| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Outbreak | $10,751,362 | $8,006,220 | 74.5% | $2,745,142 | 25.5% | 2,230 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Major Payne | $8,839,695 | $7,011,225 | 79.3% | $1,828,470 | 20.7% | 1,895 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Dolores Claiborne | $7,375,318 | $5,721,920 | 77.6% | $1,653,398 | 22.4% | 1,216 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 4 | Man of the House | $4,492,484 | $3,484,020 | 77.6% | $1,008,464 | 22.4% | 1,995 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Tall Tale | $3,940,356 | $3,046,181 | 77.3% | $894,175 | 22.7% | 2,065 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Pulp Fiction | $3,577,790 | $2,510,260 | 70.2% | $1,067,530 | 29.8% | 1,102 | 24 | Miramax | - | false |
| 7 | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | $3,488,212 | $2,776,215 | 79.6% | $711,997 | 20.4% | 1,594 | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 8 | Muriel's Wedding | $3,316,199 | $2,556,011 | 77.1% | $760,188 | 22.9% | 573 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 9 | Forrest Gump | $3,311,584 | $1,985,988 | 60% | $1,325,596 | 40% | 1,119 | 39 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Bye Bye Love | $3,266,745 | $2,593,087 | 79.4% | $673,658 | 20.6% | 1,379 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Circle of Friends | $2,112,910 | $1,608,010 | 76.1% | $504,900 | 23.9% | 189 | 2 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Losing Isaiah | $1,912,618 | $1,443,696 | 75.5% | $468,922 | 24.5% | 912 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Brady Bunch Movie | $1,695,384 | $1,298,553 | 76.6% | $396,831 | 23.4% | 1,772 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Exotica | $1,310,747 | $1,009,320 | 77% | $301,427 | 23% | 433 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 15 | The Shawshank Redemption | $1,189,742 | $853,694 | 71.8% | $336,048 | 28.2% | 492 | 27 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Priest | $160,820 | $113,430 | 70.5% | $47,390 | 29.5% | 8 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Quiz Show | $65,442 | $47,820 | 73.1% | $17,622 | 26.9% | 60 | 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Funny Bones | $35,531 | $26,946 | 75.8% | $8,585 | 24.2% | 14 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Bar Girls | $2,840 | $2,343 | 82.5% | $497 | 17.5% | 1 | 1 | Orion Classics | - | false |
| - | Tom & Viv | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 17 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Street Fighter | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hideaway | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | For Better or Worse | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Just Cause | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Madness of King George | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | The Secret of Roan Inish | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | First Look International | - | false |
| - | Roommates | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
