| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Patch Adams | $46,444,325 | - | 2,712 | - | $17,125 | $46,444,325 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Stepmom | $35,435,611 | - | 2,358 | - | $15,027 | $35,435,611 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | You've Got Mail | $34,424,571 | +17.3% | 2,756 | +65 | $12,490 | $63,762,374 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | The Prince of Egypt | $30,167,450 | +21% | 3,218 | +100 | $9,374 | $55,106,631 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | A Bug's Life | $23,223,865 | +28.9% | 2,456 | -317 | $9,455 | $127,589,564 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Mighty Joe Young | $20,028,356 | - | 2,502 | - | $8,004 | $20,028,356 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | - | The Faculty | $18,409,135 | - | 2,365 | - | $7,783 | $18,409,135 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 8 | 4 | Star Trek: Insurrection | $13,465,244 | +2.8% | 2,677 | +28 | $5,029 | $53,895,383 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Enemy of the State | $9,839,415 | +25.6% | 1,505 | -732 | $6,537 | $92,027,903 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | Jack Frost | $9,371,497 | -6.5% | 2,142 | -10 | $4,375 | $27,986,763 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Rugrats Movie | $7,081,657 | +31.6% | 2,225 | -391 | $3,182 | $86,430,992 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Shakespeare in Love | $5,259,721 | - | 295 | +276 | $17,829 | $6,239,569 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 13 | 7 | The Waterboy | $4,651,015 | -14.6% | 1,281 | -961 | $3,630 | $147,895,431 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Waking Ned Devine | $3,123,993 | - | 259 | +206 | $12,061 | $5,335,460 | 6 | - | false | false |
| 15 | - | Down in the Delta | $2,497,557 | - | - | - | - | $2,497,557 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 16 | 9 | Antz | $1,232,475 | +35.9% | 853 | -49 | $1,444 | $88,668,349 | 13 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | - | The Thin Red Line | $557,979 | - | 5 | - | $111,595 | $644,802 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 18 | - | Hurlyburly | $291,996 | - | 16 | - | $18,249 | $291,996 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 19 | - | A Civil Action | $155,596 | - | 2 | - | $77,798 | $155,596 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 20 | 11 | The General | $82,967 | +60% | - | - | - | $134,817 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 21 | - | Hilary and Jackie | $41,973 | - | - | - | - | $41,973 | 1 | October Films | true | false |
| 22 | 12 | The Swindle | $32,806 | +312% | 3 | - | $10,935 | $40,768 | 2 | New Yorker Films | false | false |
| 23 | 13 | The Theory of Flight | $26,477 | +408.4% | 6 | - | $4,412 | $31,685 | 2 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 24 | - | Affliction | $26,038 | - | - | - | - | $26,038 | 1 | Lionsgate Films | true | false |
| 25 | - | Playing by Heart | $10,265 | - | - | - | - | $10,265 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 26 | - | The Hi-Lo Country | $6,013 | - | - | - | - | $6,013 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
| 27 | - | Another Day in Paradise | $4,849 | - | - | - | - | $4,849 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | true | false |
