| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Guarding Tess | $9,311,416 | $7,065,213 | 75.9% | $2,246,203 | 24.1% | 1,601 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Lightning Jack | $6,929,005 | $5,401,743 | 78% | $1,527,262 | 22% | 1,710 | 1 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | $5,529,057 | $4,121,502 | 74.5% | $1,407,555 | 25.5% | 1,810 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | The Ref | $4,054,063 | $3,044,097 | 75.1% | $1,009,966 | 24.9% | 701 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Schindler's List | $4,027,050 | $2,842,625 | 70.6% | $1,184,425 | 29.4% | 803 | 14 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | On Deadly Ground | $3,552,864 | $2,692,914 | 75.8% | $859,950 | 24.2% | 1,860 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Greedy | $3,490,815 | $2,632,645 | 75.4% | $858,170 | 24.6% | 1,732 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $3,160,071 | $2,320,204 | 73.4% | $839,867 | 26.6% | 1,456 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Angie | $3,007,011 | $2,246,480 | 74.7% | $760,531 | 25.3% | 1,169 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | 8 Seconds | $2,855,092 | $2,153,595 | 75.4% | $701,497 | 24.6% | 836 | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 11 | Sugar Hill | $2,753,248 | $2,125,723 | 77.2% | $627,525 | 22.8% | 780 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Blank Check | $2,359,165 | $1,754,144 | 74.4% | $605,021 | 25.6% | 1,312 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Chase | $2,341,146 | $1,732,737 | 74% | $608,409 | 26% | 1,632 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | Reality Bites | $1,867,310 | $1,372,565 | 73.5% | $494,745 | 26.5% | 808 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $1,837,092 | $1,325,357 | 72.1% | $511,735 | 27.9% | 611 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | In the Name of the Father | $1,710,855 | $1,213,940 | 71% | $496,915 | 29% | 667 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Blue Chips | $1,613,117 | $1,235,393 | 76.6% | $377,724 | 23.4% | 1,210 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Philadelphia | $1,522,200 | $1,095,984 | 72% | $426,216 | 28% | 708 | 12 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Sirens | $353,383 | $262,055 | 74.2% | $91,328 | 25.8% | 24 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 20 | Jurassic Park | $269,885 | $187,215 | 69.4% | $82,670 | 30.6% | 178 | 40 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | $239,054 | $138,486 | 57.9% | $100,568 | 42.1% | 5 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 22 | The Hudsucker Proxy | $154,579 | $104,490 | 67.6% | $50,089 | 32.4% | 5 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Fugitive | - | - | - | - | - | 672 | 32 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Cement Garden | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | October Films | - | false |
| - | China Moon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | My Girl 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Grumpy Old Men | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | My Father the Hero | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
