| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Sixth Sense | $39,659,610 | $25,764,991 | 65% | $13,894,619 | 35% | 2,395 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Bowfinger | $25,192,860 | $18,062,550 | 71.7% | $7,130,310 | 28.3% | 2,706 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Blair Witch Project | $20,601,546 | $14,501,038 | 70.4% | $6,100,508 | 29.6% | 2,412 | 5 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 4 | Runaway Bride | $20,064,622 | $13,756,269 | 68.6% | $6,308,353 | 31.4% | 3,212 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Thomas Crown Affair | $14,317,584 | $10,071,935 | 70.4% | $4,245,649 | 29.6% | 2,427 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Deep Blue Sea | $9,421,058 | $6,652,140 | 70.6% | $2,768,918 | 29.4% | 2,710 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Inspector Gadget | $8,949,781 | $6,041,782 | 67.5% | $2,907,999 | 32.5% | 2,591 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Mystery Men | $7,132,865 | $4,712,405 | 66.1% | $2,420,460 | 33.9% | 2,142 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Brokedown Palace | $6,036,396 | $3,871,616 | 64.1% | $2,164,780 | 35.9% | 1,740 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | The Iron Giant | $5,538,347 | $3,747,624 | 67.7% | $1,790,723 | 32.3% | 2,179 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | The Haunting | $4,745,839 | $3,305,136 | 69.6% | $1,440,703 | 30.4% | 2,239 | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 12 | American Pie | $4,166,725 | $2,660,350 | 63.8% | $1,506,375 | 36.2% | 1,382 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Detroit Rock City | $3,011,269 | $2,005,512 | 66.6% | $1,005,757 | 33.4% | 1,802 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 14 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $2,452,787 | $1,518,607 | 61.9% | $934,180 | 38.1% | 771 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $2,065,514 | $1,232,856 | 59.7% | $832,658 | 40.3% | 953 | 11 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 16 | Tarzan | $1,802,981 | $1,137,708 | 63.1% | $665,273 | 36.9% | 944 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Dick | $1,281,233 | $803,193 | 62.7% | $478,040 | 37.3% | 1,522 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 18 | Big Daddy | $1,154,368 | $782,305 | 67.8% | $372,063 | 32.2% | 1,011 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 19 | Eyes Wide Shut | $944,119 | $601,249 | 63.7% | $342,870 | 36.3% | 732 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | The Wood | $801,243 | $570,743 | 71.2% | $230,500 | 28.8% | 564 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Taal | $778,787 | $591,289 | 75.9% | $187,498 | 24.1% | - | 1 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 22 | Mysteries of Egypt | $763,964 | $386,691 | 50.6% | $377,273 | 49.4% | 22 | 52 | IMAX | - | false |
| 23 | Notting Hill | $751,970 | $448,835 | 59.7% | $303,135 | 40.3% | 470 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $662,292 | $317,533 | 47.9% | $344,759 | 52.1% | 38 | 43 | IMAX | - | false |
| 25 | The General's Daughter | $636,532 | $446,698 | 70.2% | $189,834 | 29.8% | 553 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | The Matrix | $609,743 | $420,332 | 68.9% | $189,411 | 31.1% | 412 | 21 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 27 | Lake Placid | $563,597 | $405,420 | 71.9% | $158,177 | 28.1% | 434 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 28 | Muppets from Space | $483,515 | $315,106 | 65.2% | $168,409 | 34.8% | 576 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 29 | The Mummy | $465,090 | $305,980 | 65.8% | $159,110 | 34.2% | 408 | 15 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | Run Lola Run | $464,052 | $265,588 | 57.2% | $198,464 | 42.8% | 120 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 31 | Everest | $430,487 | $216,442 | 50.3% | $214,045 | 49.7% | 56 | 76 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - | false |
| 32 | Wild Wild West | $386,939 | $306,602 | 79.2% | $80,337 | 20.8% | 579 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 33 | An Ideal Husband | $377,056 | $250,999 | 66.6% | $126,057 | 33.4% | 232 | 9 | Miramax | - | false |
| 34 | Extreme | $361,196 | $134,661 | 37.3% | $226,535 | 62.7% | 20 | 20 | IMAX | - | false |
| 35 | Buena Vista Social Club | $294,445 | $187,669 | 63.7% | $106,776 | 36.3% | 60 | 11 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 36 | Island of the Sharks | $261,926 | $128,069 | 48.9% | $133,857 | 51.1% | 11 | 17 | IMAX | - | false |
| 37 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $254,132 | $156,596 | 61.6% | $97,536 | 38.4% | 226 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 38 | The Red Violin | $247,968 | $160,195 | 64.6% | $87,773 | 35.4% | 109 | 41 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 39 | Entrapment | $235,061 | $147,668 | 62.8% | $87,393 | 37.2% | 240 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 40 | Arlington Road | $232,931 | $186,345 | 80% | $46,586 | 20% | 186 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 41 | Autumn Tale | $223,560 | $125,743 | 56.2% | $97,817 | 43.8% | 28 | 6 | October Films | - | false |
| 42 | Le Dîner de Cons | $207,595 | $150,685 | 72.6% | $56,910 | 27.4% | 50 | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 43 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $206,169 | $112,982 | 54.8% | $93,187 | 45.2% | 15 | 25 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | Trick | $202,630 | $131,584 | 64.9% | $71,046 | 35.1% | 34 | 4 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 45 | Tea with Mussolini | $201,688 | $125,358 | 62.2% | $76,330 | 37.8% | 161 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 46 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | $197,657 | $118,587 | 60% | $79,070 | 40% | 176 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 47 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $160,906 | $90,232 | 56.1% | $70,674 | 43.9% | 9 | 68 | IMAX | - | false |
| 48 | Better Than Chocolate | $133,284 | $84,584 | 63.5% | $48,700 | 36.5% | 15 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | My Life So Far | $102,183 | $68,535 | 67.1% | $33,648 | 32.9% | 20 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 50 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $92,038 | $41,956 | 45.6% | $50,082 | 54.4% | 12 | 110 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 51 | Instinct | $90,769 | $58,558 | 64.5% | $32,211 | 35.5% | 131 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 52 | Never Been Kissed | $89,101 | $56,857 | 63.8% | $32,244 | 36.2% | 124 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 53 | Twin Falls Idaho | $73,513 | $47,456 | 64.6% | $26,057 | 35.4% | 12 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 54 | Illuminata | $64,288 | $41,260 | 64.2% | $23,028 | 35.8% | 8 | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 55 | Wildfire: Feel the Heat | $61,022 | $30,086 | 49.3% | $30,936 | 50.7% | 7 | 23 | Primesco Communications Inc. | - | false |
| 56 | Wolves | $59,432 | $58,523 | 98.5% | $909 | 1.5% | 10 | 9 | IMAX | - | false |
| 57 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $52,426 | $40,124 | 76.5% | $12,302 | 23.5% | 21 | 15 | Stratosphere Entertainment | - | false |
| 58 | The Winslow Boy | $50,146 | $47,519 | 94.8% | $2,627 | 5.2% | 40 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 59 | Baby Geniuses | $48,852 | $32,568 | 66.7% | $16,284 | 33.3% | 92 | 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 60 | Life | $44,131 | $54,315 | 123.1% | $-10,184 | - | 155 | 18 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 61 | The Third Man | $43,854 | $26,000 | 59.3% | $17,854 | 40.7% | 5 | 15 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 62 | Head On | $25,272 | $14,224 | 56.3% | $11,048 | 43.7% | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 63 | On the Ropes | $3,862 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| - | The King of Masks | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Three Seasons | - | $22,358 | - | - | - | - | 16 | October Films | - | false |
| - | Trippin' | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | October Films | - | false |
| - | The Adventures of Sebastian Cole | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
