| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | American Pie | $31,963,215 | $18,709,680 | 58.5% | $13,253,535 | 41.5% | 2,508 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Wild Wild West | $24,277,927 | $16,834,042 | 69.3% | $7,443,885 | 30.7% | 3,342 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Big Daddy | $23,612,268 | $16,030,412 | 67.9% | $7,581,856 | 32.1% | 3,254 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 4 | Tarzan | $17,243,879 | $10,811,295 | 62.7% | $6,432,584 | 37.3% | 3,131 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $11,860,633 | $7,491,397 | 63.2% | $4,369,236 | 36.8% | 2,447 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | The General's Daughter | $11,452,977 | $7,929,825 | 69.2% | $3,523,152 | 30.8% | 2,710 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $10,641,471 | $6,827,232 | 64.2% | $3,814,239 | 35.8% | 2,608 | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 8 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $10,631,927 | $7,062,131 | 66.4% | $3,569,796 | 33.6% | 2,128 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Arlington Road | $10,517,295 | $7,515,145 | 71.5% | $3,002,150 | 28.5% | 1,631 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 10 | Summer of Sam | $5,172,903 | $3,466,010 | 67% | $1,706,893 | 33% | 1,536 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Notting Hill | $4,879,105 | $3,015,885 | 61.8% | $1,863,220 | 38.2% | 1,579 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | An Ideal Husband | $3,445,315 | $2,294,927 | 66.6% | $1,150,388 | 33.4% | 772 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 13 | Muppets from Space | $1,860,473 | - | - | - | - | 2,049 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 14 | The Mummy | $1,370,655 | $867,505 | 63.3% | $503,150 | 36.7% | 694 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Shakespeare in Love | $808,915 | $511,368 | 63.2% | $297,547 | 36.8% | 572 | 31 | Miramax | - | false |
| 16 | Elvis Gratton II: Miracle à Memphis | $778,363 | $470,089 | 60.4% | $308,274 | 39.6% | 91 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 17 | Mysteries of Egypt | $744,651 | $348,357 | 46.8% | $396,294 | 53.2% | 21 | 47 | IMAX | - | false |
| 18 | Tea with Mussolini | $710,985 | $441,750 | 62.1% | $269,235 | 37.9% | 281 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 19 | The Matrix | $691,159 | $510,407 | 73.8% | $180,752 | 26.2% | 527 | 16 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $674,993 | $322,080 | 47.7% | $352,913 | 52.3% | 35 | 38 | IMAX | - | false |
| 21 | The Red Violin | $628,444 | $518,184 | 82.5% | $110,260 | 17.5% | 241 | 36 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 22 | Entrapment | $608,613 | $398,179 | 65.4% | $210,434 | 34.6% | 535 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 23 | Run Lola Run | $554,586 | $354,369 | 63.9% | $200,217 | 36.1% | 55 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 24 | Instinct | $438,598 | $297,706 | 67.9% | $140,892 | 32.1% | 398 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 25 | Everest | $420,128 | $211,381 | 50.3% | $208,747 | 49.7% | 56 | 71 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - | false |
| 26 | Never Been Kissed | $418,581 | $240,650 | 57.5% | $177,931 | 42.5% | 388 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 27 | Buena Vista Social Club | $402,547 | $254,339 | 63.2% | $148,208 | 36.8% | 51 | 6 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 28 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $345,904 | $186,603 | 54% | $159,301 | 46% | 311 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Extreme | $309,362 | $156,107 | 50.5% | $153,255 | 49.5% | 19 | 15 | IMAX | - | false |
| 30 | Life | $256,570 | $169,505 | 66.1% | $87,065 | 33.9% | 226 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | Island of the Sharks | $241,333 | $109,942 | 45.6% | $131,391 | 54.4% | 9 | 12 | IMAX | - | false |
| 32 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $219,143 | $129,310 | 59% | $89,833 | 41% | 15 | 20 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | Limbo | $213,737 | $150,702 | 70.5% | $63,035 | 29.5% | 110 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 34 | The Winslow Boy | $204,180 | $167,480 | 82% | $36,700 | 18% | 87 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 35 | Baby Geniuses | $201,220 | $102,407 | 50.9% | $98,813 | 49.1% | 188 | 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 36 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $189,569 | $100,610 | 53.1% | $88,959 | 46.9% | 10 | 63 | IMAX | - | false |
| 37 | Analyze This | $186,648 | $121,606 | 65.2% | $65,042 | 34.8% | 199 | 19 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 38 | Black Mask | $165,870 | $104,198 | 62.8% | $61,672 | 37.2% | 301 | 9 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 39 | October Sky | $154,210 | $93,125 | 60.4% | $61,085 | 39.6% | 149 | 21 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | The Love Letter | $152,340 | $97,033 | 63.7% | $55,307 | 36.3% | 349 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 41 | Straight from the Heart | $134,527 | $85,833 | 63.8% | $48,694 | 36.2% | 30 | 4 | Video Sound | - | false |
| 42 | Besieged | $123,451 | $81,327 | 65.9% | $42,124 | 34.1% | 65 | 8 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 43 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $111,673 | $69,467 | 62.2% | $42,206 | 37.8% | 20 | 10 | Stratosphere Entertainment | - | false |
| 44 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $109,311 | $65,126 | 59.6% | $44,185 | 40.4% | 121 | 9 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 45 | Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar | $105,565 | $53,123 | 50.3% | $52,442 | 49.7% | 36 | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 46 | My Son the Fanatic | $97,611 | $64,452 | 66% | $33,159 | 34% | 20 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 47 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $96,438 | $44,646 | 46.3% | $51,792 | 53.7% | 9 | 105 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 48 | The Out-of-Towners | $93,380 | $58,343 | 62.5% | $35,037 | 37.5% | 222 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | Election | $89,092 | $58,454 | 65.6% | $30,638 | 34.4% | 135 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 50 | Edge of Seventeen | $82,970 | $57,039 | 68.8% | $25,931 | 31.2% | 10 | 11 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 51 | Wolves | $67,159 | $27,266 | 40.6% | $39,893 | 59.4% | 9 | 4 | IMAX | - | false |
| 52 | Doug's 1st Movie | $66,885 | $34,566 | 51.7% | $32,319 | 48.3% | 128 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 53 | The Blair Witch Project | $60,119 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 54 | Go | $59,701 | $31,066 | 52% | $28,635 | 48% | 52 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 55 | Autumn Tale | $52,772 | $33,631 | 63.7% | $19,141 | 36.3% | 2 | 1 | October Films | - | false |
| 56 | The Thirteenth Floor | $51,156 | $37,894 | 74.1% | $13,262 | 25.9% | 47 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 57 | Cookie's Fortune | $46,731 | $30,797 | 65.9% | $15,934 | 34.1% | 48 | 15 | October Films | - | false |
| 58 | The Castle | $43,597 | $32,796 | 75.2% | $10,801 | 24.8% | 21 | 10 | Miramax | - | false |
| 59 | Le Dîner de Cons | $43,320 | $25,520 | 58.9% | $17,800 | 41.1% | 1 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 60 | Cruel Intentions | $42,619 | $23,894 | 56.1% | $18,725 | 43.9% | 29 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 61 | After Life | $40,650 | $26,857 | 66.1% | $13,793 | 33.9% | 7 | 9 | Artistic License | - | false |
| 62 | Three Seasons | $31,547 | $25,990 | 82.4% | $5,557 | 17.6% | 22 | 11 | October Films | - | false |
| 63 | Late August, Early September | $11,250 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| - | This Is My Father | - | $42,057 | - | - | - | - | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Foolish | - | $23,777 | - | - | - | - | 14 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Wildfire: Feel the Heat | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Primesco Communications Inc. | - | false |
| - | Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | My Favorite Martian | - | $24,059 | - | - | - | - | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Get Real | - | $29,100 | - | - | - | - | 11 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| - | Shall We Dance? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Miramax | - | false |
