| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult | $16,877,595 | $13,216,531 | 78.3% | $3,661,064 | 21.7% | 2,361 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Schindler's List | $7,161,795 | $4,354,770 | 60.8% | $2,807,025 | 39.2% | 1,249 | 15 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Guarding Tess | $6,542,328 | $5,016,430 | 76.7% | $1,525,898 | 23.3% | 1,613 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Monkey Trouble | $5,354,534 | $4,523,597 | 84.5% | $830,937 | 15.5% | 1,412 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 5 | Lightning Jack | $4,054,119 | $3,201,664 | 79% | $852,455 | 21% | 1,733 | 2 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | $3,462,674 | $2,687,518 | 77.6% | $775,156 | 22.4% | 1,747 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | The Ref | $3,049,936 | $2,319,532 | 76% | $730,404 | 24% | 797 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $2,388,096 | $1,749,677 | 73.3% | $638,419 | 26.7% | 1,244 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Greedy | $2,063,300 | $1,605,990 | 77.8% | $457,310 | 22.2% | 1,598 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | 8 Seconds | $2,019,200 | $1,545,711 | 76.6% | $473,489 | 23.4% | 838 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 11 | On Deadly Ground | $2,013,295 | $1,516,936 | 75.4% | $496,359 | 24.6% | 1,424 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Philadelphia | $1,819,119 | $1,141,408 | 62.8% | $677,711 | 37.2% | 673 | 13 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Angie | $1,785,825 | $1,329,280 | 74.4% | $456,545 | 25.6% | 1,165 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | In the Name of the Father | $1,738,725 | $1,258,690 | 72.4% | $480,035 | 27.6% | 659 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Sugar Hill | $1,622,655 | $1,298,199 | 80% | $324,456 | 20% | 647 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 16 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $1,325,906 | $935,191 | 70.5% | $390,715 | 29.5% | 565 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Reality Bites | $1,304,465 | $959,760 | 73.6% | $344,705 | 26.4% | 520 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Sirens | $737,835 | $549,876 | 74.5% | $187,959 | 25.5% | 100 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 19 | The Fugitive | $472,195 | $349,400 | 74% | $122,795 | 26% | 477 | 33 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | $454,506 | $325,409 | 71.6% | $129,097 | 28.4% | 18 | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 21 | Mother's Boys | $396,216 | $318,332 | 80.3% | $77,884 | 19.7% | 140 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 22 | The Paper | $250,655 | $175,507 | 70% | $75,148 | 30% | 5 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | Jurassic Park | $240,295 | $153,220 | 63.8% | $87,075 | 36.2% | 158 | 41 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | The Hudsucker Proxy | $118,638 | $85,221 | 71.8% | $33,417 | 28.2% | 6 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 25 | Bitter Moon | $57,212 | $37,997 | 66.4% | $19,215 | 33.6% | 6 | 1 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 26 | The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl | $16,185 | $9,711 | 60% | $6,474 | 40% | 1 | 1 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | The Remains of the Day | - | $221,221 | - | - | - | 211 | 20 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Naked | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 14 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | The Piano | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | The Chase | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | The Cement Garden | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | October Films | - | false |
| - | Beethoven's 2nd | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Pelican Brief | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Blue Chips | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Mediterraneo | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Miramax | - | false |
