| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Stargate | $22,093,966 | $16,651,018 | 75.4% | $5,442,948 | 24.6% | 2,033 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 2 | Pulp Fiction | $8,123,252 | $5,690,054 | 70% | $2,433,198 | 30% | 1,494 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 3 | The Specialist | $5,303,613 | $3,965,212 | 74.8% | $1,338,401 | 25.2% | 2,363 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Love Affair | $4,833,791 | $3,612,787 | 74.7% | $1,221,004 | 25.3% | 1,585 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | The Road to Wellville | $3,356,517 | $2,580,108 | 76.9% | $776,409 | 23.1% | 806 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 6 | The River Wild | $3,298,070 | $2,566,350 | 77.8% | $731,720 | 22.2% | 1,901 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Little Giants | $2,849,707 | $2,303,623 | 80.8% | $546,084 | 19.2% | 1,954 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | New Nightmare | $2,643,137 | $2,006,772 | 75.9% | $636,365 | 24.1% | 1,873 | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 9 | Forrest Gump | $2,543,051 | $1,861,298 | 73.2% | $681,753 | 26.8% | 1,580 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Silent Fall | $2,047,025 | $1,531,244 | 74.8% | $515,781 | 25.2% | 1,251 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | The Puppet Masters | $2,015,433 | $1,470,157 | 72.9% | $545,276 | 27.1% | 1,482 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Shawshank Redemption | $2,009,862 | $1,470,640 | 73.2% | $539,222 | 26.8% | 929 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Only You | $1,732,391 | $1,368,956 | 79% | $363,435 | 21% | 1,162 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | $1,505,255 | $1,119,016 | 74.3% | $386,239 | 25.7% | 1,022 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Quiz Show | $1,249,852 | $948,292 | 75.9% | $301,560 | 24.1% | 577 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Bullets Over Broadway | $745,140 | $537,590 | 72.2% | $207,550 | 27.8% | 36 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Drop Squad | $443,846 | $348,192 | 78.4% | $95,654 | 21.6% | 163 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 18 | Radioland Murders | $244,310 | $179,315 | 73.4% | $64,995 | 26.6% | 815 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | The Last Seduction | $87,336 | $45,058 | 51.6% | $42,278 | 48.4% | 5 | 2 | October Films | - | false |
| 20 | Clerks | $65,057 | $40,553 | 62.3% | $24,504 | 37.7% | 5 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Exit to Eden | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
| - | Waterland | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | Ed Wood | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Jason's Lyric | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Hell | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | MK2 Productions | - | false |
| - | Timecop | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
