| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Fight Club | $15,555,847 | - | 1,963 | - | $7,924 | $15,555,847 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Double Jeopardy | $13,218,467 | -25.8% | 2,936 | +23 | $4,502 | $83,327,606 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Story of Us | $12,410,540 | - | 2,164 | - | $5,735 | $12,410,540 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Three Kings | $9,391,696 | -40.2% | 2,942 | - | $3,192 | $45,796,380 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | American Beauty | $8,898,853 | -31.2% | 1,350 | +124 | $6,591 | $43,450,148 | 6 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Random Hearts | $7,352,224 | -56.5% | 2,697 | - | $2,726 | $24,254,465 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | The Sixth Sense | $6,744,942 | -16.9% | 2,682 | -102 | $2,514 | $251,443,160 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Superstar | $6,618,418 | -39.3% | 2,016 | +73 | $3,282 | $17,517,239 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Blue Streak | $4,725,268 | -35.9% | 2,353 | -338 | $2,008 | $61,566,514 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | - | The Omega Code | $2,985,060 | - | 304 | - | $9,819 | $2,865,914 | 1 | Providence Entertainment | true | false |
| 11 | 8 | Drive Me Crazy | $2,710,733 | -44.4% | 2,088 | -145 | $1,298 | $15,432,961 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | $1,698,540 | -43.4% | 1,210 | - | $1,403 | $8,675,132 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | For Love of the Game | $1,394,940 | -49.4% | 1,476 | -938 | $945 | $33,523,995 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Stigmata | $1,245,017 | -36.5% | 1,007 | -375 | $1,236 | $48,280,977 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Mystery, Alaska | $1,207,396 | -52.2% | 1,208 | -496 | $999 | $7,848,563 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 20 | The Thomas Crown Affair | $585,957 | -1.8% | 717 | - | $817 | $68,162,699 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Stir of Echoes | $585,621 | -47.8% | 651 | -386 | $899 | $19,842,800 | 6 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $579,883 | -25.6% | 494 | -56 | $1,173 | $426,962,430 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Inspector Gadget | $553,295 | -24.9% | 662 | -71 | $835 | $95,612,316 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 14 | Runaway Bride | $551,549 | -35.1% | 740 | -313 | $745 | $149,641,401 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 21 | Mysteries of Egypt | $491,347 | -9.8% | 22 | -1 | $22,333 | $22,246,335 | 61 | IMAX | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | The Blair Witch Project | $479,033 | -31.8% | 717 | -207 | $668 | $140,162,546 | 14 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 23 | 28 | Happy, Texas | $437,606 | +64.2% | 134 | +95 | $3,265 | $809,929 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 24 | 42 | Deep Blue Sea | $386,260 | +267.2% | 676 | +521 | $571 | $72,759,039 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 25 | 27 | The Limey | $332,118 | +22% | 40 | +23 | $8,302 | $604,307 | 2 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 26 | 36 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $319,436 | +105.6% | 35 | +2 | $9,126 | $24,578,218 | 52 | IMAX | false | false |
| 27 | 22 | The Haunting | $288,828 | -38.9% | 318 | -75 | $908 | $91,022,725 | 13 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 28 | 26 | Bowfinger | $231,005 | -20.6% | 335 | -96 | $689 | $65,498,845 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 32 | Everest | $205,962 | -11.9% | 42 | -3 | $4,903 | $72,584,312 | 85 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 30 | 31 | Buena Vista Social Club | $185,103 | -24.6% | 73 | -1 | $2,535 | $5,919,796 | 20 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 31 | 25 | The Iron Giant | $177,823 | -49.5% | 480 | -154 | $370 | $22,763,504 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 32 | 19 | Jakob the Liar | $172,665 | -71.6% | 348 | -580 | $496 | $4,860,930 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 33 | 40 | Boys Don't Cry | $171,894 | +47.6% | 18 | +16 | $9,549 | $288,380 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 34 | 23 | Mumford | $164,354 | -65.1% | 214 | -437 | $768 | $4,333,898 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 30 | Tarzan | $162,512 | -35.2% | 265 | -78 | $613 | $170,298,378 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 36 | 29 | The 13th Warrior | $155,361 | -38.8% | 193 | -113 | $804 | $32,017,074 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 37 | - | Wolves | $130,090 | - | 14 | - | $9,292 | $2,216,351 | 18 | IMAX | false | false |
| 38 | - | The Straight Story | $129,534 | - | 7 | - | $18,504 | $129,534 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 39 | 39 | Extreme | $126,114 | -6.7% | 14 | -1 | $9,008 | $6,069,581 | 29 | IMAX | false | false |
| 40 | 37 | American Pie | $125,365 | -16% | 310 | +2 | $404 | $101,661,880 | 15 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 41 | 34 | Big Daddy | $118,649 | -31.7% | 157 | -30 | $755 | $163,370,374 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 42 | 33 | Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box | $117,208 | -42.7% | 9 | +2 | $13,023 | $377,023 | 3 | IMAX | false | false |
| 43 | 41 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $111,875 | +6.2% | 15 | +5 | $7,458 | $10,582,068 | 77 | IMAX | false | false |
| 44 | 54 | Island of the Sharks | $101,222 | +158.5% | 15 | - | $6,748 | $3,819,861 | 26 | IMAX | false | false |
| 45 | - | Mast | $97,598 | - | - | - | - | $97,598 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | true | false |
| 46 | 38 | Guinevere | $97,017 | -28.5% | 33 | - | $2,939 | $464,221 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 47 | 15 | Run Lola Run | $95,799 | -87.7% | 58 | -15 | $1,651 | $6,809,990 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 48 | 24 | Romance | $83,294 | -76.5% | 74 | +37 | $1,125 | $769,768 | 5 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 49 | - | Beefcake | $69,078 | - | 6 | - | $11,513 | $69,078 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
| 50 | - | The Children of the Marshland | $61,991 | - | 13 | - | $4,768 | $186,407 | 3 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 51 | - | Earth | $60,771 | - | 17 | - | $3,574 | $390,729 | 6 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 52 | 43 | Le Dîner de Cons | $52,243 | -48.2% | 63 | -2 | $829 | $3,655,998 | 15 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 53 | - | Vaastav: The Reality | $46,170 | - | 16 | - | $2,885 | $46,170 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | true | false |
| 54 | 47 | The Minus Man | $38,330 | -49.4% | 45 | +7 | $851 | $360,603 | 6 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 55 | - | Show Me Love | $26,767 | - | 5 | - | $5,353 | $26,767 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
| 56 | - | Fever Pitch | $3,736 | - | 1 | - | $3,736 | $3,736 | 1 | Phaedra Cinema | true | false |
