| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | $14,936,907 | $12,115,105 | 81.1% | $2,821,802 | 18.9% | 1,750 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $8,252,937 | $6,916,809 | 83.8% | $1,336,128 | 16.2% | 2,138 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Philadelphia | $7,238,354 | $5,819,694 | 80.4% | $1,418,660 | 19.6% | 1,594 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | My Father the Hero | $6,710,853 | $5,645,251 | 84.1% | $1,065,602 | 15.9% | 1,193 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Schindler's List | $6,257,160 | $4,637,480 | 74.1% | $1,619,680 | 25.9% | 764 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | I'll Do Anything | $5,645,396 | $4,702,625 | 83.3% | $942,771 | 16.7% | 1,205 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Grumpy Old Men | $5,590,335 | $4,522,020 | 80.9% | $1,068,315 | 19.1% | 1,722 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Blink | $4,826,689 | $3,948,157 | 81.8% | $878,532 | 18.2% | 1,540 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 9 | Intersection | $3,219,720 | $2,553,039 | 79.3% | $666,681 | 20.7% | 1,300 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Iron Will | $2,708,183 | $2,304,541 | 85.1% | $403,642 | 14.9% | 1,527 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Pelican Brief | $2,548,358 | $2,085,504 | 81.8% | $462,854 | 18.2% | 1,695 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Shadowlands | $2,360,343 | $1,790,484 | 75.9% | $569,859 | 24.1% | 953 | 6 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Gunmen | $2,318,844 | $1,909,919 | 82.4% | $408,925 | 17.6% | 802 | 1 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 14 | Tombstone | $2,284,768 | $1,761,844 | 77.1% | $522,924 | 22.9% | 1,232 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Romeo Is Bleeding | $1,572,982 | $1,225,737 | 77.9% | $347,245 | 22.1% | 247 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 16 | House Party 3 | $1,566,162 | $1,333,467 | 85.1% | $232,695 | 14.9% | 643 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 17 | In the Name of the Father | $1,435,719 | $1,045,132 | 72.8% | $390,587 | 27.2% | 176 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Beethoven's 2nd | $1,247,034 | $1,110,795 | 89.1% | $136,239 | 10.9% | 1,043 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Six Degrees of Separation | $715,610 | $538,831 | 75.3% | $176,779 | 24.7% | 201 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 20 | Jurassic Park | $608,055 | $512,315 | 84.2% | $95,740 | 15.8% | 438 | 35 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | $133,417 | $104,725 | 78.5% | $28,692 | 21.5% | 273 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 22 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $110,165 | $82,698 | 75.1% | $27,467 | 24.9% | 19 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | The Fugitive | $14,876 | $12,105 | 81.4% | $2,771 | 18.6% | 26 | 27 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 24 | Paris, France | $14,361 | $10,589 | 73.7% | $3,772 | 26.3% | 1 | 1 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | - | false |
| - | The Remains of the Day | - | $228,860 | - | - | - | 174 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The War Room | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 15 | October Films | - | false |
| - | Car 54, Where Are You? | - | $132,823 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Golden Gate | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Whore 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Castle Hill Productions | - | false |
| - | The Air Up There | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
