| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 5 | $37,539,461 | +308.8% | 32.1% | 8 | Mission to Mars | $29,226,731 | 77.9% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $16,673,773 | -8.2% | 14.3% | 4 | My Dog Skip | $8,239,488 | 49.4% | 9 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 1 | $13,484,169 | -27.3% | 11.5% | 7 | The Next Best Thing | $4,482,268 | 33.2% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 17 | $9,192,223 | +3,918% | 7.9% | 2 | The Ninth Gate | $9,002,643 | 97.9% | 1 | Artisan Entertainment | - |
| 5 | 3 | $8,927,527 | -23.4% | 7.6% | 3 | The Cider House Rules | $4,843,448 | 54.3% | 14 | Miramax | - |
| 6 | 8 | $5,807,933 | -1.3% | 5% | 2 | American Beauty | $5,483,882 | 94.4% | 27 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 7 | 4 | $5,272,920 | -42.9% | 4.5% | 4 | Hanging Up | $2,356,130 | 44.7% | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 8 | 6 | $4,545,766 | -37.8% | 3.9% | 1 | Drowning Mona | $4,545,766 | 100% | 2 | Destination Films | - |
| 9 | 7 | $4,438,490 | -38.9% | 3.8% | 5 | Pitch Black | $3,890,107 | 87.6% | 4 | USA Films | - |
| 10 | 9 | $2,486,130 | -46.9% | 2.1% | 2 | 3 Strikes | $2,367,880 | 95.2% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 11 | 10 | $2,117,124 | -41.6% | 1.8% | 1 | Scream 3 | $2,117,124 | 100% | 6 | Dimension Films | - |
| 12 | 11 | $1,971,245 | -39.4% | 1.7% | 3 | Boiler Room | $1,340,597 | 68% | 4 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 13 | 12 | $984,594 | -59% | 0.8% | 2 | The Beach | $984,594 | 100% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 14 | 15 | $702,815 | +13.8% | 0.6% | 4 | Mysteries of Egypt | $331,526 | 47.2% | 82 | IMAX | - |
| 15 | 14 | $696,428 | -3.7% | 0.6% | 1 | Boys Don't Cry | $696,428 | 100% | 23 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 16 | 16 | $663,073 | +27.4% | 0.6% | 6 | Sweet and Lowdown | $330,100 | 49.8% | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 17 | 13 | $550,700 | -30.9% | 0.5% | 2 | The Hurricane | $428,410 | 77.8% | 12 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 20 | 19 | $130,619 | +2.4% | 0.1% | 1 | The Cup | $130,619 | 100% | 7 | Fine Line Features | - |
| 21 | 18 | $100,280 | -22% | <0.1% | 1 | Everest | $100,280 | 100% | 106 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - |
