| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | $45,510,178 | $37,804,076 | 83.1% | $7,706,102 | 16.9% | 2,652 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Get Shorty | $9,517,480 | $7,600,007 | 79.8% | $1,917,473 | 20.2% | 2,103 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 3 | Copycat | $6,128,936 | $4,772,207 | 77.9% | $1,356,729 | 22.1% | 1,661 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Powder | $5,123,818 | $4,144,574 | 80.9% | $979,244 | 19.1% | 1,621 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Home for the Holidays | $4,196,740 | $3,345,404 | 79.7% | $851,336 | 20.3% | 1,000 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Fair Game | $3,331,776 | $2,560,195 | 76.8% | $771,581 | 23.2% | 1,949 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Now and Then | $3,268,231 | $2,699,679 | 82.6% | $568,552 | 17.4% | 1,713 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 8 | Seven | $3,160,575 | $2,479,799 | 78.5% | $680,776 | 21.5% | 1,818 | 8 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 9 | Vampire in Brooklyn | $2,774,634 | $2,272,362 | 81.9% | $502,272 | 18.1% | 2,130 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain | $1,789,570 | $1,567,720 | 87.6% | $221,850 | 12.4% | 1,301 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Mighty Aphrodite | $1,273,851 | $1,012,036 | 79.4% | $261,815 | 20.6% | 278 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 12 | Three Wishes | $1,081,453 | $860,570 | 79.6% | $220,883 | 20.4% | 1,278 | 3 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Apollo 13 | $368,465 | $288,990 | 78.4% | $79,475 | 21.6% | 332 | 20 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Usual Suspects | $329,840 | $237,695 | 72.1% | $92,145 | 27.9% | 148 | 13 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 15 | Leaving Las Vegas | $244,229 | $169,174 | 69.3% | $75,055 | 30.7% | 16 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 16 | Carrington | $226,090 | $151,722 | 67.1% | $74,368 | 32.9% | 12 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 17 | Total Eclipse | $97,129 | $65,500 | 67.4% | $31,629 | 32.6% | 54 | 2 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 18 | Mallrats | $44,591 | $32,366 | 72.6% | $12,225 | 27.4% | 67 | 4 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 19 | Braveheart | $34,057 | $25,014 | 73.4% | $9,043 | 26.6% | 47 | 26 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | The Journey of August King | $8,711 | $5,955 | 68.4% | $2,756 | 31.6% | 2 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | The Addiction | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 6 | October Films | - | false |
| - | Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | Ocean Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Kingdom | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | October Films | - | false |
| - | Strange Days | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | How to Make an American Quilt | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | To Die For | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | A Business Affair | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Castle Hill Productions | - | false |
| - | Delta of Venus | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
