| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Higher Learning | $18,728,100 | - | - | - | - | 1,409 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | Legends of the Fall | $16,714,827 | - | - | - | - | 2,005 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight | $11,046,660 | - | - | - | - | 1,729 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Dumb and Dumber | $10,875,210 | - | - | - | - | 2,533 | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 5 | Nobody's Fool | $8,669,152 | - | - | - | - | 792 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Houseguest | $7,053,672 | - | - | - | - | 1,604 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Disclosure | $6,626,364 | - | - | - | - | 1,948 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Little Women | $5,467,005 | $3,700,545 | 67.7% | $1,766,460 | 32.3% | 1,535 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | The Jungle Book | $4,858,421 | - | - | - | - | 1,822 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog | $4,661,051 | - | - | - | - | 1,217 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Nell | $4,221,348 | - | - | - | - | 1,236 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Richie Rich | $3,304,372 | - | - | - | - | 1,664 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | I.Q. | $3,112,493 | - | - | - | - | 1,412 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Lion King | $2,902,881 | - | - | - | - | 1,203 | 32 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Pulp Fiction | $2,328,260 | - | - | - | - | 643 | 14 | Miramax | - | false |
| 16 | Street Fighter | $2,111,935 | $1,542,105 | 73% | $569,830 | 27% | 1,228 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Junior | $1,324,380 | - | - | - | - | 774 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Immortal Beloved | $1,246,301 | - | - | - | - | 100 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 19 | Forrest Gump | $874,226 | - | - | - | - | 343 | 29 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X | $15,164 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | false |
| - | The Santa Clause | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Safe Passage | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Drop Zone | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Speechless | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Ready to Wear | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Fast Trip, Long Drop | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Drift Films | - | false |