| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia | $16,745,250 | - | - | - | - | 1,245 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $12,223,751 | - | - | - | - | 2,354 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | House Party 3 | $9,374,981 | - | - | - | - | 848 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 4 | Grumpy Old Men | $7,973,505 | - | - | - | - | 1,606 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | The Pelican Brief | $6,987,162 | - | - | - | - | 1,934 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Iron Will | $6,332,577 | - | - | - | - | 1,901 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Tombstone | $5,616,068 | - | - | - | - | 1,849 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Air Up There | $5,343,066 | - | - | - | - | 1,721 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 9 | Shadowlands | $4,489,496 | - | - | - | - | 734 | 3 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Schindler's List | $4,478,040 | $3,121,020 | 69.7% | $1,357,020 | 30.3% | 252 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Beethoven's 2nd | $3,976,810 | - | - | - | - | 1,820 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | $2,591,778 | - | - | - | - | 1,568 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Piano | $2,015,476 | - | - | - | - | 500 | 10 | Miramax | - | false |
| 14 | Wayne's World 2 | $1,460,541 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | In the Name of the Father | $1,216,689 | - | - | - | - | 67 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Heaven & Earth | $1,120,508 | - | - | - | - | 781 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | Cabin Boy | $972,079 | - | - | - | - | 565 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Jurassic Park | $695,680 | $512,200 | 73.6% | $183,480 | 26.4% | 504 | 32 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Death Wish: The Face of Death | $641,260 | - | - | - | - | 248 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Six Degrees of Separation | $184,003 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 21 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | $141,645 | $100,119 | 70.7% | $41,526 | 29.3% | 247 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 22 | Three Colors: Blue | $115,282 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 8 | Miramax | - | false |
| 23 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $68,425 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | Where the Rivers Flow North | $58,212 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 1 | Caledonia Pictures | - | false |
| 25 | Body Snatchers | $38,727 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Clothes in the Wardrobe | - | - | - | - | - | 63 | 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | The Saint of Fort Washington | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Short Cuts | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
