| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $24,878,005 | $20,468,847 | 82.3% | $4,409,158 | 17.7% | 1,605 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Addams Family Values | $12,076,475 | $10,650,625 | 88.2% | $1,425,850 | 11.8% | 2,577 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | A Perfect World | $10,068,243 | $8,075,582 | 80.2% | $1,992,661 | 19.8% | 1,964 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | The Three Musketeers | $8,928,029 | $7,649,241 | 85.7% | $1,278,788 | 14.3% | 2,128 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Carlito's Way | $5,813,075 | $4,620,280 | 79.5% | $1,192,795 | 20.5% | 1,624 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | My Life | $5,089,234 | $4,202,676 | 82.6% | $886,558 | 17.4% | 1,290 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | $4,071,980 | $3,707,770 | 91.1% | $364,210 | 8.9% | 1,822 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | $3,808,019 | $3,328,681 | 87.4% | $479,338 | 12.6% | 1,374 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Man's Best Friend | $3,245,957 | $2,834,025 | 87.3% | $411,932 | 12.7% | 1,230 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 10 | The Piano | $3,070,634 | $2,446,752 | 79.7% | $623,882 | 20.3% | 231 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 11 | The Remains of the Day | $2,778,692 | $2,200,701 | 79.2% | $577,991 | 20.8% | 517 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Cool Runnings | $2,452,063 | $2,099,526 | 85.6% | $352,537 | 14.4% | 1,196 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Jurassic Park | $2,322,255 | $1,855,720 | 79.9% | $466,535 | 20.1% | 754 | 25 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Beverly Hillbillies | $1,358,278 | $1,151,732 | 84.8% | $206,546 | 15.2% | 1,094 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | Josh and S.A.M. | $915,992 | $800,469 | 87.4% | $115,523 | 12.6% | 774 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | The Nutcracker | $902,584 | $783,721 | 86.8% | $118,863 | 13.2% | 786 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | The Snapper | $31,288 | $21,802 | 69.7% | $9,486 | 30.3% | 1 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 18 | The Trial | $24,593 | $14,854 | 60.4% | $9,739 | 39.6% | 1 | 2 | Angelika Films | - | false |
| 19 | Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family | $1,348 | $1,099 | 81.5% | $249 | 18.5% | 1 | 2 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Ruby in Paradise | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | 8 | October Films | - | false |
| - | Look Who's Talking Now | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Joy Luck Club | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Rudy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | M. Butterfly | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
