| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Pulp Fiction | $11,599,199 | $8,389,221 | 72.3% | $3,209,978 | 27.7% | 1,489 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 2 | The Specialist | $8,055,624 | $6,147,979 | 76.3% | $1,907,645 | 23.7% | 2,509 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Love Affair | $7,159,331 | $5,438,758 | 76% | $1,720,573 | 24% | 1,585 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | The Puppet Masters | $5,164,165 | $4,069,057 | 78.8% | $1,095,108 | 21.2% | 1,481 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The River Wild | $5,138,860 | $4,103,040 | 79.8% | $1,035,820 | 20.2% | 2,137 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Little Giants | $4,893,913 | $4,213,019 | 86.1% | $680,894 | 13.9% | 2,022 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | New Nightmare | $4,452,125 | $3,589,975 | 80.6% | $862,150 | 19.4% | 1,873 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 8 | Forrest Gump | $3,615,403 | $2,795,175 | 77.3% | $820,228 | 22.7% | 1,873 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Only You | $3,381,192 | $2,708,288 | 80.1% | $672,904 | 19.9% | 1,617 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Shawshank Redemption | $2,906,818 | $2,143,375 | 73.7% | $763,443 | 26.3% | 972 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Exit to Eden | $2,000,117 | $1,457,814 | 72.9% | $542,303 | 27.1% | 1,664 | 2 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Quiz Show | $1,999,951 | $1,563,145 | 78.2% | $436,806 | 21.8% | 714 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Jason's Lyric | $1,774,242 | $1,426,285 | 80.4% | $347,957 | 19.6% | 545 | 4 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 14 | Timecop | $1,404,585 | $1,082,840 | 77.1% | $321,745 | 22.9% | 1,012 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Radioland Murders | $1,054,750 | $835,570 | 79.2% | $219,180 | 20.8% | 844 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Ed Wood | $630,388 | $470,996 | 74.7% | $159,392 | 25.3% | 291 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Bullets Over Broadway | $136,704 | $86,072 | 63% | $50,632 | 37% | 2 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 18 | Clerks | $49,403 | $31,665 | 64.1% | $17,738 | 35.9% | 2 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 19 | Vanya on 42nd Street | $28,132 | $17,636 | 62.7% | $10,496 | 37.3% | 2 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 20 | Hell | $14,246 | $9,736 | 68.3% | $4,510 | 31.7% | 2 | 2 | MK2 Productions | - | false |
| - | Jurassic Park | - | - | - | - | - | - | 72 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Second Best | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
