| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Sixth Sense | $35,198,481 | $23,950,008 | 68% | $11,248,473 | 32% | 2,668 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Bowfinger | $14,627,175 | $10,609,885 | 72.5% | $4,017,290 | 27.5% | 2,746 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Mickey Blue Eyes | $14,308,481 | $10,178,289 | 71.1% | $4,130,192 | 28.9% | 2,573 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Runaway Bride | $13,333,742 | $9,264,333 | 69.5% | $4,069,409 | 30.5% | 3,240 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Blair Witch Project | $10,477,358 | $7,265,546 | 69.4% | $3,211,812 | 30.6% | 2,538 | 6 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 6 | The Thomas Crown Affair | $9,963,794 | $7,007,321 | 70.3% | $2,956,473 | 29.7% | 2,427 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | Inspector Gadget | $6,342,435 | $4,316,854 | 68.1% | $2,025,581 | 31.9% | 2,144 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Universal Soldier: The Return | $6,220,607 | $4,605,167 | 74% | $1,615,440 | 26% | 1,639 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | Deep Blue Sea | $5,456,307 | $3,980,464 | 73% | $1,475,843 | 27% | 2,246 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Teaching Mrs. Tingle | $4,933,395 | $3,326,870 | 67.4% | $1,606,525 | 32.6% | 1,710 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 11 | Mystery Men | $4,113,155 | $2,716,045 | 66% | $1,397,110 | 34% | 1,954 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Iron Giant | $3,463,254 | $2,320,113 | 67% | $1,143,141 | 33% | 1,943 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | American Pie | $3,147,160 | $2,006,805 | 63.8% | $1,140,355 | 36.2% | 1,118 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Brokedown Palace | $2,803,394 | $1,780,387 | 63.5% | $1,023,007 | 36.5% | 1,738 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | The Haunting | $2,340,325 | $1,673,358 | 71.5% | $666,967 | 28.5% | 1,587 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 16 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $1,934,229 | $1,221,405 | 63.2% | $712,824 | 36.8% | 631 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 17 | In Too Deep | $1,566,660 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 18 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $1,482,039 | $929,717 | 62.7% | $552,322 | 37.3% | 905 | 12 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 19 | Tarzan | $1,167,718 | $740,036 | 63.4% | $427,682 | 36.6% | 743 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Detroit Rock City | $1,025,210 | $645,028 | 62.9% | $380,182 | 37.1% | 1,802 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 21 | Big Daddy | $952,801 | $644,578 | 67.6% | $308,223 | 32.4% | 628 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 22 | Notting Hill | $652,925 | $407,225 | 62.4% | $245,700 | 37.6% | 455 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | Lake Placid | $595,337 | $415,384 | 69.8% | $179,953 | 30.2% | 465 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 24 | Mysteries of Egypt | $571,780 | $292,745 | 51.2% | $279,035 | 48.8% | 23 | 53 | IMAX | - | false |
| 25 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $516,869 | $318,306 | 61.6% | $198,563 | 38.4% | 38 | 44 | IMAX | - | false |
| 26 | Taal | $468,322 | $366,178 | 78.2% | $102,144 | 21.8% | 44 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 27 | Eyes Wide Shut | $462,635 | $304,228 | 65.8% | $158,407 | 34.2% | 501 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 28 | The Wood | $418,934 | $313,079 | 74.7% | $105,855 | 25.3% | 417 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Muppets from Space | $410,986 | $268,202 | 65.3% | $142,784 | 34.7% | 678 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 30 | Run Lola Run | $398,173 | $269,815 | 67.8% | $128,358 | 32.2% | 118 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 31 | The Mummy | $343,995 | $226,395 | 65.8% | $117,600 | 34.2% | 351 | 16 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | The Matrix | $333,011 | $211,862 | 63.6% | $121,149 | 36.4% | 256 | 22 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 33 | Everest | $328,184 | $202,802 | 61.8% | $125,382 | 38.2% | 57 | 77 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - | false |
| 34 | The General's Daughter | $317,433 | $232,227 | 73.2% | $85,206 | 26.8% | 360 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | Trick | $292,966 | $195,666 | 66.8% | $97,300 | 33.2% | 53 | 5 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 36 | Buena Vista Social Club | $290,038 | $183,047 | 63.1% | $106,991 | 36.9% | 61 | 12 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 37 | Extreme | $279,321 | $139,066 | 49.8% | $140,255 | 50.2% | 20 | 21 | IMAX | - | false |
| 38 | Le Dîner de Cons | $260,792 | $170,595 | 65.4% | $90,197 | 34.6% | 59 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 39 | An Ideal Husband | $249,459 | $166,702 | 66.8% | $82,757 | 33.2% | 169 | 10 | Miramax | - | false |
| 40 | Island of the Sharks | $225,216 | $122,321 | 54.3% | $102,895 | 45.7% | 11 | 18 | IMAX | - | false |
| 41 | The Red Violin | $219,730 | $143,106 | 65.1% | $76,624 | 34.9% | 95 | 42 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 42 | Wild Wild West | $218,414 | $175,929 | 80.6% | $42,485 | 19.4% | 371 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 43 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $189,567 | $120,747 | 63.7% | $68,820 | 36.3% | 212 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $170,629 | $113,573 | 66.6% | $57,056 | 33.4% | 15 | 26 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 45 | Tea with Mussolini | $164,505 | $99,027 | 60.2% | $65,478 | 39.8% | 150 | 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 46 | Wolves | $160,741 | $57,033 | 35.5% | $103,708 | 64.5% | 10 | 10 | IMAX | - | false |
| 47 | Entrapment | $158,320 | $104,103 | 65.8% | $54,217 | 34.2% | 199 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 48 | Dick | $157,807 | $136,775 | 86.7% | $21,032 | 13.3% | 230 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 49 | Illuminata | $155,453 | $107,317 | 69% | $48,136 | 31% | 25 | 4 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 50 | Autumn Tale | $119,089 | $119,207 | 100.1% | $-118 | - | 28 | 7 | October Films | - | false |
| 51 | Arlington Road | $117,155 | $88,581 | 75.6% | $28,574 | 24.4% | 87 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 52 | Better Than Chocolate | $114,915 | $70,693 | 61.5% | $44,222 | 38.5% | 19 | 2 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 53 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $113,840 | $74,558 | 65.5% | $39,282 | 34.5% | 9 | 69 | IMAX | - | false |
| 54 | Twin Falls Idaho | $111,065 | $78,377 | 70.6% | $32,688 | 29.4% | 24 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 55 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | $104,460 | $64,213 | 61.5% | $40,247 | 38.5% | 128 | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 56 | My Life So Far | $84,637 | $55,742 | 65.9% | $28,895 | 34.1% | 22 | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| 57 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $81,480 | $36,913 | 45.3% | $44,567 | 54.7% | 12 | 111 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 58 | Baby Geniuses | $49,024 | $33,810 | 69% | $15,214 | 31% | 105 | 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 59 | The Winslow Boy | $46,636 | $36,598 | 78.5% | $10,038 | 21.5% | 39 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 60 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $46,514 | $31,091 | 66.8% | $15,423 | 33.2% | 22 | 16 | Stratosphere Entertainment | - | false |
| 61 | On the Ropes | $11,843 | $7,431 | 62.8% | $4,412 | 37.2% | 1 | 2 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 62 | Knockin' on Heaven's Door | $2,414 | $1,731 | 71.7% | $683 | 28.3% | 1 | 1 | Phaedra Cinema | - | false |
| - | The King of Masks | - | $24,536 | - | - | - | - | 15 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | The Third Man | - | $19,908 | - | - | - | - | 16 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| - | Wildfire: Feel the Heat | - | $27,972 | - | - | - | - | 24 | Primesco Communications Inc. | - | false |
| - | Perfect Blue | - | $9,600 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Palm Pictures | - | false |
| - | Summer of Sam | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Never Been Kissed | - | $45,903 | - | - | - | - | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Trippin' | - | $21,459 | - | - | - | - | 15 | October Films | - | false |
| - | Instinct | - | $37,791 | - | - | - | - | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
