| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Last Samurai | $2,075,335 | - | - | - | - | 390 | 2 | N/A | - | false |
| 2 | The Rundown | $1,005,105 | - | - | - | - | 275 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 3 | Brother Bear | $724,622 | - | - | - | - | 357 | 7 | N/A | - | false |
| 4 | Cheaper by the Dozen | $645,248 | - | - | - | - | 288 | 5 | N/A | - | false |
| 5 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $389,058 | - | - | - | - | 296 | 7 | N/A | - | false |
| 6 | Ladies' Night | $328,965 | - | - | - | - | 153 | 8 | N/A | - | false |
| 7 | Uptown Girls | $308,184 | - | - | - | - | 120 | 2 | N/A | - | false |
| 8 | Mona Lisa Smile | $206,478 | - | - | - | - | 132 | 6 | N/A | - | false |
| 9 | Lost in Translation | $199,396 | - | - | - | - | 35 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 10 | Mystic River | $199,143 | - | - | - | - | 79 | 8 | N/A | - | false |
| 11 | In the Cut | $154,698 | - | - | - | - | 100 | 3 | N/A | - | false |
| 12 | Thirteen | $125,641 | - | - | - | - | 25 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 13 | Timeline | $91,567 | - | - | - | - | 92 | 4 | N/A | - | false |
| 14 | Veronica Guerin | $51,725 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 15 | The Medallion | $50,378 | - | - | - | - | 35 | 13 | N/A | - | false |
| 16 | Elf | $47,878 | - | - | - | - | 73 | 6 | N/A | - | false |
| 17 | Dogville | $47,859 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 18 | Irreversible | $35,512 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 7 | N/A | - | false |
| 19 | The Truce | $34,553 | - | - | - | - | 31 | 14 | N/A | - | false |
| 20 | Open Range | $30,678 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 2 | N/A | - | false |
