| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | 12 Monkeys | $11,501,140 | - | 1,582 | - | $7,270 | $30,663,394 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood | $9,632,409 | - | 1,010 | - | $9,537 | $9,632,409 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 3 | - | Eye for an Eye | $7,929,086 | - | 1,528 | - | $5,189 | $7,929,086 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | - | Grumpier Old Men | $7,621,851 | - | 1,923 | - | $3,963 | $51,859,141 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | Toy Story | $7,369,912 | - | 2,053 | - | $3,589 | $169,753,776 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Jumanji | $7,014,656 | - | 2,218 | - | $3,162 | $77,101,225 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | - | Heat | $6,691,991 | - | 1,704 | - | $3,927 | $53,528,100 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | - | Waiting to Exhale | $6,460,005 | - | 1,349 | - | $4,788 | $53,574,510 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | - | Bio-Dome | $6,018,203 | - | 1,510 | - | $3,985 | $6,018,203 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 10 | - | Father of the Bride Part II | $5,229,044 | - | 1,813 | - | $2,884 | $66,911,852 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Two If by Sea | $5,222,573 | - | 1,712 | - | $3,050 | $5,222,573 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 12 | - | Dunston Checks In | $4,015,116 | - | 1,290 | - | $3,112 | $4,015,116 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 13 | - | Sabrina | $3,926,095 | - | 1,241 | - | $3,163 | $43,114,197 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Sense and Sensibility | $2,203,356 | - | 203 | - | $10,853 | $9,710,786 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | - | Se7en | $1,710,045 | - | 902 | - | $1,895 | $88,856,400 | 17 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 16 | - | Tom and Huck | $1,707,093 | - | 1,168 | - | $1,461 | $20,637,096 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | The American President | $1,702,220 | - | 820 | - | $2,075 | $56,486,135 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | - | Leaving Las Vegas | $1,652,002 | - | 167 | - | $9,892 | $5,109,312 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 19 | - | Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace | $1,643,530 | - | 1,589 | - | $1,034 | $1,643,530 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 20 | - | GoldenEye | $1,620,384 | - | 878 | - | $1,845 | $98,598,546 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 21 | - | Nixon | $1,337,432 | - | 902 | - | $1,482 | $12,312,316 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | - | Dead Man Walking | $470,717 | - | 27 | - | $17,433 | $827,468 | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 23 | - | Braveheart | $3,842 | - | 2 | - | $1,921 | $67,035,810 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
