| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The River Wild | $13,200,430 | $10,214,450 | 77.4% | $2,985,980 | 22.6% | 2,074 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Jason's Lyric | $7,750,533 | $5,122,600 | 66.1% | $2,627,933 | 33.9% | 804 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 3 | Timecop | $6,911,430 | $5,446,230 | 78.8% | $1,465,200 | 21.2% | 2,274 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Forrest Gump | $6,752,085 | $4,368,160 | 64.7% | $2,383,925 | 35.3% | 2,360 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Quiz Show | $4,340,071 | $3,365,119 | 77.5% | $974,952 | 22.5% | 439 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Terminal Velocity | $4,312,238 | $3,303,284 | 76.6% | $1,008,954 | 23.4% | 1,797 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Clear and Present Danger | $2,538,408 | $2,003,122 | 78.9% | $535,286 | 21.1% | 1,490 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Scout | $1,837,520 | $1,458,837 | 79.4% | $378,683 | 20.6% | 1,585 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Natural Born Killers | $1,760,268 | $1,238,439 | 70.4% | $521,829 | 29.6% | 1,212 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | The Mask | $1,540,202 | $1,253,951 | 81.4% | $286,251 | 18.6% | 1,360 | 10 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 11 | True Lies | $1,288,078 | $975,803 | 75.8% | $312,275 | 24.2% | 1,000 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Corrina, Corrina | $1,164,240 | $908,751 | 78.1% | $255,489 | 21.9% | 972 | 8 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 13 | The Shawshank Redemption | $874,550 | $604,259 | 69.1% | $270,291 | 30.9% | 37 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Jurassic Park | $483,015 | $409,590 | 84.8% | $73,425 | 15.2% | 295 | 69 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Ed Wood | $397,927 | $71,566 | 18% | $326,361 | 82% | 2 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | The Flintstones | $236,995 | $200,075 | 84.4% | $36,920 | 15.6% | 320 | 19 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Second Best | $26,686 | $19,190 | 71.9% | $7,496 | 28.1% | 4 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Sleep with Me | - | - | - | - | - | 67 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Nostradamus | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 3 | Orion Classics | - | false |
| - | The Next Karate Kid | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Advocate | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | La scorta | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | First Look International | - | false |
| - | Milk Money | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Making of '...and God Spoke' | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Artisan Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Spanking the Monkey | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Steeper & Deeper | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Warren Miller Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Barcelona | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | Eat Drink Man Woman | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
