| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Sum of All Fears | $43,083,892 | $31,178,526 | 72.4% | $11,905,366 | 27.6% | 3,183 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | $29,772,746 | $21,002,876 | 70.5% | $8,769,870 | 29.5% | 3,161 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Spider-Man | $20,610,988 | $14,317,411 | 69.5% | $6,293,577 | 30.5% | 3,646 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 4 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | $16,898,776 | $11,303,814 | 66.9% | $5,594,962 | 33.1% | 3,362 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 5 | Undercover Brother | $16,318,220 | $12,037,685 | 73.8% | $4,280,535 | 26.2% | 2,167 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Insomnia | $14,227,549 | $9,945,321 | 69.9% | $4,282,228 | 30.1% | 2,610 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Enough | $9,690,014 | $6,808,026 | 70.3% | $2,881,988 | 29.7% | 2,623 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 8 | About a Boy | $6,075,570 | $4,126,600 | 67.9% | $1,948,970 | 32.1% | 1,756 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Unfaithful | $4,409,406 | $2,942,606 | 66.7% | $1,466,800 | 33.3% | 1,701 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | The New Guy | $2,141,135 | $1,415,261 | 66.1% | $725,874 | 33.9% | 1,676 | 4 | Revolution Studios | - | false |
| 11 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $1,361,077 | $910,901 | 66.9% | $450,176 | 33.1% | 236 | 7 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 12 | The Importance of Being Earnest | $1,160,389 | $773,913 | 66.7% | $386,476 | 33.3% | 147 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 13 | Space Station 3D | $1,108,766 | $548,459 | 49.5% | $560,307 | 50.5% | 50 | 7 | IMAX | - | false |
| 14 | The Scorpion King | $872,255 | $594,080 | 68.1% | $278,175 | 31.9% | 752 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Changing Lanes | $621,587 | $437,413 | 70.4% | $184,174 | 29.6% | 758 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Monsters, Inc. | $538,182 | $312,742 | 58.1% | $225,440 | 41.9% | 282 | 31 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | The Rookie | $507,213 | $331,631 | 65.4% | $175,582 | 34.6% | 435 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Y tu mamá también | $488,534 | $324,415 | 66.4% | $164,119 | 33.6% | 175 | 12 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 19 | Monsoon Wedding | $388,941 | $253,994 | 65.3% | $134,947 | 34.7% | 170 | 15 | USA Films | - | false |
| 20 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $355,568 | $224,662 | 63.2% | $130,906 | 36.8% | 259 | 25 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 21 | Ice Age | $338,333 | $223,374 | 66% | $114,959 | 34% | 369 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 22 | Enigma 2001 Re-release | $310,946 | $224,674 | 72.2% | $86,272 | 27.8% | 100 | 7 | Manhattan Pictures International | - | false |
| 23 | Ultimate X: The Movie | $299,672 | $186,677 | 62.3% | $112,995 | 37.7% | 48 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | The Cat's Meow | $238,119 | $137,548 | 57.8% | $100,571 | 42.2% | 119 | 8 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 25 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $188,121 | $100,015 | 53.2% | $88,106 | 46.8% | 23 | 69 | WGBH Giant-Screen Films | - | false |
| 26 | High Crimes | $187,841 | $131,984 | 70.3% | $55,857 | 29.7% | 217 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 27 | Murder by Numbers | $181,697 | $121,658 | 67% | $60,039 | 33% | 217 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 28 | 13 Conversations About One Thing | $141,526 | $94,389 | 66.7% | $47,137 | 33.3% | 18 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 29 | We Were Soldiers | $121,668 | $77,522 | 63.7% | $44,146 | 36.3% | 234 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $120,629 | $25,345 | 21% | $95,284 | 79% | 8 | 189 | IMAX | - | false |
| 31 | Dogtown and Z-Boys | $111,050 | $63,489 | 57.2% | $47,561 | 42.8% | 40 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 32 | Panic Room | $106,418 | $80,066 | 75.2% | $26,352 | 24.8% | 126 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 33 | Kissing Jessica Stein | $101,741 | $67,446 | 66.3% | $34,295 | 33.7% | 70 | 13 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | CQ | $94,403 | $59,199 | 62.7% | $35,204 | 37.3% | 19 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 35 | Nine Queens | $74,030 | $46,053 | 62.2% | $27,977 | 37.8% | 31 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 36 | Late Marriage | $73,143 | $44,752 | 61.2% | $28,391 | 38.8% | 8 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 37 | Monster's Ball | $69,212 | $48,254 | 69.7% | $20,958 | 30.3% | 75 | 24 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 38 | Frailty | $61,661 | $42,065 | 68.2% | $19,596 | 31.8% | 63 | 8 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 39 | Life or Something Like It | $60,679 | $41,601 | 68.6% | $19,078 | 31.4% | 91 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 40 | Crush | $60,003 | $35,383 | 59% | $24,620 | 41% | 41 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 41 | Circuit | $45,267 | $32,677 | 72.2% | $12,590 | 27.8% | 7 | 6 | Jour de Fête Films | - | false |
| 42 | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | $42,744 | $14,514 | 34% | $28,230 | 66% | 16 | 8 | Lot 47 Films | - | false |
| 43 | Last Orders | $40,876 | $21,956 | 53.7% | $18,920 | 46.3% | 25 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 44 | Italian for Beginners | $40,121 | $18,506 | 46.1% | $21,615 | 53.9% | 51 | 20 | Miramax | - | false |
| 45 | Hollywood Ending | $39,147 | $26,413 | 67.5% | $12,734 | 32.5% | 41 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 46 | The Mystic Masseur | $37,114 | $25,300 | 68.2% | $11,814 | 31.8% | 24 | 5 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 47 | Amélie | $37,015 | $15,101 | 40.8% | $21,914 | 59.2% | 43 | 31 | Miramax | - | false |
| 48 | Clockstoppers | $36,834 | $32,256 | 87.6% | $4,578 | 12.4% | 180 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | Rain | $36,285 | $25,025 | 69% | $11,260 | 31% | 13 | 6 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 50 | The Royal Tenenbaums | $35,103 | $20,801 | 59.3% | $14,302 | 40.7% | 28 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 51 | The Piano Teacher | $32,648 | $20,863 | 63.9% | $11,785 | 36.1% | 9 | 10 | Kino International | - | false |
| 52 | The Lady and the Duke | $32,455 | $21,099 | 65% | $11,356 | 35% | 12 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 53 | Haunted Castle | $30,889 | $15,796 | 51.1% | $15,093 | 48.9% | 3 | 67 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | Galapagos | $29,253 | $6,444 | 22% | $22,809 | 78% | 5 | 136 | IMAX | - | false |
| 55 | Beauty and the Beast 2000 IMAX Release | $28,669 | $15,451 | 53.9% | $13,218 | 46.1% | 10 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 56 | The Believer | $27,851 | $16,380 | 58.8% | $11,471 | 41.2% | 9 | 3 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 57 | The Salton Sea | $26,539 | $14,549 | 54.8% | $11,990 | 45.2% | 12 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 58 | The Count of Monte Cristo | $25,290 | $15,109 | 59.7% | $10,181 | 40.3% | 26 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 59 | Snow Dogs | $24,637 | $14,684 | 59.6% | $9,953 | 40.4% | 35 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 60 | China: The Panda Adventure | $24,462 | $7,493 | 30.6% | $16,969 | 69.4% | 6 | 52 | IMAX | - | false |
| 61 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $24,053 | $13,087 | 54.4% | $10,966 | 45.6% | 5 | 109 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 62 | Bartleby | $23,856 | $14,031 | 58.8% | $9,825 | 41.2% | 5 | 2 | Outrider Pictures | - | false |
| 63 | Murderous Maids | $22,718 | $13,841 | 60.9% | $8,877 | 39.1% | 4 | 7 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 64 | Gosford Park | $21,921 | $13,411 | 61.2% | $8,510 | 38.8% | - | 24 | USA Films | - | false |
| 65 | The Other Side of Heaven | $21,326 | $9,585 | 45% | $11,741 | 55% | 15 | 25 | Excel Entertainment | - | false |
| 66 | Son of the Bride | $20,282 | $13,123 | 64.7% | $7,159 | 35.3% | 17 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 67 | Joshua | $18,509 | $9,173 | 49.6% | $9,336 | 50.4% | 24 | 7 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| 68 | The Son's Room | $17,857 | $10,403 | 58.3% | $7,454 | 41.7% | 16 | 19 | Miramax | - | false |
| 69 | Time Out | $17,021 | $11,215 | 65.9% | $5,806 | 34.1% | 16 | 10 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 70 | Return to Never Land | $16,331 | $7,992 | 48.9% | $8,339 | 51.1% | 34 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 71 | Elling | $15,700 | $9,606 | 61.2% | $6,094 | 38.8% | 2 | 2 | First Look International | - | false |
| 72 | The Singles Ward | $14,703 | $7,248 | 49.3% | $7,455 | 50.7% | 6 | 18 | Halestone Distribution | - | false |
| 73 | Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India 2002 Re-release | $14,042 | $8,426 | 60% | $5,616 | 40% | 5 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 74 | Trembling Before G-d | $12,282 | $7,571 | 61.6% | $4,711 | 38.4% | 5 | 33 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 75 | Extreme | $12,121 | $10,788 | 89% | $1,333 | 11% | 4 | 166 | IMAX | - | false |
| 76 | Sorority Boys | $10,594 | $5,790 | 54.6% | $4,804 | 45.4% | 13 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 77 | Les Destinées | $9,512 | $6,567 | 69% | $2,945 | 31% | 5 | 9 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 78 | Master of the Flying Guillotine | $9,030 | $4,901 | 54.3% | $4,129 | 45.7% | 3 | 2 | Pathfinder Pictures | - | false |
| 79 | The Business of Fancydancing | $7,273 | $5,053 | 69.5% | $2,220 | 30.5% | 2 | 4 | Outrider Pictures | - | false |
| 80 | Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky | $6,407 | $3,393 | 53% | $3,014 | 47% | 1 | 2 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 81 | The Triumph of Love | $5,026 | $3,231 | 64.3% | $1,795 | 35.7% | 9 | 8 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 82 | Chelsea Walls | $2,219 | $1,501 | 67.6% | $718 | 32.4% | 3 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 83 | The Cockettes | $1,925 | $1,295 | 67.3% | $630 | 32.7% | 1 | 4 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 84 | Big Trouble | $1,380 | $1,105 | 80.1% | $275 | 19.9% | 8 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 85 | Lucky Break | $1,209 | $625 | 51.7% | $584 | 48.3% | 13 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Esther Kahn | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| - | The Next Best Thing | - | $5,869 | - | - | - | - | 118 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Code Unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | Leisure Time Features | - | false |
| - | Deuces Wild | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Blade II | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Showtime | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Sex with Strangers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | false |
| - | Jason X | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | The Debut | - | - | - | - | - | - | 64 | Menemsha Films | - | false |
| - | The Fluffer | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Widespread Panic: The Earth Will Swallow You | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | false |
