| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Tommy Boy | $10,134,156 | $8,027,843 | 79.2% | $2,106,313 | 20.8% | 2,165 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Outbreak | $7,350,172 | $5,673,691 | 77.2% | $1,676,481 | 22.8% | 2,230 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Major Payne | $6,509,965 | $5,246,285 | 80.6% | $1,263,680 | 19.4% | 1,991 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Dolores Claiborne | $5,853,501 | $4,503,194 | 76.9% | $1,350,307 | 23.1% | 1,249 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | Forrest Gump | $3,463,769 | $2,650,130 | 76.5% | $813,639 | 23.5% | 1,135 | 40 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Muriel's Wedding | $3,445,090 | $2,607,030 | 75.7% | $838,060 | 24.3% | 836 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 7 | Circle of Friends | $3,279,498 | $2,491,380 | 76% | $788,118 | 24% | 339 | 3 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Pulp Fiction | $2,860,107 | $2,158,742 | 75.5% | $701,365 | 24.5% | 1,099 | 25 | Miramax | - | false |
| 9 | Man of the House | $2,735,989 | $2,203,514 | 80.5% | $532,475 | 19.5% | 1,812 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Tank Girl | $2,684,430 | $2,018,183 | 75.2% | $666,247 | 24.8% | 1,341 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 11 | Tall Tale | $2,239,994 | $1,757,648 | 78.5% | $482,346 | 21.5% | 2,065 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Born to Be Wild | $2,109,814 | $1,657,008 | 78.5% | $452,806 | 21.5% | 1,360 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | Bye Bye Love | $1,817,482 | $1,449,499 | 79.8% | $367,983 | 20.2% | 1,291 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | $1,749,963 | $1,390,817 | 79.5% | $359,146 | 20.5% | 1,177 | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 15 | The Shawshank Redemption | $1,170,161 | - | - | - | - | 732 | 28 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Exotica | $819,563 | - | - | - | - | 439 | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Quiz Show | $217,193 | - | - | - | - | 241 | 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Jefferson in Paris | $89,876 | $61,349 | 68.3% | $28,527 | 31.7% | 2 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Ballot Measure 9 | $12,153 | $8,143 | 67% | $4,010 | 33% | 1 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| - | Losing Isaiah | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Brady Bunch Movie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Tom & Viv | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Miramax | - | false |
