| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | What Women Want | $48,567,079 | $33,614,543 | 69.2% | $14,952,536 | 30.8% | 3,012 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | $20,562,595 | $13,805,465 | 67.1% | $6,757,130 | 32.9% | 3,256 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Dude, Where's My Car? | $18,946,076 | $13,845,914 | 73.1% | $5,100,162 | 26.9% | 2,087 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | The Emperor's New Groove | $14,640,910 | $9,812,302 | 67% | $4,828,608 | 33% | 2,801 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Vertical Limit | $13,015,965 | $9,103,866 | 69.9% | $3,912,099 | 30.1% | 2,307 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 6 | Proof of Life | $7,884,938 | $5,382,656 | 68.3% | $2,502,282 | 31.7% | 2,705 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Unbreakable | $5,486,632 | $3,734,493 | 68.1% | $1,752,139 | 31.9% | 2,297 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | 102 Dalmatians | $4,247,658 | $2,664,601 | 62.7% | $1,583,057 | 37.3% | 2,190 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Dungeons & Dragons | $3,498,666 | $2,438,086 | 69.7% | $1,060,580 | 30.3% | 2,078 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 10 | Rugrats in Paris | $2,890,639 | $1,839,832 | 63.6% | $1,050,807 | 36.4% | 2,540 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Meet the Parents | $1,842,445 | $1,200,775 | 65.2% | $641,670 | 34.8% | 1,380 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | $1,771,403 | $1,078,762 | 60.9% | $692,641 | 39.1% | 31 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 13 | Charlie's Angels | $1,736,046 | $1,102,208 | 63.5% | $633,838 | 36.5% | 1,625 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 14 | Bounce | $1,460,337 | $929,821 | 63.7% | $530,516 | 36.3% | 1,658 | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| 15 | Men of Honor | $1,365,301 | $903,851 | 66.2% | $461,450 | 33.8% | 1,290 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 16 | Billy Elliot | $919,345 | $585,220 | 63.7% | $334,125 | 36.3% | 405 | 10 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 17 | Quills | $659,392 | $442,182 | 67.1% | $217,210 | 32.9% | 61 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | The 6th Day | $559,609 | $372,114 | 66.5% | $187,495 | 33.5% | 704 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 19 | Best in Show | $361,770 | $230,074 | 63.6% | $131,696 | 36.4% | 206 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | You Can Count on Me | $311,528 | $279,866 | 89.8% | $31,662 | 10.2% | 60 | 6 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 21 | Requiem for a Dream | $275,586 | $140,088 | 50.8% | $135,498 | 49.2% | 93 | 11 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 22 | Little Nicky | $261,749 | $176,015 | 67.2% | $85,734 | 32.8% | 571 | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 23 | Chocolat | $249,471 | $157,624 | 63.2% | $91,847 | 36.8% | 8 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 24 | Remember the Titans | $247,215 | $151,633 | 61.3% | $95,582 | 38.7% | 334 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 25 | Bedazzled | $206,274 | $135,204 | 65.6% | $71,070 | 34.4% | 347 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 26 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | $146,513 | $91,584 | 62.5% | $54,929 | 37.5% | 286 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 27 | Bring It On | $123,850 | $81,925 | 66.2% | $41,925 | 33.8% | 195 | 17 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | Michael Jordan to the Max | $117,652 | $88,242 | 75% | $29,410 | 25% | 16 | 33 | IMAX | - | false |
| 29 | What's Cooking? | $103,685 | $72,982 | 70.4% | $30,703 | 29.6% | 49 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 30 | A Hard Day's Night | $94,417 | $60,992 | 64.6% | $33,425 | 35.4% | 18 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 31 | What Lies Beneath | $90,744 | $60,539 | 66.7% | $30,205 | 33.3% | 193 | 22 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 32 | Mysteries of Egypt | $87,778 | $63,258 | 72.1% | $24,520 | 27.9% | 16 | 122 | IMAX | - | false |
| 33 | Pay It Forward | $81,787 | $53,498 | 65.4% | $28,289 | 34.6% | 152 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 34 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $74,514 | $42,475 | 57% | $32,039 | 43% | 16 | 33 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 35 | Catfish in Black Bean Sauce | $60,150 | $41,055 | 68.2% | $19,095 | 31.8% | 14 | 28 | Iron Hill Pictures | - | false |
| 36 | Fantasia 2000 | $53,659 | $33,053 | 61.6% | $20,606 | 38.4% | 30 | 51 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 37 | The Exorcist 2000 Director's Cut | $52,873 | $33,605 | 63.6% | $19,268 | 36.4% | 175 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 38 | Red Planet | $50,668 | $33,252 | 65.6% | $17,416 | 34.4% | 90 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 39 | Finding Forrester | $41,849 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 40 | Boys Life 3 | $41,130 | $26,216 | 63.7% | $14,914 | 36.3% | 8 | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 41 | Two Family House | $40,269 | $25,876 | 64.3% | $14,393 | 35.7% | 34 | 11 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 42 | Wonder Boys | $34,388 | $23,720 | 69% | $10,668 | 31% | 14 | 44 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 43 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | $32,385 | $21,870 | 67.5% | $10,515 | 32.5% | 81 | 21 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | The Contender | $24,906 | $18,037 | 72.4% | $6,869 | 27.6% | 44 | 10 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 45 | The Gift | $6,986 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| - | The Girl Next Door | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 36 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy | - | $15,411 | - | - | - | - | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Coyote Ugly | - | $16,765 | - | - | - | - | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Spring Forward | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| - | Lucky Numbers | - | $52,345 | - | - | - | - | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 | - | $28,819 | - | - | - | - | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Aimee & Jaguar | - | $15,264 | - | - | - | - | 19 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| - | Dr. T & the Women | - | $30,232 | - | - | - | - | 10 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Yi Yi | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | WinStar Cinema | - | false |
| - | Dancer in the Dark | - | $38,044 | - | - | - | - | 13 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | Space Cowboys | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Sound and Fury | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Artistic License | - | false |
| - | Cleopatra's Second Husband | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Ladies Man | - | $35,022 | - | - | - | - | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
