| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | On Deadly Ground | $14,912,911 | - | - | - | - | 2,010 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | $11,822,555 | - | - | - | - | 1,923 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Blue Chips | $11,388,432 | - | - | - | - | 1,980 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Blank Check | $7,263,631 | - | - | - | - | 1,732 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Reality Bites | $6,991,675 | $5,113,050 | 73.1% | $1,878,625 | 26.9% | 1,149 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Schindler's List | $5,755,125 | $4,101,720 | 71.3% | $1,653,405 | 28.7% | 802 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | My Girl 2 | $5,406,253 | - | - | - | - | 1,853 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $5,330,248 | - | - | - | - | 1,380 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | My Father the Hero | $4,759,285 | - | - | - | - | 1,363 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Philadelphia | $4,705,784 | - | - | - | - | 1,449 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Getaway | $4,271,925 | - | - | - | - | 1,659 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | In the Name of the Father | $3,003,060 | - | - | - | - | 549 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Grumpy Old Men | $2,802,974 | - | - | - | - | 1,265 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | The Piano | $1,939,193 | - | - | - | - | 666 | 15 | Miramax | - | false |
| 15 | I'll Do Anything | $1,370,009 | - | - | - | - | 1,160 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Blink | $1,189,644 | - | - | - | - | 646 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 17 | Jurassic Park | $390,940 | $278,770 | 71.3% | $112,170 | 28.7% | 277 | 37 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $57,181 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg | $21,390 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Body Snatchers | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Shadowlands | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
| - | Romeo Is Bleeding | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Faraway, So Close! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Intersection | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
