| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Stargate | $16,304,551 | $12,368,778 | 75.9% | $3,935,773 | 24.1% | 2,033 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 2 | Frankenstein | $14,202,852 | $11,212,889 | 79% | $2,989,963 | 21% | 2,177 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | Pulp Fiction | $7,096,617 | $5,142,126 | 72.5% | $1,954,491 | 27.5% | 1,494 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 4 | The War | $6,525,885 | $5,203,275 | 79.7% | $1,322,610 | 20.3% | 1,155 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Specialist | $4,189,052 | $3,155,723 | 75.3% | $1,033,329 | 24.7% | 2,033 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Love Affair | $3,123,324 | $2,378,314 | 76.2% | $745,010 | 23.8% | 1,432 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | The River Wild | $2,804,555 | $2,155,580 | 76.9% | $648,975 | 23.1% | 1,562 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Little Giants | $2,605,727 | $2,112,000 | 81% | $493,727 | 19% | 1,706 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Forrest Gump | $2,598,407 | $1,976,494 | 76.1% | $621,913 | 23.9% | 1,343 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Road to Wellville | $1,953,615 | $1,510,911 | 77.3% | $442,704 | 22.7% | 806 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 11 | Bullets Over Broadway | $1,820,229 | $1,393,709 | 76.6% | $426,520 | 23.4% | 275 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 12 | Double Dragon | $1,680,857 | $1,376,561 | 81.9% | $304,296 | 18.1% | 1,087 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 13 | New Nightmare | $1,517,588 | $1,202,172 | 79.2% | $315,416 | 20.8% | 1,198 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 14 | The Shawshank Redemption | $1,507,434 | $1,201,378 | 79.7% | $306,056 | 20.3% | 910 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Clerks | $265,964 | $190,863 | 71.8% | $75,101 | 28.2% | 29 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 16 | Oleanna | $36,925 | $25,316 | 68.6% | $11,609 | 31.4% | 15 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 17 | Pontiac Moon | $7,397 | $5,128 | 69.3% | $2,269 | 30.7% | 8 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Floundering | $3,750 | $2,604 | 69.4% | $1,146 | 30.6% | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Silent Fall | - | $702,356 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Puppet Masters | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Only You | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Drop Squad | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Radioland Murders | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Fathers & Sons | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Pacific Films | - | false |
