- Biggest opening for a film that did not reach $100M : The Haunting ($33.4M)

- Smallest opening for a film that reached (or will reach) $100M : Stuart Little ($15.0M)

- Biggest weekend gross for a number one movie : Star Wars Episode I ($64.8M), May 21-23

- Smallest weekend gross for a number one movie : The Best Man ($9.0M), October 22-24

- Widest opening : Wild Wild West (3,342 theaters)

- Widest release : The Mummy (3,411 theaters in fifth week)

- New monthly opening weekend records set : April (The Matrix's $27.8M), June (Austin Powers 2's $57.4M), August (The Sixth Sense's $26.7M), November (Toy Story 2's $57.4M)

- Smallest opening for a film debuting in at least 2,000 theaters : Lost and Found ($3.0M in 2,469 theaters)

- Biggest opening for a film debuting in under 2,000 theaters : The Blair Witch Project ($29.2M in 1,101 theaters)

- Longest run in the top ten : tie between Shakespeare in Love and The Sixth Sense (15 weeks)