| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 2 | $79,196,019 | +72.6% | 42.3% | 1 | Independence Day | $79,196,019 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 1 | $48,783,133 | <0.1% | 26% | 4 | Phenomenon | $24,999,981 | 51.2% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $25,687,080 | -42.9% | 13.7% | 2 | The Nutty Professor | $25,687,080 | 100% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $16,632,831 | -50% | 8.9% | 2 | Eraser | $12,481,405 | 75% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 5 | $9,850,881 | -60% | 5.3% | 2 | Striptease | $7,243,344 | 73.5% | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 6 | 6 | $6,492,404 | -10.2% | 3.5% | 2 | Mission: Impossible | $3,513,736 | 54.1% | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - |
