| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 12 Monkeys | $13,787,130 | $9,974,510 | 72.4% | $3,812,620 | 27.6% | 1,582 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood | $10,524,749 | $8,112,884 | 77.1% | $2,411,865 | 22.9% | 1,010 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 3 | Eye for an Eye | $9,336,921 | $6,968,044 | 74.6% | $2,368,877 | 25.4% | 1,528 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Grumpier Old Men | $8,937,277 | $6,654,030 | 74.4% | $2,283,247 | 25.6% | 1,923 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Toy Story | $8,188,572 | $5,873,864 | 71.7% | $2,314,708 | 28.3% | 2,053 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Heat | $7,970,155 | $5,769,870 | 72.4% | $2,200,285 | 27.6% | 1,704 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Jumanji | $7,785,713 | $5,600,573 | 71.9% | $2,185,140 | 28.1% | 2,218 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 8 | Waiting to Exhale | $7,629,851 | $5,423,915 | 71.1% | $2,205,936 | 28.9% | 1,349 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Bio-Dome | $6,629,787 | $4,999,979 | 75.4% | $1,629,808 | 24.6% | 1,510 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | Two If by Sea | $6,058,669 | $4,656,986 | 76.9% | $1,401,683 | 23.1% | 1,712 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Father of the Bride Part II | $5,889,111 | $4,496,229 | 76.4% | $1,392,882 | 23.6% | 1,813 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Sabrina | $4,828,899 | $3,318,113 | 68.7% | $1,510,786 | 31.3% | 1,241 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Dunston Checks In | $4,366,915 | $2,996,891 | 68.6% | $1,370,024 | 31.4% | 1,290 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | Sense and Sensibility | $2,733,790 | $1,837,671 | 67.2% | $896,119 | 32.8% | 203 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 15 | Seven | $2,074,102 | $1,577,822 | 76.1% | $496,280 | 23.9% | 902 | 17 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 16 | Leaving Las Vegas | $2,041,154 | $1,385,962 | 67.9% | $655,192 | 32.1% | 167 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 17 | GoldenEye | $2,000,897 | $1,369,569 | 68.4% | $631,328 | 31.6% | 878 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 18 | Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace | $1,911,426 | $1,428,658 | 74.7% | $482,768 | 25.3% | 1,589 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 19 | Mr. Holland's Opus | $22,732 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Dead Man Walking | - | $378,640 | - | - | - | 27 | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Nixon | - | $1,177,791 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The American President | - | $1,473,957 | - | - | - | - | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
