| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Santa Clause | $23,359,826 | $20,437,607 | 87.5% | $2,922,219 | 12.5% | 2,269 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Star Trek: Generations | $18,967,866 | $13,190,324 | 69.5% | $5,777,542 | 30.5% | 2,681 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Interview with the Vampire | $14,294,250 | $11,769,781 | 82.3% | $2,524,469 | 17.7% | 2,604 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Junior | $11,524,935 | $9,803,145 | 85.1% | $1,721,790 | 14.9% | 1,749 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | A Low Down Dirty Shame | $9,641,276 | $7,970,574 | 82.7% | $1,670,702 | 17.3% | 1,379 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | The Lion King | $7,291,864 | $6,267,047 | 86% | $1,024,817 | 14% | 1,510 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Stargate | $5,634,418 | $4,777,198 | 84.8% | $857,220 | 15.2% | 2,033 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | Léon: The Professional | $4,832,811 | $3,765,840 | 77.9% | $1,066,971 | 22.1% | 1,220 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | Miracle on 34th Street | $4,381,791 | $3,800,166 | 86.7% | $581,625 | 13.3% | 1,191 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | Pulp Fiction | $3,838,176 | $3,241,585 | 84.5% | $596,591 | 15.5% | 1,011 | 7 | Miramax | - | false |
| 11 | The Pagemaster | $3,784,541 | $4,188,399 | 110.7% | $-403,858 | - | 1,803 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | The Swan Princess | $2,598,676 | $2,274,238 | 87.5% | $324,438 | 12.5% | 1,406 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 13 | Forrest Gump | $1,532,666 | $1,260,602 | 82.2% | $272,064 | 17.8% | 684 | 22 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The War | $1,342,070 | $1,129,425 | 84.2% | $212,645 | 15.8% | 1,221 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Heavenly Creatures | $207,837 | $152,138 | 73.2% | $55,699 | 26.8% | 14 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 16 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | $104,686 | $74,512 | 71.2% | $30,174 | 28.8% | 3 | 2 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 17 | The Beans of Egypt, Maine | $7,273 | $5,263 | 72.4% | $2,010 | 27.6% | 2 | 2 | IRS Media | - | false |
| - | The Shawshank Redemption | - | $166,676 | - | - | - | 162 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Clerks | - | $285,784 | - | - | - | 84 | 7 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Floundering | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Love and a .45 | - | $9,086 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
