| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Congo | $33,805,311 | $24,642,539 | 72.9% | $9,162,772 | 27.1% | 2,649 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Casper | $15,640,310 | $10,927,555 | 69.9% | $4,712,755 | 30.1% | 2,756 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Bridges of Madison County | $13,769,185 | $9,344,123 | 67.9% | $4,425,062 | 32.1% | 1,982 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | $9,433,007 | $6,619,186 | 70.2% | $2,813,821 | 29.8% | 2,579 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Braveheart | $7,897,103 | $5,489,172 | 69.5% | $2,407,931 | 30.5% | 2,035 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Crimson Tide | $7,208,099 | $5,109,560 | 70.9% | $2,098,539 | 29.1% | 2,148 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Forget Paris | $3,598,084 | $2,526,303 | 70.2% | $1,071,781 | 29.8% | 1,609 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 8 | While You Were Sleeping | $3,534,850 | $2,388,885 | 67.6% | $1,145,965 | 32.4% | 1,446 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Johnny Mnemonic | $2,428,492 | $1,575,562 | 64.9% | $852,930 | 35.1% | 1,662 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 10 | Mad Love | $1,949,636 | $1,228,641 | 63% | $720,995 | 37% | 1,356 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | French Kiss | $1,551,109 | $1,037,526 | 66.9% | $513,583 | 33.1% | 910 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Tales from the Hood | $1,455,417 | $1,014,597 | 69.7% | $440,820 | 30.3% | 711 | 3 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Glass Shield | $740,414 | $539,134 | 72.8% | $201,280 | 27.2% | 294 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 14 | Bad Boys | $230,694 | $166,861 | 72.3% | $63,833 | 27.7% | 278 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 15 | Smoke | $117,984 | $70,744 | 60% | $47,240 | 40% | 4 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 16 | Party Girl | $84,194 | $57,237 | 68% | $26,957 | 32% | 7 | 1 | First Look International | - | false |
| 17 | Wigstock: The Movie | $54,398 | $35,563 | 65.4% | $18,835 | 34.6% | 3 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 18 | Arizona Dream | $11,653 | $6,887 | 59.1% | $4,766 | 40.9% | 1 | 2 | Kit Parker Films | - | false |
| - | Vanya on 42nd Street | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Fluke | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
