| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | $12,506,885 | $9,673,717 | 77.4% | $2,833,168 | 22.6% | 1,906 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | The Getaway | $7,448,925 | $5,806,515 | 78% | $1,642,410 | 22% | 1,659 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Blank Check | $6,653,464 | $5,411,897 | 81.3% | $1,241,567 | 18.7% | 1,698 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Schindler's List | $6,283,385 | $4,703,730 | 74.9% | $1,579,655 | 25.1% | 782 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | My Girl 2 | $6,051,039 | $5,012,295 | 82.8% | $1,038,744 | 17.2% | 1,841 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $5,914,753 | $4,406,663 | 74.5% | $1,508,090 | 25.5% | 1,916 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Philadelphia | $5,620,416 | $4,223,332 | 75.1% | $1,397,084 | 24.9% | 1,604 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | My Father the Hero | $5,111,994 | $4,006,813 | 78.4% | $1,105,181 | 21.6% | 1,373 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Grumpy Old Men | $3,853,082 | $2,788,229 | 72.4% | $1,064,853 | 27.6% | 1,632 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | In the Name of the Father | $3,106,170 | $2,309,180 | 74.3% | $796,990 | 25.7% | 495 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | I'll Do Anything | $2,897,781 | $2,235,515 | 77.2% | $662,266 | 22.8% | 1,205 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Blink | $2,639,560 | $2,010,983 | 76.2% | $628,577 | 23.8% | 1,351 | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 13 | Intersection | $1,626,159 | $1,156,440 | 71.1% | $469,719 | 28.9% | 938 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Shadowlands | $1,459,148 | $1,024,403 | 70.2% | $434,745 | 29.8% | 577 | 7 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | The Pelican Brief | $1,431,167 | $1,058,626 | 74% | $372,541 | 26% | 1,295 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | The Fugitive | $932,783 | $665,631 | 71.4% | $267,152 | 28.6% | 1,010 | 28 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | Romeo Is Bleeding | $712,572 | $513,649 | 72.1% | $198,923 | 27.9% | 224 | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 18 | Jurassic Park | $496,040 | $387,045 | 78% | $108,995 | 22% | 418 | 36 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $74,314 | $51,467 | 69.3% | $22,847 | 30.7% | 14 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | The Cement Garden | $34,019 | $23,410 | 68.8% | $10,609 | 31.2% | 2 | 1 | October Films | - | false |
| 21 | The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg | $1,302 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| - | The Piano | - | $1,301,973 | - | - | - | 610 | 14 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Faraway, So Close! | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Iron Will | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | House Party 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Six Degrees of Separation | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Gunmen | - | $593,646 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| - | Paris, France | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | - | false |
| - | The War Room | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | October Films | - | false |
| - | Tombstone | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
