| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Birdcage | $13,863,301 | $10,106,414 | 72.9% | $3,756,887 | 27.1% | 2,236 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 2 | Sgt. Bilko | $10,643,090 | $8,110,080 | 76.2% | $2,533,010 | 23.8% | 2,304 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Executive Decision | $9,128,496 | $6,914,769 | 75.8% | $2,213,727 | 24.2% | 2,289 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Oliver & Company 1996 Re-release | $6,295,273 | $4,490,921 | 71.3% | $1,804,352 | 28.7% | 2,180 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Diabolique | $4,528,249 | $3,450,764 | 76.2% | $1,077,485 | 23.8% | 1,824 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | A Family Thing | $3,951,676 | $3,020,662 | 76.4% | $931,014 | 23.6% | 1,134 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | Up Close & Personal | $3,792,673 | $2,789,353 | 73.6% | $1,003,320 | 26.4% | 1,509 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Fargo | $3,624,838 | $2,704,652 | 74.6% | $920,186 | 25.4% | 596 | 4 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 9 | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | $2,849,647 | $1,988,424 | 69.8% | $861,223 | 30.2% | 1,786 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate | $2,624,292 | - | - | - | - | - | - | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 11 | Dead Man Walking | $2,123,579 | $1,519,008 | 71.5% | $604,571 | 28.5% | 771 | 14 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 12 | Primal Fear | $2,021,258 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Jumanji | $1,875,387 | $1,317,415 | 70.2% | $557,972 | 29.8% | 762 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 14 | Braveheart | $855,318 | $587,103 | 68.6% | $268,215 | 31.4% | 483 | 46 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | It's My Party | $147,080 | - | - | - | - | 29 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 16 | Toy Story | $111,744 | $77,103 | 69% | $34,641 | 31% | 161 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Carried Away | $52,905 | $35,416 | 66.9% | $17,489 | 33.1% | 9 | 1 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 18 | Jack & Sarah | $45,441 | - | - | - | - | 29 | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 19 | Frisk | $31,227 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 20 | Denise Calls Up | $14,622 | $10,006 | 68.4% | $4,616 | 31.6% | 2 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Flirting with Disaster | - | $705,899 | - | - | - | 70 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Chungking Express | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 4 | Rolling Thunder Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Star Maker | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | The Postman | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Sense and Sensibility | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Race the Sun | - | $267,441 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Zero Patience | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 | - | $2,256,118 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Babe | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Mr. Holland's Opus | - | $1,284,122 | - | - | - | - | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Girl 6 | - | $1,040,479 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
