| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | House on Haunted Hill | $20,272,697 | - | 2,710 | - | $7,480 | $20,272,697 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Best Man | $8,040,825 | -31% | 1,348 | +2 | $5,965 | $19,696,895 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Double Jeopardy | $7,066,960 | -26.1% | 2,986 | -16 | $2,366 | $99,963,633 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 6 | American Beauty | $5,280,194 | -23.2% | 1,528 | +69 | $3,455 | $55,606,479 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Fight Club | $5,122,385 | -41.8% | 1,943 | -23 | $2,636 | $29,486,004 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | - | Music of the Heart | $4,916,514 | - | 1,349 | - | $3,644 | $4,916,479 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Bringing Out the Dead | $4,648,591 | -42.3% | 1,947 | +11 | $2,387 | $12,698,664 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 10 | The Sixth Sense | $4,276,286 | -17.6% | 2,051 | -140 | $2,084 | $260,911,157 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | The Story of Us | $4,110,770 | -40.2% | 2,175 | +9 | $1,890 | $23,398,640 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Three Kings | $3,371,835 | -37.7% | 1,851 | -560 | $1,821 | $54,578,945 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Three to Tango | $3,015,899 | -45.6% | 2,234 | - | $1,349 | $8,561,133 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Bats | $2,821,335 | -50.4% | 2,540 | - | $1,110 | $8,511,108 | 2 | Destination Films | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Superstar | $2,423,510 | -41.4% | 2,016 | - | $1,202 | $24,079,699 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Random Hearts | $1,977,873 | -47.9% | 1,827 | -720 | $1,082 | $30,030,898 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | The Omega Code | $1,799,217 | -9.9% | 365 | +59 | $4,929 | $6,730,083 | 3 | Providence Entertainment | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Blue Streak | $1,211,639 | -44.2% | 1,093 | -448 | $1,108 | $64,950,026 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | - | Being John Malkovich | $1,023,621 | - | 25 | - | $40,944 | $1,023,621 | 1 | USA Films | true | false |
| 18 | 16 | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | $609,708 | -42.1% | 1,153 | +28 | $528 | $10,337,284 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 19 | 15 | Crazy in Alabama | $532,336 | -60.8% | 1,214 | - | $438 | $1,890,157 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 21 | Mysteries of Egypt | $511,920 | -6.8% | 25 | - | $20,476 | $23,307,350 | 63 | IMAX | false | false |
| 21 | 28 | The Straight Story | $504,067 | +39.4% | 96 | +64 | $5,250 | $995,103 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 22 | The Limey | $490,003 | -6.1% | 100 | +4 | $4,900 | $1,616,401 | 4 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 23 | 17 | Drive Me Crazy | $420,247 | -57.3% | 714 | -348 | $588 | $16,836,438 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 24 | 18 | Stigmata | $419,079 | -33.7% | 574 | -135 | $730 | $49,332,572 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 25 | - | Fifty | $410,100 | - | - | - | - | $410,100 | 1 | IMAX | true | false |
| 26 | 20 | For Love of the Game | $384,595 | -33.8% | 475 | -167 | $809 | $34,489,700 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 24 | Boys Don't Cry | $373,480 | -13% | 41 | +2 | $9,109 | $1,091,209 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 28 | 25 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | $324,522 | -23.3% | 331 | -55 | $980 | $427,709,795 | 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 29 | 23 | Inspector Gadget | $258,729 | -41.7% | 480 | -81 | $539 | $96,314,545 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | - | Mickey Blue Eyes | $239,180 | - | 433 | - | $552 | $33,514,153 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 31 | 26 | Romance | $224,747 | -45.3% | 54 | -14 | $4,161 | $1,405,328 | 7 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 31 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $217,794 | -23.1% | 30 | -1 | $7,259 | $25,079,126 | 54 | IMAX | false | false |
| 33 | 30 | Stir of Echoes | $217,509 | -26% | 238 | -108 | $913 | $20,354,432 | 8 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 34 | 35 | The Thomas Crown Affair | $217,024 | -10.1% | 258 | +2 | $841 | $68,621,179 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 35 | 29 | Happy, Texas | $214,063 | -35.2% | 110 | -36 | $1,946 | $1,354,480 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 36 | - | Princess Mononoke | $208,624 | - | 8 | - | $26,078 | $208,624 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 37 | 27 | Mystery, Alaska | $200,741 | -45% | 232 | -178 | $865 | $8,414,180 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 38 | 44 | Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box | $174,890 | +37% | 19 | +1 | $9,204 | $679,612 | 5 | IMAX | false | false |
| 39 | 33 | Deep Blue Sea | $173,008 | -35.2% | 371 | -141 | $466 | $73,199,236 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 40 | 39 | Everest | $167,271 | -18.7% | 41 | -1 | $4,079 | $72,957,413 | 87 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false | false |
| 41 | 32 | The 13th Warrior | $161,728 | -39.5% | 250 | -109 | $646 | $32,446,011 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 42 | 34 | Runaway Bride | $157,542 | -36.9% | 248 | -166 | $635 | $150,048,425 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 43 | 41 | Bowfinger | $155,020 | -5% | 228 | -7 | $679 | $65,817,020 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 37 | Buena Vista Social Club | $146,103 | -31% | 66 | -8 | $2,213 | $6,277,515 | 22 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 45 | 36 | The Blair Witch Project | $118,883 | -45.9% | 232 | -176 | $512 | $140,501,248 | 16 | Artisan Entertainment | false | false |
| 46 | 40 | Island of the Sharks | $117,766 | -32.2% | 15 | - | $7,851 | $4,111,444 | 28 | IMAX | false | false |
| 47 | 38 | The Haunting | $100,229 | -52.3% | 277 | +29 | $361 | $91,333,076 | 15 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 48 | - | The Astronaut's Wife | $94,022 | - | 187 | - | $502 | $10,616,910 | 10 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 49 | - | The Red Violin | $91,224 | - | 66 | - | $1,382 | $9,907,009 | 52 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 50 | 49 | Wolves | $66,857 | -31.8% | 16 | - | $4,178 | $2,381,243 | 20 | IMAX | false | false |
| 51 | 52 | Run Lola Run | $64,597 | -17% | 45 | -3 | $1,435 | $6,952,414 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 52 | 46 | Tarzan | $60,570 | -43.2% | 143 | -38 | $423 | $170,465,617 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 53 | - | All About My Mother | $60,080 | - | - | - | - | $60,080 | - | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 54 | 47 | The Iron Giant | $58,732 | -44% | 273 | -78 | $215 | $22,927,196 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 55 | - | Galapagos | $56,750 | - | - | - | - | $56,750 | 1 | IMAX | true | false |
| 56 | 48 | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | $55,319 | -47.2% | 15 | - | $3,687 | $10,742,067 | 79 | IMAX | false | false |
| 57 | 53 | The Children of the Marshland | $48,204 | -17.6% | 13 | - | $3,708 | $293,105 | 5 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 58 | 50 | Le Dîner de Cons | $46,360 | -41% | 43 | -5 | $1,078 | $3,780,996 | 17 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 59 | - | Man of the Century | $12,573 | - | 2 | - | $6,286 | $12,573 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 60 | - | Dreaming of Joseph Lees | $12,044 | - | 2 | - | $6,022 | $12,044 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 61 | - | The Suburbans | $10,949 | - | 11 | - | $995 | $10,949 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
