| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Haunting | $48,709,706 | - | 2,808 | - | $17,346 | $48,709,706 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution | true | false |
| 2 | - | Inspector Gadget | $33,719,721 | - | 2,814 | - | $11,982 | $33,719,721 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | American Pie | $15,976,625 | -28.8% | 2,544 | +26 | $6,280 | $70,375,220 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Eyes Wide Shut | $14,135,370 | -53.2% | 2,483 | +72 | $5,692 | $44,332,112 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Big Daddy | $9,097,228 | -42.9% | 2,904 | -350 | $3,132 | $149,102,546 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Lake Placid | $8,149,818 | -48.3% | 2,102 | +6 | $3,877 | $23,927,309 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Tarzan | $7,678,414 | -37.1% | 2,281 | -557 | $3,366 | $155,316,816 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Wild Wild West | $7,594,365 | -48.6% | 3,045 | -297 | $2,494 | $106,375,271 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $6,602,686 | -26.8% | 1,615 | -235 | $4,088 | $405,176,312 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Wood | $6,495,257 | -43.7% | 1,191 | - | $5,453 | $18,023,679 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Drop Dead Gorgeous | $6,224,564 | - | 1,207 | - | $5,157 | $6,224,564 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 12 | - | Deep Blue Sea | $6,056,890 | - | - | - | - | $6,056,890 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | 10 | The General's Daughter | $5,221,621 | -30.8% | 1,668 | -590 | $3,130 | $95,473,316 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Arlington Road | $4,231,489 | -31.3% | 1,503 | -128 | $2,815 | $20,906,728 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | The Blair Witch Project | $3,871,765 | +29% | 31 | +4 | $124,895 | $6,932,918 | 2 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 16 | 9 | Muppets from Space | $3,583,307 | -53.9% | 2,265 | - | $1,582 | $13,215,858 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 11 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $3,408,960 | -51.5% | 1,376 | -714 | $2,477 | $196,772,493 | 8 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 18 | 12 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | $3,341,642 | -49.2% | 1,410 | -598 | $2,369 | $48,991,130 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | Notting Hill | $2,470,455 | -25.6% | 927 | -256 | $2,665 | $110,794,710 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 16 | An Ideal Husband | $2,061,957 | -21.4% | 613 | -140 | $3,363 | $14,857,295 | 6 | Miramax | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | The Mummy | $1,441,565 | +37.7% | 680 | +123 | $2,119 | $152,601,380 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 46 | Le Dîner de Cons | $1,252,503 | +1,366.8% | 9 | +3 | $139,167 | $1,381,214 | 3 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 23 | 19 | Mysteries of Egypt | $772,818 | -3.6% | 21 | -1 | $36,800 | $15,112,125 | 49 | IMAX | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | Run Lola Run | $700,407 | +18.6% | 105 | +6 | $6,670 | $3,067,329 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 25 | 17 | Summer of Sam | $691,080 | -69.1% | 364 | -704 | $1,898 | $18,692,531 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 20 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $663,833 | -0.6% | 37 | +2 | $17,941 | $19,408,126 | 40 | IMAX | false | false |
| 27 | 26 | Everest | $662,922 | +65.3% | 58 | - | $11,429 | $68,848,043 | 73 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 28 | 22 | The Red Violin | $654,685 | +9.6% | 160 | -45 | $4,091 | $6,816,852 | 38 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 29 | 21 | Entrapment | $609,515 | -6% | 487 | -59 | $1,251 | $86,451,011 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 30 | 24 | Tea with Mussolini | $479,765 | -11.8% | 213 | -33 | $2,252 | $12,830,554 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 31 | 38 | Instinct | $407,327 | +174.5% | 419 | +252 | $972 | $33,507,450 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 27 | Buena Vista Social Club | $325,741 | -9.7% | 50 | -5 | $6,514 | $2,747,675 | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 33 | 35 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $308,123 | +49.5% | 9 | -2 | $34,235 | $9,265,708 | 65 | IMAX | false | false |
| 34 | 28 | The Matrix | $282,152 | -19.7% | 142 | -140 | $1,986 | $168,319,574 | 18 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 35 | 31 | Island of the Sharks | $253,056 | -1.5% | 10 | +2 | $25,305 | $1,843,778 | 14 | IMAX | false | false |
| 36 | 30 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $245,725 | -9.8% | 163 | -81 | $1,507 | $37,856,140 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 37 | 29 | Never Been Kissed | $221,818 | -35.1% | 247 | -49 | $898 | $55,002,865 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 38 | 52 | Election | $213,091 | +286.3% | 362 | +300 | $588 | $14,754,203 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 39 | 34 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $208,346 | -2% | 15 | - | $13,889 | $2,657,249 | 22 | - | false | false |
| 40 | 32 | Life | $206,955 | -12.7% | 219 | -28 | $945 | $63,608,954 | 15 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 41 | - | Hindustan Ki Kasam | $201,413 | - | - | - | - | $201,413 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | true | false |
| 42 | - | Trick | $180,139 | - | 6 | - | $30,023 | $180,139 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 43 | 33 | The Thirteenth Floor | $154,651 | -31.7% | 244 | -82 | $633 | $11,661,478 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 44 | 54 | Autumn Tale | $151,948 | +231.2% | 19 | +17 | $7,997 | $250,597 | 3 | October Films | false | false |
| 45 | 37 | The Winslow Boy | $146,787 | -8.4% | 68 | - | $2,158 | $3,511,800 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 46 | 25 | Shakespeare in Love | $132,791 | -70% | 212 | -227 | $626 | $100,291,009 | 33 | Miramax | false | false |
| 47 | 41 | October Sky | $117,645 | -13.7% | 111 | -24 | $1,059 | $32,529,540 | 23 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 48 | 42 | Baby Geniuses | $112,165 | -9.5% | 163 | -12 | $688 | $26,888,559 | 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 49 | 43 | Wolves | $108,650 | -9.9% | 10 | -1 | $10,865 | $1,216,847 | 6 | IMAX | false | false |
| 50 | 51 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl | $94,677 | +44.4% | 15 | -3 | $6,311 | $596,055 | 12 | - | false | false |
| 51 | 39 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $92,328 | -35.4% | 12 | +3 | $7,694 | $14,033,981 | 107 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 52 | - | My Life So Far | $81,807 | - | 5 | - | $16,361 | $81,807 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 53 | 45 | Limbo | $80,752 | -14% | 50 | -11 | $1,615 | $1,899,325 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 54 | 36 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $69,435 | -59% | 111 | -92 | $625 | $15,974,699 | 11 | - | false | false |
| 55 | 48 | Besieged | $67,332 | -8.2% | 37 | -13 | $1,819 | $2,006,531 | 10 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 56 | 55 | After Life | $60,834 | +106.1% | 6 | -1 | $10,139 | $331,608 | 11 | Artistic License | false | false |
| 57 | 40 | Black Mask | $58,228 | -59% | 103 | -101 | $565 | $12,469,066 | 11 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 58 | 44 | Analyze This | $56,698 | -50.6% | - | - | - | $106,792,517 | 21 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 59 | 50 | Edge of Seventeen | $50,470 | -23.7% | 9 | -1 | $5,607 | $627,839 | 13 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 60 | 47 | My Son the Fanatic | $45,993 | -37.5% | 16 | -1 | $2,874 | $387,077 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 61 | - | The King of Masks | $45,932 | - | 10 | - | $4,593 | $640,521 | 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 62 | 53 | Go | $42,606 | -21% | 52 | -6 | $819 | $16,813,415 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
