| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Up Close & Personal | $14,222,896 | $11,101,955 | 78.1% | $3,120,941 | 21.9% | 1,506 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Down Periscope | $9,025,444 | $7,231,087 | 80.1% | $1,794,357 | 19.9% | 2,022 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Rumble in the Bronx | $8,554,699 | $6,782,250 | 79.3% | $1,772,449 | 20.7% | 1,780 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 4 | Broken Arrow | $7,621,659 | $6,040,125 | 79.2% | $1,581,534 | 20.8% | 2,277 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Happy Gilmore | $5,896,450 | $4,811,115 | 81.6% | $1,085,335 | 18.4% | 2,069 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Muppet Treasure Island | $5,751,813 | $4,790,274 | 83.3% | $961,539 | 16.7% | 2,068 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Mr. Holland's Opus | $5,426,210 | $4,205,418 | 77.5% | $1,220,792 | 22.5% | 1,629 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | City Hall | $3,219,795 | $2,507,415 | 77.9% | $712,380 | 22.1% | 1,563 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | Dead Man Walking | $2,817,482 | $2,138,434 | 75.9% | $679,048 | 24.1% | 803 | 10 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 10 | Sense and Sensibility | $2,134,234 | $1,603,174 | 75.1% | $531,060 | 24.9% | 958 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 11 | Braveheart | $1,244,380 | $925,003 | 74.3% | $319,377 | 25.7% | 715 | 42 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Toy Story | $447,896 | $359,433 | 80.2% | $88,463 | 19.8% | 457 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Neon Bible | $7,200 | $5,045 | 70.1% | $2,155 | 29.9% | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | - | - | - | - | - | 77 | 6 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | A Midwinter's Tale | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Taxi Driver 1996 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Before and After | - | $2,024,794 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Man of the Year | - | $26,147 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Seventh Art Releasing | - | false |
| - | Black Sheep | - | $1,023,020 | - | - | - | - | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Mary Reilly | - | $1,411,654 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Leaving Las Vegas | - | $1,313,740 | - | - | - | - | 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Beautiful Girls | - | $876,959 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Mr. Wrong | - | $1,269,638 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Unforgettable | - | $461,776 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Shanghai Triad | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
