| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $53,833,500 | +49.1% | 31.5% | 5 | Gladiator | $26,541,094 | 49.3% | 3 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 2 | 7 | $50,990,047 | +1,311.7% | 29.8% | 7 | Dinosaur | $48,410,715 | 94.9% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 8 | $22,511,691 | +851.2% | 13.2% | 3 | Mission: Impossible II | $21,002,839 | 93.3% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 2 | $12,988,055 | -36.2% | 7.6% | 5 | U-571 | $5,931,785 | 45.7% | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $7,953,656 | -23.8% | 4.6% | 3 | Frequency | $5,436,229 | 68.3% | 4 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 6 | 5 | $5,801,947 | -42.9% | 3.4% | 6 | Center Stage | $4,216,856 | 72.7% | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 7 | 3 | $5,425,929 | -63.7% | 3.2% | 4 | Battlefield Earth | $4,968,137 | 91.6% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 8 | 6 | $3,704,583 | -31% | 2.2% | 1 | Where the Heart Is | $3,704,583 | 100% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 10 | $1,760,430 | -25.3% | 1% | 6 | Michael Jordan to the Max | $801,129 | 45.5% | 3 | IMAX | - |
| 10 | 9 | $1,357,490 | -42.6% | 0.8% | 2 | Held Up | $1,317,581 | 97.1% | 2 | Trimark Pictures | - |
| 11 | 16 | $1,185,227 | +156.4% | 0.7% | 2 | The Big Kahuna | $1,034,631 | 87.3% | 4 | Lionsgate | - |
| 12 | 11 | $793,909 | -48.7% | 0.5% | 1 | Return to Me | $793,909 | 100% | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 13 | 12 | $697,952 | -19.8% | 0.4% | 1 | The Virgin Suicides | $697,952 | 100% | 5 | Paramount Classics | - |
| 14 | 15 | $573,629 | +19.9% | 0.3% | 4 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $369,955 | 64.5% | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 15 | 13 | $519,978 | -19.3% | 0.3% | 2 | Up at the Villa | $379,367 | 73% | 3 | USA Films | - |
| 16 | 14 | $505,538 | +4.7% | 0.3% | 3 | East Is East | $282,504 | 55.9% | 6 | Miramax | - |
| 17 | 17 | $207,143 | -52.2% | 0.1% | 1 | Scream 3 | $207,143 | 100% | 16 | Dimension Films | - |
| 18 | 20 | $101,222 | +8.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Alien Adventure | $101,222 | 100% | 40 | nWave Pictures | - |
| 19 | 21 | $89,312 | +16.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Croupier | $89,312 | 100% | 5 | - | - |
| 20 | 19 | $82,137 | -19% | <0.1% | 1 | God's Army | $82,137 | 100% | 11 | Zion Films | - |
| 21 | 22 | $47,967 | -29.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | $47,967 | 100% | 12 | Artisan Entertainment | - |
