| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Birdcage | $17,214,261 | $13,294,404 | 77.2% | $3,919,857 | 22.8% | 2,236 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 2 | Executive Decision | $12,614,247 | $9,776,225 | 77.5% | $2,838,022 | 22.5% | 2,289 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Diabolique | $7,248,782 | $5,524,055 | 76.2% | $1,724,727 | 23.8% | 1,824 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Up Close & Personal | $5,391,890 | $4,172,633 | 77.4% | $1,219,257 | 22.6% | 1,639 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | $5,352,401 | $4,186,801 | 78.2% | $1,165,600 | 21.8% | 2,124 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Fargo | $3,659,374 | $2,812,662 | 76.9% | $846,712 | 23.1% | 412 | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 7 | Girl 6 | $3,046,677 | $2,485,764 | 81.6% | $560,913 | 18.4% | 1,077 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Mr. Holland's Opus | $2,733,924 | $1,973,447 | 72.2% | $760,477 | 27.8% | 1,491 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Dead Man Walking | $2,037,164 | $1,324,472 | 65% | $712,692 | 35% | 770 | 13 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 10 | Sense and Sensibility | $1,522,037 | $1,068,212 | 70.2% | $453,825 | 29.8% | 1,000 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 11 | Race the Sun | $1,414,244 | $1,116,504 | 79% | $297,740 | 21% | 1,218 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 12 | The Postman | $1,080,583 | $804,591 | 74.5% | $275,992 | 25.5% | 430 | 41 | Miramax | - | false |
| 13 | Babe | $562,540 | $393,360 | 69.9% | $169,180 | 30.1% | 447 | 34 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Braveheart | $483,805 | $227,738 | 47.1% | $256,067 | 52.9% | 279 | 45 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | It's My Party | $203,925 | $148,532 | 72.8% | $55,393 | 27.2% | 28 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 16 | Toy Story | $130,096 | $94,837 | 72.9% | $35,259 | 27.1% | 209 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Jack & Sarah | $80,718 | $59,098 | 73.2% | $21,620 | 26.8% | 22 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 18 | Frisk | $15,045 | $10,110 | 67.2% | $4,935 | 32.8% | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Star Maker | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Down Periscope | - | $1,924,558 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Broken Arrow | - | $1,478,840 | - | - | - | - | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Happy Gilmore | - | $1,332,045 | - | - | - | - | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Jumanji | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Tarantella | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Tara Releasing | - | false |
| - | Rumble in the Bronx | - | $1,103,325 | - | - | - | - | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | City Hall | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Ed | - | $1,052,695 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
