219,143 | +6.4% | 15 | - | $14,609 | $2,236,409 | 20 | - | false | false |
| 33 | 27 | Limbo | $213,737 | -21% | 110 | -1 | $1,943 | $1,724,672 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 34 | 26 | The Winslow Boy | $204,180 | -38.2% | 87 | +1 | $2,346 | $3,204,831 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 35 | 37 | Baby Geniuses | $201,220 | +50.2% | 188 | -52 | $1,070 | $26,652,400 | 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 36 | 29 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $189,569 | -14.6% | 10 | -1 | $18,956 | $8,751,427 | 63 | IMAX | false | false |
| 37 | 28 | Analyze This | $186,648 | -26.4% | 199 | -124 | $937 | $106,621,151 | 19 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 38 | - | Black Mask | $165,870 | - | 301 | - | $551 | $12,268,704 | 9 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 39 | 36 | October Sky | $154,210 | +14.9% | 149 | -8 | $1,034 | $32,275,585 | 21 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 40 | 49 | The Love Letter | $152,340 | +163.5% | 349 | +262 | $436 | $8,234,981 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 41 | - | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | $134,527 | - | 30 | - | $4,484 | $961,242 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 42 | 33 | Besieged | $123,451 | -31.1% | 65 | -21 | $1,899 | $1,865,874 | 8 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 43 | 55 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $111,673 | +159.5% | 20 | +7 | $5,583 | $435,832 | 10 | - | false | false |
| 44 | 39 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $109,311 | -2.6% | 121 | -7 | $903 | $15,735,819 | 9 | - | false | false |
| 45 | - | Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar | $105,565 | - | 36 | -3 | $2,932 | $1,501,054 | 6 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 46 | 41 | My Son the Fanatic | $97,611 | +9.9% | 20 | +6 | $4,880 | $267,502 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 47 | 51 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $96,438 | +78.5% | 9 | - | $10,715 | $13,798,797 | 105 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 48 | 35 | The Out-of-Towners | $93,380 | -39.1% | 222 | -97 | $420 | $28,435,225 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 49 | 38 | Election | $89,092 | -31.8% | 135 | -87 | $659 | $14,485,948 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 50 | 46 | Edge of Seventeen | $82,970 | +13.7% | 10 | +3 | $8,297 | $511,246 | 11 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 51 | 45 | Wolves | $67,159 | -8.9% | 9 | - | $7,462 | $987,626 | 4 | IMAX | false | false |
| 52 | 43 | Doug's 1st Movie | $66,885 | -9.9% | 128 | -42 | $522 | $19,344,900 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 53 | - | The Blair Witch Project | $60,119 | - | - | - | - | $60,119 | - | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 54 | 57 | Go | $59,701 | +64.2% | 52 | -6 | $1,148 | $16,716,899 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 55 | - | Autumn Tale | $52,772 | - | 2 | - | $26,386 | $52,772 | 1 | October Films | true | false |
| 56 | 40 | The Thirteenth Floor | $51,156 | -43.1% | 47 | -53 | $1,088 | $11,280,493 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 57 | 53 | Cookie's Fortune | $46,731 | -10.8% | 48 | -4 | $973 | $10,723,447 | 15 | October Films | false | false |
| 58 | 47 | The Castle | $43,597 | -37.2% | 21 | -5 | $2,076 | $877,621 | 10 | Miramax | false | false |
| 59 | - | Le Dîner de Cons | $43,320 | - | 1 | - | $43,320 | $43,320 | 1 | Lionsgate Films | true | false |
| 60 | 54 | Cruel Intentions | $42,619 | -15.5% | 29 | -12 | $1,469 | $38,099,200 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 61 | - | After Life | $40,650 | - | 7 | - | $5,807 | $241,252 | 9 | Artistic License | false | false |
| 62 | 48 | Three Seasons | $31,547 | -45.7% | 22 | -9 | $1,433 | $1,898,842 | 11 | October Films | false | false |
| 63 | 60 | Late August, Early September | $11,250 | +310.4% | 1 | - | $11,250 | $13,991 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
