| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles | $46,181,836 | - | 2,604 | - | $17,734 | $46,181,836 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | - | The Santa Clause | $23,431,994 | - | 2,183 | - | $10,733 | $23,431,994 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Stargate | $10,057,645 | -38.3% | 2,033 | - | $4,947 | $48,456,162 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Pulp Fiction | $5,297,012 | -25.4% | 1,404 | -90 | $3,772 | $45,397,047 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Frankenstein | $4,589,472 | -67.7% | 2,177 | - | $2,108 | $18,792,324 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | The War | $4,321,005 | -33.8% | 1,513 | +358 | $2,855 | $10,846,890 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | The Specialist | $2,746,558 | -34.4% | 1,809 | -224 | $1,518 | $51,906,117 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Forrest Gump | $1,935,180 | -25.5% | 1,167 | -176 | $1,658 | $291,477,566 | 20 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | The River Wild | $1,715,855 | -38.8% | 1,209 | -353 | $1,419 | $42,081,390 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Love Affair | $1,705,296 | -45.4% | 1,164 | -268 | $1,465 | $16,821,742 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Bullets Over Broadway | $1,445,015 | -20.6% | 278 | +3 | $5,197 | $4,147,088 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Little Giants | $1,308,951 | -49.8% | 1,536 | -170 | $852 | $17,318,252 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | The Shawshank Redemption | $975,750 | -35.3% | 611 | -299 | $1,596 | $15,491,890 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Clerks | $319,516 | +20.1% | 64 | +35 | $4,992 | $707,806 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | Oleanna | $31,997 | -13.3% | 22 | +7 | $1,454 | $68,922 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 16 | - | Heavenly Creatures | $9,731 | - | - | - | - | $9,731 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 17 | 17 | Pontiac Moon | $4,272 | -42.2% | 10 | +2 | $427 | $11,669 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
