| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 2 | 15 | The Blair Witch Project | $48,769,465 | +1,159.6% | 1,101 | +1,070 | $44,295 | $55,702,383 | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 23 | 34 | The Matrix | $1,011,124 | +258.4% | 687 | +545 | $1,471 | $169,330,698 | 19 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 54 | 61 | The King of Masks | $57,568 | +25.3% | 11 | +1 | $5,233 | $698,089 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 48 | 51 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $101,504 | +9.9% | 12 | - | $8,458 | $14,135,485 | 108 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 34 | 35 | Island of the Sharks | $270,854 | +7% | 10 | - | $27,085 | $2,114,632 | 15 | IMAX | false | false |
| 45 | 49 | Wolves | $113,339 | +4.3% | 10 | - | $11,333 | $1,330,186 | 7 | IMAX | false | false |
| 25 | 26 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $619,132 | -6.7% | 37 | - | $16,733 | $20,027,258 | 41 | IMAX | false | false |
| 43 | 44 | Autumn Tale | $141,399 | -6.9% | 22 | +3 | $6,427 | $391,996 | 4 | October Films | false | false |
| 32 | 32 | Buena Vista Social Club | $294,116 | -9.7% | 50 | - | $5,882 | $3,041,791 | 9 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 39 | 39 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $180,236 | -13.5% | 15 | - | $12,015 | $2,837,485 | 23 | - | false | false |
| 53 | 52 | My Life So Far | $68,948 | -15.7% | 5 | - | $13,789 | $150,755 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $5,375,641 | -18.6% | 1,628 | +13 | $3,301 | $410,551,953 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 42 | 42 | Trick | $144,632 | -19.7% | 6 | - | $24,105 | $324,771 | 2 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 41 | 40 | Life | $160,825 | -22.3% | 172 | -47 | $935 | $63,769,779 | 16 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 40 | 37 | Never Been Kissed | $161,915 | -27% | 196 | -51 | $826 | $55,164,780 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 46 | 45 | The Winslow Boy | $105,377 | -28.2% | 50 | -18 | $2,107 | $3,617,177 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 26 | 27 | Everest | $457,485 | -31% | 58 | - | $7,887 | $69,305,528 | 74 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 28 | 29 | Entrapment | $420,261 | -31% | 390 | -97 | $1,077 | $86,871,272 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | American Pie | $10,986,375 | -31.2% | 2,436 | -108 | $4,510 | $81,361,595 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 30 | Tea with Mussolini | $325,751 | -32.1% | 194 | -19 | $1,679 | $13,156,305 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 56 | 53 | Limbo | $53,233 | -34.1% | 35 | -15 | $1,520 | $1,952,558 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Inspector Gadget | $21,885,885 | -35.1% | 2,877 | +63 | $7,607 | $55,605,606 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Tarzan | $4,825,837 | -37.2% | 1,611 | -670 | $2,995 | $160,142,653 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $2,123,177 | -37.7% | 1,056 | -320 | $2,010 | $198,895,670 | 9 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | The General's Daughter | $3,188,181 | -38.9% | 1,319 | -349 | $2,417 | $98,661,497 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 57 | 56 | After Life | $37,045 | -39.1% | 8 | +2 | $4,630 | $368,653 | 12 | Artistic License | false | false |
| 30 | 28 | The Red Violin | $397,650 | -39.3% | 144 | -16 | $2,761 | $7,214,502 | 39 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 27 | 24 | Run Lola Run | $421,853 | -39.8% | 104 | -1 | $4,056 | $3,489,182 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Big Daddy | $5,462,000 | -40% | 2,288 | -616 | $2,387 | $154,564,546 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | 20 | An Ideal Husband | $1,207,477 | -41.4% | 500 | -113 | $2,414 | $16,064,772 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
| 24 | 21 | The Mummy | $829,935 | -42.4% | 608 | -72 | $1,365 | $153,431,315 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 37 | 31 | Instinct | $233,823 | -42.6% | 339 | -80 | $689 | $33,741,273 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | The Wood | $3,502,087 | -46.1% | 1,052 | -139 | $3,328 | $21,525,766 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 36 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $131,780 | -46.4% | 129 | -34 | $1,021 | $37,987,920 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 19 | Notting Hill | $1,323,750 | -46.4% | 708 | -219 | $1,869 | $112,118,460 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 23 | Mysteries of Egypt | $397,734 | -48.5% | 21 | - | $18,939 | $15,509,859 | 50 | IMAX | false | false |
| 51 | 43 | The Thirteenth Floor | $79,414 | -48.6% | 186 | -58 | $426 | $11,740,892 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 55 | 48 | Baby Geniuses | $56,440 | -49.7% | 101 | -62 | $558 | $26,944,999 | 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Lake Placid | $3,955,308 | -51.5% | 1,796 | -306 | $2,202 | $27,882,617 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Wild Wild West | $3,621,680 | -52.3% | 2,151 | -894 | $1,683 | $109,996,951 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | Arlington Road | $1,951,717 | -53.9% | 861 | -642 | $2,266 | $22,858,445 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | $2,855,333 | -54.1% | 1,207 | - | $2,365 | $9,079,897 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | The Haunting | $22,191,363 | -54.4% | 2,864 | +56 | $7,748 | $70,901,069 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Eyes Wide Shut | $6,202,269 | -56.1% | 2,264 | -219 | $2,739 | $50,534,381 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 50 | 38 | Election | $89,951 | -57.8% | 157 | -205 | $572 | $14,844,154 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Muppets from Space | $1,412,622 | -60.6% | 1,296 | -969 | $1,089 | $14,628,480 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 18 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $1,314,453 | -60.7% | 932 | -478 | $1,410 | $50,305,583 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 25 | Summer of Sam | $237,222 | -65.7% | 119 | -245 | $1,993 | $18,929,753 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 49 | 33 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $97,972 | -68.2% | 9 | - | $10,885 | $9,363,680 | 66 | IMAX | false | false |
| 58 | 50 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $22,800 | -75.9% | 17 | +2 | $1,341 | $618,855 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 36 | 22 | Le Dîner de Cons | $235,589 | -81.2% | 27 | +18 | $8,725 | $1,616,803 | 4 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 1 | - | Runaway Bride | $53,048,339 | - | 3,158 | - | $16,798 | $53,048,339 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Deep Blue Sea | $28,249,991 | - | 2,854 | - | $9,898 | $34,306,881 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 22 | - | Dick | $1,182,402 | - | - | - | - | $1,182,402 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 33 | - | Extreme | $281,278 | - | 7 | - | $40,182 | $3,643,107 | 18 | IMAX | false | false |
| 38 | - | Elvis Gratton II: Miracle à Memphis | $231,811 | - | 57 | - | $4,066 | $3,272,764 | 5 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 47 | - | Wildfire: Feel the Heat | $102,854 | - | 7 | - | $14,693 | $988,011 | 21 | - | false | false |
| 52 | - | Twin Falls Idaho | $74,824 | - | 6 | - | $12,470 | $74,824 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 59 | - | The Iron Giant | $20,202 | - | - | - | - | $20,202 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
