| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Birdcage | $25,302,526 | $18,275,828 | 72.2% | $7,026,698 | 27.8% | 1,950 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 2 | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | $10,901,225 | $8,605,649 | 78.9% | $2,295,576 | 21.1% | 2,119 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Up Close & Personal | $10,544,743 | $8,012,357 | 76% | $2,532,386 | 24% | 1,628 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Down Periscope | $6,376,338 | $5,033,851 | 79% | $1,342,487 | 21% | 2,026 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Hellraiser: Bloodline | $5,721,314 | $4,505,036 | 78.7% | $1,216,278 | 21.3% | 1,465 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 6 | Broken Arrow | $5,542,746 | $4,231,906 | 76.4% | $1,310,840 | 23.6% | 1,929 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Rumble in the Bronx | $4,735,090 | $3,514,071 | 74.2% | $1,221,019 | 25.8% | 1,794 | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 8 | Happy Gilmore | $4,270,755 | $3,257,875 | 76.3% | $1,012,880 | 23.7% | 1,945 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Mr. Holland's Opus | $4,152,199 | $3,043,631 | 73.3% | $1,108,568 | 26.7% | 1,564 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Muppet Treasure Island | $3,567,323 | $2,713,594 | 76.1% | $853,729 | 23.9% | 1,829 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Dead Man Walking | $2,350,802 | $1,689,639 | 71.9% | $661,163 | 28.1% | 796 | 11 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 12 | If Lucy Fell | $1,770,402 | $1,308,088 | 73.9% | $462,314 | 26.1% | 1,200 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 13 | City Hall | $1,403,186 | $1,060,955 | 75.6% | $342,231 | 24.4% | 986 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 14 | Fargo | $1,024,137 | $730,265 | 71.3% | $293,872 | 28.7% | 36 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 15 | Braveheart | $765,751 | $523,855 | 68.4% | $241,896 | 31.6% | 550 | 43 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Toy Story | $341,376 | $267,721 | 78.4% | $73,655 | 21.6% | 442 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | The Star Maker | $58,808 | $40,915 | 69.6% | $17,893 | 30.4% | 11 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 18 | Chungking Express | $47,812 | $32,779 | 68.6% | $15,033 | 31.4% | 4 | 1 | Rolling Thunder Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | All Things Fair | $6,854 | $4,530 | 66.1% | $2,324 | 33.9% | 1 | 1 | PFM | - | false |
| - | Bottle Rocket | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Taxi Driver 1996 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | A Midwinter's Tale | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Heavy Metal | - | $204,660 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Raining Stones | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Northern Arts Entertainment | - | false |
