| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mr. Holland's Opus | $11,056,721 | $8,297,082 | 75% | $2,759,639 | 25% | 1,619 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Bed of Roses | $7,610,599 | $6,117,558 | 80.4% | $1,493,041 | 19.6% | 1,545 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 3 | From Dusk Till Dawn | $5,487,616 | $4,851,921 | 88.4% | $635,695 | 11.6% | 2,007 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 4 | 12 Monkeys | $5,290,425 | $3,942,180 | 74.5% | $1,348,245 | 25.5% | 1,629 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Eye for an Eye | $4,505,319 | $3,527,249 | 78.3% | $978,070 | 21.7% | 1,680 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Sense and Sensibility | $3,926,996 | $2,907,705 | 74% | $1,019,291 | 26% | 608 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | Screamers | $3,901,045 | $2,904,140 | 74.4% | $996,905 | 25.6% | 1,560 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 8 | Grumpier Old Men | $3,900,796 | $2,980,277 | 76.4% | $920,519 | 23.6% | 1,802 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Jumanji | $3,690,352 | $3,121,223 | 84.6% | $569,129 | 15.4% | 1,771 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 10 | Dead Man Walking | $3,084,518 | $2,259,782 | 73.3% | $824,736 | 26.7% | 374 | 5 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 11 | Toy Story | $2,871,273 | $2,378,810 | 82.8% | $492,463 | 17.2% | 1,401 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Heat | $2,618,002 | $1,912,659 | 73.1% | $705,343 | 26.9% | 1,276 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | Leaving Las Vegas | $2,447,999 | $1,741,124 | 71.1% | $706,875 | 28.9% | 314 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 14 | Sabrina | $2,308,519 | $1,684,973 | 73% | $623,546 | 27% | 936 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Big Bully | $1,477,676 | $1,131,094 | 76.6% | $346,582 | 23.4% | 1,143 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | $101,448 | $75,675 | 74.6% | $25,773 | 25.4% | 14 | 1 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Bio-Dome | - | $1,345,774 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Two If by Sea | - | $514,817 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood | - | $1,840,525 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | GoldenEye | - | $465,080 | - | - | - | - | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Dunston Checks In | - | $974,918 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | The Scent of Green Papaya | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | First Look International | - | false |
| - | Restoration | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Father of the Bride Part II | - | $1,362,101 | - | - | - | - | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
