| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Stargate | $16,651,018 | - | 2,033 | - | $8,190 | $16,651,018 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Pulp Fiction | $5,690,054 | -32.2% | 1,494 | +5 | $3,808 | $30,570,220 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Specialist | $3,965,212 | -35.5% | 2,363 | -146 | $1,678 | $43,632,106 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Love Affair | $3,612,787 | -33.6% | 1,585 | - | $2,279 | $10,772,118 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Road to Wellville | $2,580,108 | - | 806 | - | $3,201 | $2,580,108 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | The River Wild | $2,566,350 | -37.5% | 1,901 | -236 | $1,350 | $36,829,260 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Little Giants | $2,303,623 | -45.3% | 1,954 | -68 | $1,178 | $12,857,490 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | New Nightmare | $2,006,772 | -44.1% | 1,873 | - | $1,071 | $14,461,031 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Forrest Gump | $1,861,298 | -33.4% | 1,580 | -293 | $1,178 | $286,262,226 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Silent Fall | $1,531,244 | - | 1,251 | - | $1,224 | $1,531,244 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 11 | 10 | The Shawshank Redemption | $1,470,640 | -31.4% | 929 | -43 | $1,583 | $12,469,484 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 6 | The Puppet Masters | $1,470,157 | -63.9% | 1,482 | +1 | $992 | $6,634,322 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Only You | $1,368,956 | -49.5% | 1,162 | -455 | $1,178 | $17,401,758 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | $1,119,016 | - | 1,022 | - | $1,094 | $1,119,016 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | 11 | Quiz Show | $948,292 | -39.3% | 577 | -137 | $1,643 | $19,301,923 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | Bullets Over Broadway | $537,590 | +524.6% | 36 | +34 | $14,933 | $674,294 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | - | Drop Squad | $348,192 | - | 163 | - | $2,136 | $348,192 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
| 18 | 15 | Radioland Murders | $179,315 | -78.5% | 815 | -29 | $220 | $1,234,065 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | The Last Seduction | $45,058 | - | 5 | - | $9,011 | $62,622 | 1 | October Films | true | false |
| 20 | 18 | Clerks | $40,553 | +28.1% | 5 | +3 | $8,110 | $97,822 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
