| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Primal Fear | $13,691,089 | $9,871,222 | 72.1% | $3,819,867 | 27.9% | 1,983 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate | $12,811,951 | $9,310,414 | 72.7% | $3,501,537 | 27.3% | 1,131 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 3 | The Birdcage | $12,595,783 | $9,219,443 | 73.2% | $3,376,340 | 26.8% | 2,236 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Sgt. Bilko | $8,529,705 | $6,084,230 | 71.3% | $2,445,475 | 28.7% | 2,309 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Executive Decision | $6,668,911 | $4,838,155 | 72.6% | $1,830,756 | 27.4% | 2,285 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Oliver & Company 1996 Re-release | $6,119,245 | $3,706,594 | 60.6% | $2,412,651 | 39.4% | 2,189 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Fargo | $3,395,032 | $2,536,491 | 74.7% | $858,541 | 25.3% | 716 | 5 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 8 | Up Close & Personal | $2,914,534 | $2,023,927 | 69.4% | $890,607 | 30.6% | 1,629 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | A Family Thing | $2,811,222 | $2,008,728 | 71.4% | $802,494 | 28.6% | 1,134 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | Flirting with Disaster | $2,383,717 | $1,766,054 | 74.1% | $617,663 | 25.9% | 285 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 11 | Faithful | $1,578,656 | $967,956 | 61.3% | $610,700 | 38.7% | 803 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 12 | Jumanji | $1,549,120 | $1,017,888 | 65.7% | $531,232 | 34.3% | 783 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 13 | Braveheart | $635,081 | $437,436 | 68.9% | $197,645 | 31.1% | 491 | 47 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Toy Story | $74,543 | $51,861 | 69.6% | $22,682 | 30.4% | 114 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | The Last Supper | $52,274 | $33,824 | 64.7% | $18,450 | 35.3% | 6 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Carried Away | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | Diabolique | - | $1,525,499 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Chungking Express | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Rolling Thunder Pictures | - | false |
| - | Dead Man Walking | - | $1,098,509 | - | - | - | - | 15 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | It's My Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | - | $1,388,094 | - | - | - | - | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | L.627 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | Holy Matrimony | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Jack & Sarah | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Frisk | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
