| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Timecop | $10,391,340 | $8,176,615 | 78.7% | $2,214,725 | 21.3% | 2,231 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Terminal Velocity | $7,225,971 | $5,500,404 | 76.1% | $1,725,567 | 23.9% | 1,794 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Forrest Gump | $7,113,765 | $5,457,584 | 76.7% | $1,656,181 | 23.3% | 2,365 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Quiz Show | $3,892,205 | $2,925,602 | 75.2% | $966,603 | 24.8% | 219 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Clear and Present Danger | $3,542,573 | $2,755,767 | 77.8% | $786,806 | 22.2% | 1,791 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Natural Born Killers | $2,837,058 | $2,010,958 | 70.9% | $826,100 | 29.1% | 1,602 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | The Mask | $1,950,345 | $1,571,237 | 80.6% | $379,108 | 19.4% | 1,674 | 9 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 8 | True Lies | $1,910,542 | $1,465,254 | 76.7% | $445,288 | 23.3% | 1,251 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Milk Money | $1,846,399 | $1,469,646 | 79.6% | $376,753 | 20.4% | 1,328 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Corrina, Corrina | $1,787,292 | $1,416,313 | 79.2% | $370,979 | 20.8% | 972 | 7 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 11 | The Next Karate Kid | $1,449,908 | $1,212,561 | 83.6% | $237,347 | 16.4% | 1,489 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Little Rascals | $1,162,315 | $1,000,560 | 86.1% | $161,755 | 13.9% | 1,137 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Shawshank Redemption | $1,038,376 | $727,327 | 70% | $311,049 | 30% | 33 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Jurassic Park | $571,305 | $448,800 | 78.6% | $122,505 | 21.4% | 444 | 68 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | The Flintstones | $293,800 | $250,840 | 85.4% | $42,960 | 14.6% | 348 | 18 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | The Making of '...and God Spoke' | $26,018 | $18,886 | 72.6% | $7,132 | 27.4% | 6 | 1 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Barcelona | - | - | - | - | - | 274 | 9 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | Eat Drink Man Woman | - | - | - | - | - | 217 | 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | - | - | - | - | - | 192 | 8 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Schindler's List | - | $41,610 | - | - | - | 57 | 42 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Spanking the Monkey | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | 11 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | The Advocate | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 6 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | The New Age | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | La scorta | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 21 | First Look International | - | false |
| - | Trial by Jury | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Blue Sky | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Princess Caraboo | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
