| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible II | $82,701,049 | $57,845,297 | 70% | $24,855,752 | 30% | 3,653 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Dinosaur | $36,399,496 | - | - | - | - | 3,302 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Shanghai Noon | $23,266,334 | $15,607,034 | 67.1% | $7,659,300 | 32.9% | 2,711 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Gladiator | $20,649,683 | $13,430,378 | 65% | $7,219,305 | 35% | 3,188 | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 5 | Road Trip | $17,063,237 | $10,908,618 | 63.9% | $6,154,619 | 36.1% | 2,631 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 6 | Small Time Crooks | $4,488,000 | $3,058,631 | 68.2% | $1,429,369 | 31.8% | 870 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 7 | Frequency | $4,296,513 | - | - | - | - | 1,803 | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 8 | U-571 | $3,883,785 | $2,595,880 | 66.8% | $1,287,905 | 33.2% | 2,044 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Center Stage | $3,247,030 | - | - | - | - | 1,506 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 10 | Where the Heart Is | $2,481,819 | - | - | - | - | 1,368 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | $1,945,245 | $1,267,405 | 65.2% | $677,840 | 34.8% | 1,491 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Battlefield Earth | $1,368,956 | - | - | - | - | 2,587 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | Erin Brockovich | $1,291,735 | $861,845 | 66.7% | $429,890 | 33.3% | 798 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Love & Basketball | $1,176,996 | $777,655 | 66.1% | $399,341 | 33.9% | 540 | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 15 | Rules of Engagement | $887,423 | - | - | - | - | 793 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Michael Jordan to the Max | $837,666 | - | - | - | - | 45 | 4 | IMAX | - | false |
| 17 | Keeping the Faith | $724,367 | $487,866 | 67.4% | $236,501 | 32.6% | 377 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Held Up | $628,333 | - | - | - | - | 420 | 3 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | The Big Kahuna | $534,192 | - | - | - | - | 309 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 20 | Screwed | $497,890 | $333,255 | 66.9% | $164,635 | 33.1% | 803 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | The Road to El Dorado | $486,666 | $309,111 | 63.5% | $177,555 | 36.5% | 602 | 9 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 22 | East Is East | $478,558 | - | - | - | - | 154 | 7 | Miramax | - | false |
| 23 | Return to Me | $458,490 | - | - | - | - | 316 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 24 | The Virgin Suicides | $456,974 | - | - | - | - | 197 | 6 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 25 | Final Destination | $409,419 | - | - | - | - | 307 | 11 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 26 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $402,971 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 84 | IMAX | - | false |
| 27 | Snow Day | $398,118 | - | - | - | - | 504 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | High Fidelity | $377,931 | - | - | - | - | 139 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Up at the Villa | $363,540 | - | - | - | - | 108 | 4 | USA Films | - | false |
| 30 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $361,776 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 31 | The Cider House Rules | $329,823 | - | - | - | - | 264 | 25 | Miramax | - | false |
| 32 | My Dog Skip | $314,481 | - | - | - | - | 448 | 20 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 33 | 28 Days | $312,867 | - | - | - | - | 243 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 34 | Romeo Must Die | $304,281 | - | - | - | - | 297 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 35 | Passion of Mind | $281,129 | - | - | - | - | 104 | 1 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 36 | Galapagos | $279,031 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 31 | IMAX | - | false |
| 37 | Mysteries of Egypt | $276,625 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 93 | IMAX | - | false |
| 38 | Scream 3 | $243,362 | - | - | - | - | 206 | 17 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 39 | Bossa Nova | $237,855 | - | - | - | - | 50 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 40 | The Skulls | $231,870 | $158,415 | 68.3% | $73,455 | 31.7% | 177 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 41 | Mission to Mars | $228,526 | - | - | - | - | 76 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | Toy Story 2 | $215,643 | - | - | - | - | 174 | 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 43 | American Beauty | $213,946 | - | - | - | - | 206 | 38 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 44 | American Psycho | $205,122 | - | - | - | - | 150 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 45 | Timecode | $200,715 | - | - | - | - | 130 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 46 | Hamlet | $198,434 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 47 | I Dreamed of Africa | $176,734 | - | - | - | - | 164 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 48 | East/West | $165,595 | - | - | - | - | 43 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 49 | Croupier | $134,669 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 6 | - | - | false |
| 50 | 8 ½ Women | $112,473 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 51 | Alien Adventure | $110,046 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 41 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 52 | Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box | $98,685 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 35 | IMAX | - | false |
| 53 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $76,582 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 109 | IMAX | - | false |
| 54 | God's Army | $71,250 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 12 | Zion Films | - | false |
| 55 | The Color of Paradise | $68,928 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 56 | All About My Mother | $55,016 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 30 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 57 | Better Living Through Circuitry | $37,240 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | Seventh Art Releasing | - | false |
| 58 | Kikujiro | $34,895 | $28,079 | 80.5% | $6,816 | 19.5% | 4 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 59 | Bicentennial Man | $16,738 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 60 | The Tigger Movie | $14,953 | $10,655 | 71.3% | $4,298 | 28.7% | 32 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 61 | Grass | $5,010 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Unapix Entertainment Productions | - | false |
| - | The Last September | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| - | Wolves | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Pitch Black | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | USA Films | - | false |
| - | Whatever It Takes | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
