| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 7 | $36,222,772 | +1,194.7% | 41.3% | 4 | Gladiator | $34,819,017 | 96.1% | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 2 | 1 | $17,272,580 | -37.4% | 19.7% | 4 | U-571 | $7,765,375 | 45% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $11,369,282 | -31.5% | 13% | 4 | Frequency | $6,513,499 | 57.3% | 2 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 4 | 4 | $5,113,106 | -38.7% | 5.8% | 1 | Where the Heart Is | $5,113,106 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 6 | $4,821,916 | +13.5% | 5.5% | 3 | I Dreamed of Africa | $2,411,445 | 50% | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 6 | 3 | $3,879,355 | -54.4% | 4.4% | 7 | Keeping the Faith | $2,780,907 | 71.7% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $2,445,265 | -48.3% | 2.8% | 1 | Rules of Engagement | $2,445,265 | 100% | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 8 | 9 | $1,510,815 | -34.1% | 1.7% | 1 | Return to Me | $1,510,815 | 100% | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,001,615 | -60.4% | 1.1% | 6 | Romeo Must Die | $447,176 | 44.6% | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 10 | 12 | $991,959 | +120.1% | 1.1% | 5 | Michael Jordan to the Max | $578,141 | 58.3% | 1 | IMAX | - |
| 11 | 14 | $598,755 | +76.8% | 0.7% | 3 | Up at the Villa | $339,819 | 56.8% | 1 | USA Films | - |
| 12 | 10 | $494,494 | -65.2% | 0.6% | 2 | American Psycho | $442,960 | 89.6% | 4 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 13 | 15 | $350,639 | +4.4% | 0.4% | 5 | East/West | $154,061 | 43.9% | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 14 | 18 | $349,998 | +101% | 0.4% | 1 | The Virgin Suicides | $349,998 | 100% | 3 | Paramount Classics | - |
| 15 | 13 | $313,885 | -27.6% | 0.4% | 3 | East Is East | $217,882 | 69.4% | 4 | Miramax | - |
| 16 | 17 | $167,072 | -7.2% | 0.2% | 2 | The Ninth Gate | $101,262 | 60.6% | 9 | Artisan Entertainment | - |
| 17 | 11 | $152,987 | -76.7% | 0.2% | 1 | Scream 3 | $152,987 | 100% | 14 | Dimension Films | - |
| 20 | 21 | $95,048 | +11.1% | 0.1% | 1 | The Last September | $95,048 | 100% | 3 | Trimark Pictures | - |
| 21 | 16 | $83,711 | -55.3% | <0.1% | 1 | The Other Conquest | $83,711 | 100% | 3 | - | - |
| 22 | 24 | $64,461 | +65.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Alien Adventure | $64,461 | 100% | 38 | - | - |
| 23 | 20 | $64,428 | -36.1% | <0.1% | 1 | God's Army | $64,428 | 100% | 9 | - | - |
| 25 | 22 | $38,222 | -24.5% | <0.1% | 1 | The Filth and the Fury | $38,222 | 100% | 6 | Fine Line Features | - |
| 26 | 25 | $33,179 | +2.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Croupier | $33,179 | 100% | 3 | - | - |
