| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Pulp Fiction | $13,280,967 | $9,311,882 | 70.1% | $3,969,085 | 29.9% | 1,338 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 2 | The Specialist | $11,845,745 | $8,972,766 | 75.8% | $2,872,979 | 24.2% | 2,522 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | New Nightmare | $8,002,134 | $6,667,118 | 83.3% | $1,335,016 | 16.7% | 1,850 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 4 | The River Wild | $6,669,575 | $5,231,790 | 78.4% | $1,437,785 | 21.6% | 2,153 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Little Giants | $5,659,954 | $4,778,029 | 84.4% | $881,925 | 15.6% | 2,022 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Only You | $5,208,667 | $4,114,777 | 79% | $1,093,890 | 21% | 1,600 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Forrest Gump | $4,357,783 | $3,272,015 | 75.1% | $1,085,768 | 24.9% | 2,070 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Exit to Eden | $3,962,243 | $3,012,695 | 76% | $949,548 | 24% | 1,670 | 1 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Shawshank Redemption | $3,343,519 | $2,402,549 | 71.9% | $940,970 | 28.1% | 944 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Quiz Show | $2,765,509 | $2,148,473 | 77.7% | $617,036 | 22.3% | 822 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Jason's Lyric | $2,554,818 | $2,046,495 | 80.1% | $508,323 | 19.9% | 629 | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 12 | Timecop | $2,321,140 | $1,770,990 | 76.3% | $550,150 | 23.7% | 1,482 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Ed Wood | $1,341,783 | $992,427 | 74% | $349,356 | 26% | 623 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Jurassic Park | $174,260 | $159,500 | 91.5% | $14,760 | 8.5% | 100 | 71 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Hoop Dreams | $33,385 | $18,396 | 55.1% | $14,989 | 44.9% | 3 | 1 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 16 | Clerks | $7,866 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Hell | $2,747 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | MK2 Productions | - | false |
| - | Second Best | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Métisse | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| - | Imaginary Crimes | - | $21,748 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Terminal Velocity | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Little Rascals | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Client | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Flintstones | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Clear and Present Danger | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
