| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Philadelphia | $11,588,955 | -30.8% | 1,295 | +50 | $8,949 | $29,283,931 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $11,071,596 | -9.4% | 2,290 | -64 | $4,834 | $164,771,133 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | - | Intersection | $7,818,502 | - | 1,300 | - | $6,014 | $7,818,502 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 4 | Grumpy Old Men | $7,264,222 | -8.9% | 1,676 | +70 | $4,334 | $43,046,465 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Iron Will | $5,069,546 | -19.9% | 2,036 | +135 | $2,489 | $11,402,123 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 10 | Schindler's List | $4,798,570 | +7.2% | 343 | +91 | $13,990 | $20,452,593 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | The Pelican Brief | $4,661,778 | -33.3% | 1,809 | -125 | $2,576 | $87,512,410 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Tombstone | $4,434,360 | -21% | 1,817 | -32 | $2,440 | $44,962,641 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Shadowlands | $4,197,243 | -6.5% | 1,001 | +267 | $4,193 | $14,418,525 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 10 | 3 | House Party 3 | $3,982,098 | -57.5% | 848 | - | $4,695 | $13,357,079 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Air Up There | $3,465,869 | -35.1% | 1,702 | -19 | $2,036 | $15,183,614 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Beethoven's 2nd | $2,343,805 | -41.1% | 1,620 | -200 | $1,446 | $43,639,365 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | In the Name of the Father | $1,947,460 | +60.1% | 176 | +109 | $11,065 | $3,803,166 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | $1,609,834 | -37.9% | 1,172 | -396 | $1,373 | $51,508,073 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | The Piano | $1,471,678 | -27% | 500 | - | $2,943 | $24,250,577 | 11 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | 20 | Six Degrees of Separation | $777,871 | +322.7% | 109 | +90 | $7,136 | $2,161,123 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | Jurassic Park | $597,600 | -14.1% | 480 | -24 | $1,245 | $341,927,900 | 33 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Short Cuts | $428,601 | - | 165 | - | $2,597 | $4,966,835 | 17 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 19 | 23 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $192,951 | +182% | 17 | +10 | $11,350 | $749,251 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 21 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | $58,613 | -58.6% | 155 | -92 | $378 | $5,299,992 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
