| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $29,100,000 | - | - | - | 3,016 | $29,100,000 | - | 1 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | $12,500,000 | - | - | - | 3,102 | $43,300,000 | - | 2 | Miramax | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Runaway Jury | $12,100,000 | $11,836,705 | -$263,295 | -2.2% | 2,815 | $12,100,000 | $11,836,705 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | School of Rock | $11,300,000 | $11,006,233 | -$293,767 | -2.6% | 2,951 | $55,200,000 | $54,898,025 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Mystic River | $10,300,000 | $10,445,547 | +$145,547 | +1.4% | 1,467 | $13,400,000 | $13,532,943 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Good Boy | $9,000,000 | $8,932,472 | -$67,528 | -0.8% | 3,225 | $25,800,000 | $25,713,653 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Intolerable Cruelty | $6,900,000 | $6,515,010 | -$384,990 | -5.6% | 2,570 | $23,100,000 | $22,720,755 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Out of Time | $4,100,000 | $4,002,023 | -$97,977 | -2.4% | 2,344 | $35,300,000 | $35,230,719 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Under the Tuscan Sun | $3,400,000 | $3,379,245 | -$20,755 | -0.6% | 1,663 | $33,700,000 | $33,657,195 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | The Rundown | $2,800,000 | $2,780,695 | -$19,305 | -0.7% | 2,099 | $44,600,000 | $44,518,785 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Lost in Translation | $2,000,000 | - | - | - | 771 | $21,000,000 | - | 6 | Focus Features | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | Secondhand Lions | $1,800,000 | - | - | - | 1,610 | $38,300,000 | - | 5 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | House of the Dead | $548,000 | $1,763,212 | +$1,215,212 | +221.8% | 1,540 | $7,596,556 | $8,811,768 | 2 | Artisan Entertainment | - |
