| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Fight Club | $15,555,847 | $11,035,485 | 70.9% | $4,520,362 | 29.1% | 1,963 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Double Jeopardy | $13,218,467 | $10,231,222 | 77.4% | $2,987,245 | 22.6% | 2,936 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Story of Us | $12,410,540 | $9,673,080 | 77.9% | $2,737,460 | 22.1% | 2,164 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Three Kings | $9,391,696 | $7,276,940 | 77.5% | $2,114,756 | 22.5% | 2,942 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | American Beauty | $8,898,853 | $6,608,144 | 74.3% | $2,290,709 | 25.7% | 1,350 | 6 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 6 | Random Hearts | $7,352,224 | $5,651,420 | 76.9% | $1,700,804 | 23.1% | 2,697 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | The Sixth Sense | $6,744,942 | $5,160,171 | 76.5% | $1,584,771 | 23.5% | 2,682 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Superstar | $6,618,418 | $5,616,615 | 84.9% | $1,001,803 | 15.1% | 2,016 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Blue Streak | $4,725,268 | $3,825,556 | 81% | $899,712 | 19% | 2,353 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 10 | The Omega Code | $2,985,060 | $2,354,362 | 78.9% | $630,698 | 21.1% | 304 | 1 | Providence Entertainment | - | false |
| 11 | Drive Me Crazy | $2,710,733 | $2,289,847 | 84.5% | $420,886 | 15.5% | 2,088 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | $1,698,540 | $1,363,710 | 80.3% | $334,830 | 19.7% | 1,210 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 13 | For Love of the Game | $1,394,940 | $1,077,480 | 77.2% | $317,460 | 22.8% | 1,476 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Stigmata | $1,245,017 | $925,974 | 74.4% | $319,043 | 25.6% | 1,007 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 15 | Mystery, Alaska | $1,207,396 | $877,734 | 72.7% | $329,662 | 27.3% | 1,208 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | The Thomas Crown Affair | $585,957 | $416,866 | 71.1% | $169,091 | 28.9% | 717 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 17 | Stir of Echoes | $585,621 | $433,211 | 74% | $152,410 | 26% | 651 | 6 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 18 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $579,883 | $435,504 | 75.1% | $144,379 | 24.9% | 494 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 19 | Inspector Gadget | $553,295 | $456,118 | 82.4% | $97,177 | 17.6% | 662 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Runaway Bride | $551,549 | $428,633 | 77.7% | $122,916 | 22.3% | 740 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Mysteries of Egypt | $491,347 | $232,537 | 47.3% | $258,810 | 52.7% | 22 | 61 | IMAX | - | false |
| 22 | The Blair Witch Project | $479,033 | $329,448 | 68.8% | $149,585 | 31.2% | 717 | 14 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 23 | Happy, Texas | $437,606 | $327,911 | 74.9% | $109,695 | 25.1% | 134 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 24 | Deep Blue Sea | $386,260 | $276,195 | 71.5% | $110,065 | 28.5% | 676 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 25 | The Limey | $332,118 | $232,141 | 69.9% | $99,977 | 30.1% | 40 | 2 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 26 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $319,436 | $208,381 | 65.2% | $111,055 | 34.8% | 35 | 52 | IMAX | - | false |
| 27 | The Haunting | $288,828 | $213,656 | 74% | $75,172 | 26% | 318 | 13 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 28 | Bowfinger | $231,005 | $165,825 | 71.8% | $65,180 | 28.2% | 335 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Everest | $205,962 | $109,901 | 53.4% | $96,061 | 46.6% | 42 | 85 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - | false |
| 30 | Buena Vista Social Club | $185,103 | $133,275 | 72% | $51,828 | 28% | 73 | 20 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 31 | The Iron Giant | $177,823 | $146,959 | 82.6% | $30,864 | 17.4% | 480 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 32 | Jakob the Liar | $172,665 | $125,836 | 72.9% | $46,829 | 27.1% | 348 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 33 | Boys Don't Cry | $171,894 | $121,018 | 70.4% | $50,876 | 29.6% | 18 | 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | Mumford | $164,354 | $118,771 | 72.3% | $45,583 | 27.7% | 214 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | Tarzan | $162,512 | $123,754 | 76.2% | $38,758 | 23.8% | 265 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 36 | The 13th Warrior | $155,361 | $110,204 | 70.9% | $45,157 | 29.1% | 193 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 37 | Wolves | $130,090 | $39,443 | 30.3% | $90,647 | 69.7% | 14 | 18 | IMAX | - | false |
| 38 | The Straight Story | $129,534 | $92,312 | 71.3% | $37,222 | 28.7% | 7 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 39 | Extreme | $126,114 | $65,778 | 52.2% | $60,336 | 47.8% | 14 | 29 | IMAX | - | false |
| 40 | American Pie | $125,365 | $79,045 | 63% | $46,320 | 37% | 310 | 15 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 41 | Big Daddy | $118,649 | $91,972 | 77.5% | $26,677 | 22.5% | 157 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 42 | Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box | $117,208 | $79,821 | 68.1% | $37,387 | 31.9% | 9 | 3 | IMAX | - | false |
| 43 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $111,875 | $82,629 | 73.9% | $29,246 | 26.1% | 15 | 77 | IMAX | - | false |
| 44 | Island of the Sharks | $101,222 | $89,161 | 88.1% | $12,061 | 11.9% | 15 | 26 | IMAX | - | false |
| 45 | Mast | $97,598 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 46 | Guinevere | $97,017 | $66,081 | 68.1% | $30,936 | 31.9% | 33 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 47 | Run Lola Run | $95,799 | $65,901 | 68.8% | $29,898 | 31.2% | 58 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 48 | Romance | $83,294 | $190,377 | 228.6% | $-107,083 | - | 74 | 5 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | Beefcake | $69,078 | $42,178 | 61.1% | $26,900 | 38.9% | 6 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 50 | The Children of the Marshland | $61,991 | $39,234 | 63.3% | $22,757 | 36.7% | 13 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 51 | Earth | $60,771 | $46,324 | 76.2% | $14,447 | 23.8% | 17 | 6 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 52 | Le Dîner de Cons | $52,243 | $49,436 | 94.6% | $2,807 | 5.4% | 63 | 15 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 53 | Vaastav: The Reality | $46,170 | $36,847 | 79.8% | $9,323 | 20.2% | 16 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 54 | The Minus Man | $38,330 | $27,140 | 70.8% | $11,190 | 29.2% | 45 | 6 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 55 | Show Me Love | $26,767 | $17,110 | 63.9% | $9,657 | 36.1% | 5 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 56 | Fever Pitch | $3,736 | $2,093 | 56% | $1,643 | 44% | 1 | 1 | Phaedra Cinema | - | false |
| - | Finding North | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 20 | Cowboy Pictures | - | false |
| - | Chill Factor | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Girl Rosemarie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Castle Hill Productions | - | false |
| - | In Too Deep | - | $105,088 | - | - | - | - | 8 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Snowriders II | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Warren Miller Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Lake Placid | - | $22,170 | - | - | - | - | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Tea with Mussolini | - | $20,071 | - | - | - | - | 23 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Sugar Town | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | USA Films | - | false |
| - | New Rose Hotel | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | Gummo | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | Better Than Chocolate | - | $20,334 | - | - | - | - | 10 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Wood | - | $38,638 | - | - | - | - | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Plunkett & Macleane | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | USA Films | - | false |
| - | Autumn Tale | - | $39,871 | - | - | - | - | 15 | October Films | - | false |
