| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Entrapment | $26,126,032 | - | 2,814 | - | $9,284 | $26,126,032 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Matrix | $11,624,679 | -29.8% | 2,903 | - | $4,004 | $132,623,828 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Life | $8,060,400 | -42.5% | 2,613 | +16 | $3,084 | $47,839,600 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Never Been Kissed | $5,071,108 | -31.7% | 2,481 | -19 | $2,043 | $37,499,054 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Analyze This | $2,827,085 | -28.1% | 2,128 | -2 | $1,328 | $99,116,740 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | - | Idle Hands | $2,303,163 | - | 1,611 | - | $1,429 | $2,303,163 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 7 | 7 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $2,184,902 | -33.2% | 2,020 | -215 | $1,081 | $31,509,043 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Pushing Tin | $1,746,660 | -62% | 1,284 | +1 | $1,360 | $6,342,672 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Go | $1,618,309 | -41.2% | 1,419 | -144 | $1,140 | $14,853,752 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Lost & Found | $1,606,042 | -57.2% | 2,469 | - | $650 | $5,358,504 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Out-of-Towners | $1,404,641 | -45.5% | 1,850 | -278 | $759 | $25,274,722 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Cookie's Fortune | $1,308,820 | -22.7% | 559 | - | $2,341 | $6,865,694 | 5 | October Films | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Life Is Beautiful | $1,159,653 | -29.9% | 914 | -105 | $1,268 | $53,400,525 | 28 | Miramax | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Forces of Nature | $1,151,602 | -45.4% | 1,508 | -442 | $763 | $49,760,877 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Shakespeare in Love | $1,118,313 | -32.5% | 1,017 | -164 | $1,099 | $93,180,133 | 21 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | 18 | A Walk on the Moon | $682,108 | -14% | 242 | +4 | $2,818 | $2,709,791 | 6 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Twin Dragons | $638,598 | -45% | 852 | -173 | $749 | $7,110,042 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | eXistenZ | $620,207 | -50.7% | 256 | - | $2,422 | $1,877,905 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | Foolish | $588,014 | -37.1% | 381 | -29 | $1,543 | $4,883,447 | 4 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | Doug's 1st Movie | $498,334 | -46.4% | 1,054 | -478 | $472 | $17,593,161 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | Baby Geniuses | $460,299 | -37.6% | 939 | -228 | $490 | $24,190,480 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 22 | 20 | October Sky | $454,285 | -30.8% | 513 | -85 | $885 | $29,743,020 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 24 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $403,612 | -23.8% | 29 | -1 | $13,917 | $12,748,980 | 28 | IMAX | false | false |
| 24 | 22 | Saving Private Ryan | $388,579 | -36.8% | 524 | -103 | $741 | $215,526,073 | 41 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 25 | 36 | Election | $360,491 | +107.8% | 14 | +8 | $25,749 | $533,996 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 23 | The Faculty | $355,048 | -40% | 410 | -61 | $865 | $39,966,657 | 19 | Miramax | false | false |
| 27 | 21 | Edtv | $343,990 | -45.2% | 531 | -292 | $647 | $21,745,835 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 28 | 26 | Mysteries of Egypt | $298,313 | -17.3% | 15 | -2 | $19,887 | $8,152,061 | 37 | IMAX | false | false |
| 29 | 27 | Everest | $288,118 | -15.1% | 55 | +1 | $5,238 | $64,138,532 | 61 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 30 | 55 | The Dreamlife of Angels | $286,277 | +298.9% | 40 | +16 | $7,156 | $804,422 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 31 | 28 | Hideous Kinky | $216,119 | -24.3% | 76 | +9 | $2,843 | $620,420 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 32 | 37 | The Prince of Egypt | $206,804 | +20.7% | 340 | -68 | $608 | $101,055,851 | 20 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 33 | - | Sarfarosh | $184,837 | - | 24 | - | $7,701 | $184,837 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | true | false |
| 34 | 34 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | $172,854 | -9.9% | 112 | +7 | $1,543 | $3,344,040 | 9 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 35 | 41 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $170,415 | +7.3% | 11 | +1 | $15,492 | $6,820,001 | 53 | IMAX | false | false |
| 36 | 30 | The King and I | $147,626 | -37.8% | 330 | -205 | $447 | $11,181,179 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 37 | 50 | Extreme | $140,108 | +19.3% | 4 | +1 | $35,027 | $413,996 | 5 | IMAX | false | false |
| 38 | 31 | Message in a Bottle | $138,274 | -37.5% | 223 | -76 | $620 | $52,733,180 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 39 | 57 | 8MM | $131,363 | +112.1% | 422 | +301 | $311 | $36,221,621 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 40 | 42 | Blast from the Past | $124,936 | -19.3% | 181 | -35 | $690 | $26,350,480 | 12 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 41 | 32 | Cruel Intentions | $121,062 | -40.4% | 250 | -98 | $484 | $37,091,860 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 42 | 49 | Central Station | $116,356 | -5.8% | 68 | +2 | $1,711 | $5,908,318 | 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 43 | - | The Winslow Boy | $110,263 | - | 6 | - | $18,377 | $110,263 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 44 | 44 | Rushmore | $108,959 | -24.3% | 135 | -32 | $807 | $16,837,582 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 45 | 52 | The Rage: Carrie 2 | $107,677 | -2.7% | 187 | -24 | $575 | $17,390,158 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 46 | 33 | A Bug's Life | $107,118 | -46.9% | 275 | -105 | $389 | $162,721,112 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 47 | 35 | Waking Ned Devine | $104,914 | -43.6% | 129 | -14 | $813 | $24,426,867 | 24 | - | false | false |
| 48 | 29 | True Crime | $103,295 | -59.3% | 338 | -263 | $305 | $16,334,858 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 49 | 43 | The Other Sister | $98,819 | -33.5% | 183 | -51 | $539 | $26,855,260 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 50 | 45 | Patch Adams | $98,630 | -31.5% | 127 | -40 | $776 | $134,815,800 | 19 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 51 | 47 | Payback | $92,461 | -31.5% | 206 | -88 | $448 | $80,030,961 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 52 | - | Open Your Eyes | $90,222 | - | 23 | - | $3,922 | $167,826 | 3 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 53 | 46 | The Deep End of the Ocean | $87,552 | -36.7% | 324 | -77 | $270 | $13,324,733 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 54 | 48 | The Mod Squad | $85,971 | -30.5% | 182 | -87 | $472 | $13,054,099 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 55 | - | Get Real | $79,639 | - | 6 | - | $13,273 | $79,639 | 1 | Paramount Classics | true | false |
| 56 | - | Three Seasons | $71,056 | - | 3 | - | $23,685 | $71,056 | 1 | October Films | true | false |
| 57 | - | The Velocity of Gary | $2,143 | - | 1 | - | $2,143 | $2,143 | 1 | - | true | false |
