| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $14,694,643 | $11,536,024 | 78.5% | $3,158,619 | 21.5% | 2,345 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | The Pelican Brief | $10,930,525 | $8,569,419 | 78.4% | $2,361,106 | 21.6% | 2,022 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Tombstone | $8,554,284 | $6,361,187 | 74.4% | $2,193,097 | 25.6% | 1,955 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Grumpy Old Men | $8,500,426 | $6,413,992 | 75.4% | $2,086,434 | 24.6% | 1,439 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | The Air Up There | $6,374,679 | $5,240,859 | 82.2% | $1,133,820 | 17.8% | 1,507 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 6 | Shadowlands | $5,547,543 | $4,006,417 | 72.2% | $1,541,126 | 27.8% | 546 | 2 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | $4,749,536 | $3,885,429 | 81.8% | $864,107 | 18.2% | 2,002 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Beethoven's 2nd | $4,251,235 | $3,556,005 | 83.6% | $695,230 | 16.4% | 2,032 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Schindler's List | $3,918,178 | $2,603,636 | 66.4% | $1,314,542 | 33.6% | 172 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Wayne's World 2 | $2,777,843 | $2,151,760 | 77.5% | $626,083 | 22.5% | 1,703 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Piano | $2,564,389 | $1,810,099 | 70.6% | $754,290 | 29.4% | 522 | 9 | Miramax | - | false |
| 12 | Heaven & Earth | $2,294,596 | $1,703,179 | 74.2% | $591,417 | 25.8% | 781 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | Cabin Boy | $1,890,641 | $1,513,507 | 80% | $377,134 | 20% | 593 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Jurassic Park | $831,040 | $610,855 | 73.5% | $220,185 | 26.5% | 558 | 31 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | $405,049 | $336,144 | 83% | $68,905 | 17% | 822 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | In the Name of the Father | $383,858 | $238,849 | 62.2% | $145,009 | 37.8% | 13 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Six Degrees of Separation | $280,471 | $189,966 | 67.7% | $90,505 | 32.3% | 19 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 18 | Philadelphia | $252,045 | $141,015 | 56% | $111,030 | 44% | 4 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $105,517 | $75,307 | 71.4% | $30,210 | 28.6% | 7 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Three Colors: Blue | - | $63,123 | - | - | - | 11 | 7 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Addams Family Values | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | A Perfect World | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Geronimo: An American Legend | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Three Musketeers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Ghost in the Machine | - | $901,645 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Cool Runnings | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
