| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | $41,068,875 | -23.7% | 36.6% | 5 | The Sixth Sense | $27,805,502 | 67.7% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 3 | $15,548,645 | -11.7% | 13.9% | 8 | Chill Factor | $5,528,031 | 35.6% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 2 | $14,426,725 | -18.6% | 12.9% | 6 | Bowfinger | $8,322,155 | 57.7% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $8,448,095 | -27.8% | 7.5% | 4 | Runaway Bride | $7,864,859 | 93.1% | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $7,553,591 | -24.7% | 6.7% | 7 | Outside Providence | $3,214,994 | 42.6% | 2 | Miramax | - |
| 6 | 6 | $5,796,942 | -26.7% | 5.2% | 2 | The Thomas Crown Affair | $5,704,187 | 98.4% | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 8 | $4,545,484 | -36.3% | 4.1% | 3 | The Blair Witch Project | $4,146,708 | 91.2% | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | - |
| 8 | 7 | $3,897,689 | -48.3% | 3.5% | 4 | The Astronaut's Wife | $3,270,864 | 83.9% | 2 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 9 | 9 | $3,213,906 | -45.2% | 2.9% | 1 | The Muse | $3,213,906 | 100% | 2 | USA Films | - |
| 10 | 11 | $2,389,196 | -2.3% | 2.1% | 3 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $1,752,778 | 73.4% | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 11 | 10 | $2,055,026 | -55.5% | 1.8% | 4 | Universal Soldier: The Return | $1,139,124 | 55.4% | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 12 | 13 | $788,686 | -18.5% | 0.7% | 1 | The Haunting | $788,686 | 100% | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 13 | 14 | $599,363 | -5.7% | 0.5% | 3 | The Red Violin | $377,899 | 63.1% | 44 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 14 | 12 | $537,320 | -57.4% | 0.5% | 3 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $431,772 | 80.4% | 46 | IMAX | - |
| 15 | 17 | $325,000 | - | 0.3% | 1 | Everest | $325,000 | 100% | 79 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | - |
| 16 | 16 | $295,288 | -13.7% | 0.3% | 1 | Better Than Chocolate | $295,288 | 100% | 4 | Trimark Pictures | - |
| 17 | 19 | $248,561 | +21.5% | 0.2% | 1 | Trick | $248,561 | 100% | 7 | Fine Line Features | - |
| 18 | 18 | $207,285 | -14.5% | 0.2% | 1 | Autumn Tale | $207,285 | 100% | 9 | October Films | - |
| 19 | 15 | $146,389 | -76.1% | 0.1% | 2 | Twin Falls Idaho | $146,389 | 100% | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 20 | 20 | $97,536 | -39.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $97,536 | 100% | 28 | - | - |
