| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $26,307,528 | $9,370,059 | 35.6% | $16,937,469 | 64.4% | 2,305 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | The Pelican Brief | $23,054,537 | $11,124,936 | 48.2% | $11,929,601 | 51.8% | 2,008 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Tombstone | $14,435,163 | $6,454,752 | 44.7% | $7,980,411 | 55.3% | 1,504 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | $13,968,372 | $5,277,294 | 37.8% | $8,691,078 | 62.2% | 2,178 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Beethoven's 2nd | $13,555,485 | $4,255,485 | 31.4% | $9,300,000 | 68.6% | 2,041 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Grumpy Old Men | $9,471,400 | $3,874,911 | 40.9% | $5,596,489 | 59.1% | 1,244 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Wayne's World 2 | $8,943,770 | $3,595,506 | 40.2% | $5,348,264 | 59.8% | 2,320 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Geronimo: An American Legend | $3,746,694 | $1,704,668 | 45.5% | $2,042,026 | 54.5% | 1,636 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Piano | $3,431,597 | $1,421,495 | 41.4% | $2,010,102 | 58.6% | 516 | 7 | Miramax | - | false |
| 10 | The Three Musketeers | $3,038,344 | $1,083,844 | 35.7% | $1,954,500 | 64.3% | 1,006 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Schindler's List | $3,029,583 | $1,283,885 | 42.4% | $1,745,698 | 57.6% | 76 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | $2,984,709 | $1,189,975 | 39.9% | $1,794,734 | 60.1% | 1,506 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | Addams Family Values | $2,361,347 | $851,679 | 36.1% | $1,509,668 | 63.9% | 1,605 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Cool Runnings | $2,205,647 | $846,082 | 38.4% | $1,359,565 | 61.6% | 866 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | A Perfect World | $1,735,710 | $805,237 | 46.4% | $930,473 | 53.6% | 1,384 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Jurassic Park | $1,369,855 | $501,120 | 36.6% | $868,735 | 63.4% | 688 | 29 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Heaven & Earth | $830,781 | $379,807 | 45.7% | $450,974 | 54.3% | 63 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | Philadelphia | $401,734 | $143,433 | 35.7% | $258,301 | 64.3% | 4 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Six Degrees of Separation | $369,412 | $169,466 | 45.9% | $199,946 | 54.1% | 19 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 20 | The Clothes in the Wardrobe | $355,924 | $161,542 | 45.4% | $194,382 | 54.6% | 60 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 21 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $133,866 | $62,733 | 46.9% | $71,133 | 53.1% | 6 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | Faraway, So Close! | $113,036 | $55,019 | 48.7% | $58,017 | 51.3% | 13 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Carlito's Way | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Inspector Lavardin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | MK2 Productions | - | false |
