| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | On Deadly Ground | $8,301,326 | $6,369,081 | 76.7% | $1,932,245 | 23.3% | 2,010 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | $8,044,102 | $6,512,350 | 81% | $1,531,752 | 19% | 1,963 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Sugar Hill | $7,107,722 | $5,712,485 | 80.4% | $1,395,237 | 19.6% | 845 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Blue Chips | $4,975,180 | $4,028,996 | 81% | $946,184 | 19% | 1,980 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Blank Check | $4,784,506 | $4,126,297 | 86.2% | $658,209 | 13.8% | 1,727 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Reality Bites | $4,529,870 | $3,583,750 | 79.1% | $946,120 | 20.9% | 1,175 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | 8 Seconds | $4,235,707 | $3,369,037 | 79.5% | $866,670 | 20.5% | 836 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 8 | Schindler's List | $4,099,155 | $2,938,980 | 71.7% | $1,160,175 | 28.3% | 803 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $3,606,523 | $2,785,353 | 77.2% | $821,170 | 22.8% | 1,336 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | My Father the Hero | $3,346,097 | $2,750,412 | 82.2% | $595,685 | 17.8% | 1,335 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Philadelphia | $2,927,176 | $2,225,776 | 76% | $701,400 | 24% | 1,336 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | My Girl 2 | $2,798,879 | $2,411,716 | 86.2% | $387,163 | 13.8% | 1,853 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | In the Name of the Father | $2,635,865 | $1,960,175 | 74.4% | $675,690 | 25.6% | 669 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Getaway | $2,520,285 | $1,936,255 | 76.8% | $584,030 | 23.2% | 1,549 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Grumpy Old Men | $2,076,587 | $1,569,414 | 75.6% | $507,173 | 24.4% | 1,081 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | The Piano | $1,481,735 | $1,033,458 | 69.8% | $448,277 | 30.2% | 671 | 16 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Jurassic Park | $308,270 | $232,515 | 75.4% | $75,755 | 24.6% | 241 | 38 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $64,559 | $42,055 | 65.1% | $22,504 | 34.9% | 7 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Silent Tongue | - | $18,227 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| - | Body Snatchers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | I'll Do Anything | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Blink | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
