| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Runaway Bride | $53,048,339 | $35,055,556 | 66.1% | $17,992,783 | 33.9% | 3,158 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Blair Witch Project | $48,769,465 | $29,207,381 | 59.9% | $19,562,084 | 40.1% | 1,101 | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 3 | Deep Blue Sea | $28,249,991 | $19,107,643 | 67.6% | $9,142,348 | 32.4% | 2,854 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | The Haunting | $22,191,363 | $15,256,799 | 68.8% | $6,934,564 | 31.2% | 2,864 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 5 | Inspector Gadget | $21,885,885 | $14,131,868 | 64.6% | $7,754,017 | 35.4% | 2,877 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | American Pie | $10,986,375 | $6,784,260 | 61.8% | $4,202,115 | 38.2% | 2,436 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Eyes Wide Shut | $6,202,269 | $4,320,243 | 69.7% | $1,882,026 | 30.3% | 2,264 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Big Daddy | $5,462,000 | $3,558,738 | 65.2% | $1,903,262 | 34.8% | 2,288 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $5,375,641 | $3,420,720 | 63.6% | $1,954,921 | 36.4% | 1,628 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | Tarzan | $4,825,837 | $3,035,186 | 62.9% | $1,790,651 | 37.1% | 1,611 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Lake Placid | $3,955,308 | $2,679,079 | 67.7% | $1,276,229 | 32.3% | 1,796 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Wild Wild West | $3,621,680 | $2,503,573 | 69.1% | $1,118,107 | 30.9% | 2,151 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | The Wood | $3,502,087 | $2,570,711 | 73.4% | $931,376 | 26.6% | 1,052 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The General's Daughter | $3,188,181 | $2,284,984 | 71.7% | $903,197 | 28.3% | 1,319 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | $2,855,333 | $1,766,480 | 61.9% | $1,088,853 | 38.1% | 1,207 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 16 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $2,123,177 | $1,231,068 | 58% | $892,109 | 42% | 1,056 | 9 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 17 | Arlington Road | $1,951,717 | $1,335,511 | 68.4% | $616,206 | 31.6% | 861 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 18 | Muppets from Space | $1,412,622 | $887,582 | 62.8% | $525,040 | 37.2% | 1,296 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 19 | Notting Hill | $1,323,750 | $884,995 | 66.9% | $438,755 | 33.1% | 708 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $1,314,453 | $902,152 | 68.6% | $412,301 | 31.4% | 932 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | An Ideal Husband | $1,207,477 | $825,627 | 68.4% | $381,850 | 31.6% | 500 | 7 | Miramax | - | false |
| 22 | Dick | $1,182,402 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 23 | The Matrix | $1,011,124 | $612,428 | 60.6% | $398,696 | 39.4% | 687 | 19 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 24 | The Mummy | $829,935 | $510,725 | 61.5% | $319,210 | 38.5% | 608 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 25 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $619,132 | $323,491 | 52.2% | $295,641 | 47.8% | 37 | 41 | IMAX | - | false |
| 26 | Everest | $457,485 | $238,514 | 52.1% | $218,971 | 47.9% | 58 | 74 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - | false |
| 27 | Run Lola Run | $421,853 | $307,279 | 72.8% | $114,574 | 27.2% | 104 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 28 | Entrapment | $420,261 | $261,948 | 62.3% | $158,313 | 37.7% | 390 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 29 | Mysteries of Egypt | $397,734 | $341,682 | 85.9% | $56,052 | 14.1% | 21 | 50 | IMAX | - | false |
| 30 | The Red Violin | $397,650 | $274,651 | 69.1% | $122,999 | 30.9% | 144 | 39 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 31 | Tea with Mussolini | $325,751 | $208,133 | 63.9% | $117,618 | 36.1% | 194 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 32 | Buena Vista Social Club | $294,116 | $191,033 | 65% | $103,083 | 35% | 50 | 9 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 33 | Extreme | $281,278 | $143,317 | 51% | $137,961 | 49% | 7 | 18 | IMAX | - | false |
| 34 | Island of the Sharks | $270,854 | $155,740 | 57.5% | $115,114 | 42.5% | 10 | 15 | IMAX | - | false |
| 35 | Summer of Sam | $237,222 | $152,958 | 64.5% | $84,264 | 35.5% | 119 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 36 | Le Dîner de Cons | $235,589 | $140,942 | 59.8% | $94,647 | 40.2% | 27 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 37 | Instinct | $233,823 | $141,539 | 60.5% | $92,284 | 39.5% | 339 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 38 | Elvis Gratton II: Miracle à Memphis | $231,811 | $75,287 | 32.5% | $156,524 | 67.5% | 57 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 39 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $180,236 | $108,144 | 60% | $72,092 | 40% | 15 | 23 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | Never Been Kissed | $161,915 | $91,788 | 56.7% | $70,127 | 43.3% | 196 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 41 | Life | $160,825 | $103,205 | 64.2% | $57,620 | 35.8% | 172 | 16 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | Trick | $144,632 | $94,761 | 65.5% | $49,871 | 34.5% | 6 | 2 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 43 | Autumn Tale | $141,399 | $100,537 | 71.1% | $40,862 | 28.9% | 22 | 4 | October Films | - | false |
| 44 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $131,780 | $68,628 | 52.1% | $63,152 | 47.9% | 129 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 45 | Wolves | $113,339 | $54,701 | 48.3% | $58,638 | 51.7% | 10 | 7 | IMAX | - | false |
| 46 | The Winslow Boy | $105,377 | $81,341 | 77.2% | $24,036 | 22.8% | 50 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 47 | Wildfire: Feel the Heat | $102,854 | $37,785 | 36.7% | $65,069 | 63.3% | 7 | 21 | Primesco Communications Inc. | - | false |
| 48 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $101,504 | $58,033 | 57.2% | $43,471 | 42.8% | 12 | 108 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 49 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $97,972 | $100,722 | 102.8% | $-2,750 | - | 9 | 66 | IMAX | - | false |
| 50 | Election | $89,951 | $58,804 | 65.4% | $31,147 | 34.6% | 157 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 51 | The Thirteenth Floor | $79,414 | $61,088 | 76.9% | $18,326 | 23.1% | 186 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 52 | Twin Falls Idaho | $74,824 | $49,849 | 66.6% | $24,975 | 33.4% | 6 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 53 | My Life So Far | $68,948 | $49,353 | 71.6% | $19,595 | 28.4% | 5 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 54 | The King of Masks | $57,568 | $36,061 | 62.6% | $21,507 | 37.4% | 11 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 55 | Baby Geniuses | $56,440 | $43,415 | 76.9% | $13,025 | 23.1% | 101 | 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 56 | Limbo | $53,233 | $40,998 | 77% | $12,235 | 23% | 35 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 57 | After Life | $37,045 | $22,491 | 60.7% | $14,554 | 39.3% | 8 | 12 | Artistic License | - | false |
| 58 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $22,800 | $42,629 | 187% | $-19,829 | - | 17 | 13 | Stratosphere Entertainment | - | false |
| 59 | The Iron Giant | $20,202 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Cookie's Fortune | - | $21,744 | - | - | - | - | 18 | October Films | - | false |
| - | Edge of Seventeen | - | $32,490 | - | - | - | - | 14 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Go | - | $28,888 | - | - | - | - | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Shakespeare in Love | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Cruel Intentions | - | $24,218 | - | - | - | - | 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Besieged | - | $26,090 | - | - | - | - | 11 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | Black Mask | - | $22,389 | - | - | - | - | 12 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | My Son the Fanatic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | A Midsummer Night's Dream | - | $22,603 | - | - | - | - | 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| - | Analyze This | - | $30,856 | - | - | - | - | 22 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Love Serenade | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Miramax | - | false |
