| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $99,354,493 | +143.3% | 2,970 | - | $33,452 | $140,194,760 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Mummy | $17,967,425 | -41.5% | 3,276 | +50 | $5,484 | $104,385,630 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Entrapment | $8,788,981 | -24.2% | 2,869 | -10 | $3,063 | $62,366,220 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | The Matrix | $4,302,561 | -28.8% | 2,521 | -194 | $1,706 | $150,934,550 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $3,689,452 | -34.4% | 1,093 | +13 | $3,375 | $9,314,243 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Love Letter | $3,672,663 | - | 769 | - | $4,775 | $3,672,663 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution | true | false |
| 7 | 9 | Never Been Kissed | $2,491,186 | -20.3% | 1,888 | -386 | $1,319 | $46,936,557 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Black Mask | $2,257,704 | -60% | 988 | +9 | $2,285 | $7,905,396 | 2 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Life | $2,098,020 | -40.1% | 1,720 | -527 | $1,219 | $58,059,299 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Election | $2,037,512 | -30.6% | 827 | - | $2,463 | $9,720,874 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Tea with Mussolini | $1,863,860 | -19.5% | 273 | +3 | $6,827 | $4,179,318 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Trippin' | $1,834,500 | -42.2% | 781 | +4 | $2,348 | $5,634,306 | 2 | October Films | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Shakespeare in Love | $1,033,661 | +9% | 1,223 | +320 | $845 | $96,228,634 | 24 | Miramax | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Analyze This | $851,378 | -29.8% | 1,123 | -465 | $758 | $103,297,843 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $783,594 | -28.7% | 981 | -405 | $798 | $34,795,588 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Life Is Beautiful | $639,835 | -28.3% | 579 | -257 | $1,105 | $56,010,610 | 31 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Cookie's Fortune | $614,813 | -21.3% | 504 | -51 | $1,219 | $9,377,445 | 8 | October Films | false | false |
| 18 | 56 | Payback | $468,902 | +880.7% | 567 | +468 | $826 | $80,610,153 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 20 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $442,685 | -10.8% | 28 | -1 | $15,810 | $14,122,012 | 31 | IMAX | false | false |
| 20 | 18 | Forces of Nature | $389,044 | -33% | 558 | -303 | $697 | $51,494,716 | 10 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 21 | 17 | The Out-of-Towners | $373,035 | -48.2% | 802 | -384 | $465 | $27,364,567 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 23 | A Walk on the Moon | $337,378 | -19.4% | 222 | -24 | $1,519 | $4,020,230 | 9 | Miramax | false | false |
| 23 | 21 | She's All That | $299,858 | -39.5% | 463 | -87 | $647 | $62,563,614 | 17 | Miramax | false | false |
| 24 | 22 | October Sky | $287,215 | -35.8% | 428 | -102 | $671 | $30,847,550 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 32 | Three Seasons | $279,123 | +11.6% | 53 | +15 | $5,266 | $848,298 | 4 | October Films | false | false |
| 26 | 34 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $262,090 | +24.3% | 13 | +1 | $20,160 | $7,445,672 | 56 | IMAX | false | false |
| 27 | 27 | The King and I | $241,975 | -18.6% | 553 | -135 | $437 | $11,836,355 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 28 | - | Besieged | $221,304 | - | 36 | - | $6,147 | $221,304 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 29 | 19 | Pushing Tin | $220,557 | -57.8% | 417 | -426 | $528 | $8,043,457 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 30 | 30 | The Other Sister | $198,698 | -24.9% | 314 | -73 | $632 | $27,374,695 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | - | Trekkies | $182,574 | - | 339 | - | $538 | $182,574 | 1 | Paramount Classics | true | false |
| 32 | 24 | Go | $171,225 | -57.3% | 289 | -300 | $592 | $16,232,199 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 33 | 40 | The Winslow Boy | $170,700 | +0.3% | 29 | +1 | $5,886 | $616,058 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 34 | 29 | Doug's 1st Movie | $168,050 | -39.3% | 417 | -300 | $402 | $18,362,273 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 35 | Saving Private Ryan | $159,709 | -23.7% | 258 | -61 | $619 | $216,172,633 | 44 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 36 | 43 | The Castle | $155,616 | +18.6% | 55 | +20 | $2,829 | $329,301 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 37 | 42 | The Dreamlife of Angels | $153,296 | -4.5% | 60 | +2 | $2,554 | $1,219,814 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 38 | 36 | Cruel Intentions | $152,428 | -23.7% | 427 | -88 | $356 | $37,512,214 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 39 | 41 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $150,242 | -8.6% | 7 | - | $21,463 | $914,334 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 40 | 38 | eXistenZ | $146,896 | -23.5% | 138 | -12 | $1,064 | $2,566,469 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 41 | 31 | Baby Geniuses | $140,393 | -44.8% | 461 | -199 | $304 | $24,901,745 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 42 | 37 | Edtv | $132,410 | -33.5% | 262 | -115 | $505 | $22,293,155 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 43 | 44 | Get Real | $111,590 | +0.5% | 33 | +1 | $3,381 | $374,642 | 4 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 44 | 28 | Lost & Found | $105,521 | -62.9% | 303 | -400 | $348 | $6,287,349 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 45 | 39 | Foolish | $100,639 | -43.2% | 150 | -95 | $670 | $5,506,754 | 7 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 46 | 33 | Twin Dragons | $95,547 | -58.3% | 257 | -234 | $371 | $7,789,917 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
| 47 | 51 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $91,842 | +18.7% | 11 | - | $8,349 | $13,127,560 | 98 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 48 | 48 | Island of the Sharks | $76,600 | -5.8% | 3 | - | $25,533 | $272,721 | 5 | IMAX | false | false |
| 49 | 46 | Waking Ned Devine | $71,258 | -23.1% | 94 | -20 | $758 | $24,702,257 | 27 | - | false | false |
| 50 | 55 | Patch Adams | $55,445 | +6.4% | 65 | -17 | $853 | $134,988,003 | 22 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 51 | 52 | The Rage: Carrie 2 | $54,962 | -19.9% | 96 | -26 | $572 | $17,601,779 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 52 | 47 | Hideous Kinky | $52,129 | -38% | 42 | -25 | $1,241 | $916,882 | 6 | - | false | false |
| 53 | 54 | This Is My Father | $43,045 | -21.3% | 13 | +1 | $3,311 | $175,476 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 54 | 50 | The Prince of Egypt | $28,610 | -64.2% | 66 | -159 | $433 | $101,293,857 | 23 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 55 | - | Frogs for Snakes | $19,012 | - | 29 | - | $655 | $19,012 | 1 | Artisan Entertainment | true | false |
