| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Interview with the Vampire | $46,181,836 | $36,389,705 | 78.8% | $9,792,131 | 21.2% | 2,604 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | The Santa Clause | $23,431,994 | $19,321,992 | 82.5% | $4,110,002 | 17.5% | 2,183 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Stargate | $10,057,645 | $8,107,032 | 80.6% | $1,950,613 | 19.4% | 2,033 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Pulp Fiction | $5,297,012 | $4,104,099 | 77.5% | $1,192,913 | 22.5% | 1,404 | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| 5 | Frankenstein | $4,589,472 | $3,721,480 | 81.1% | $867,992 | 18.9% | 2,177 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 6 | The War | $4,321,005 | $3,555,555 | 82.3% | $765,450 | 17.7% | 1,513 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Specialist | $2,746,558 | $2,133,437 | 77.7% | $613,121 | 22.3% | 1,809 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Forrest Gump | $1,935,180 | $1,539,975 | 79.6% | $395,205 | 20.4% | 1,167 | 20 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The River Wild | $1,715,855 | $1,378,260 | 80.3% | $337,595 | 19.7% | 1,209 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Love Affair | $1,705,296 | $1,333,274 | 78.2% | $372,022 | 21.8% | 1,164 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Bullets Over Broadway | $1,445,015 | $1,154,957 | 79.9% | $290,058 | 20.1% | 278 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 12 | Little Giants | $1,308,951 | $1,141,804 | 87.2% | $167,147 | 12.8% | 1,536 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | The Shawshank Redemption | $975,750 | $802,672 | 82.3% | $173,078 | 17.7% | 611 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Clerks | $319,516 | $236,340 | 74% | $83,176 | 26% | 64 | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| 15 | Oleanna | $31,997 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 16 | Heavenly Creatures | $9,731 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Pontiac Moon | $4,272 | $3,040 | 71.2% | $1,232 | 28.8% | 10 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Mask | - | $1,117,843 | - | - | - | 781 | 16 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | The Browning Version | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Road to Wellville | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | New Nightmare | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Double Dragon | - | $513,923 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
