| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Primal Fear | $10,796,779 | $8,108,561 | 75.1% | $2,688,218 | 24.9% | 1,983 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | James and the Giant Peach | $9,581,004 | $7,539,098 | 78.7% | $2,041,906 | 21.3% | 2,262 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Birdcage | $8,781,650 | $6,772,210 | 77.1% | $2,009,440 | 22.9% | 2,285 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Fear | $8,281,920 | $6,312,240 | 76.2% | $1,969,680 | 23.8% | 1,584 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate | $7,333,048 | $5,797,633 | 79.1% | $1,535,415 | 20.9% | 1,131 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 6 | Sgt. Bilko | $4,880,520 | $3,907,690 | 80.1% | $972,830 | 19.9% | 2,326 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Executive Decision | $4,053,115 | $3,072,312 | 75.8% | $980,803 | 24.2% | 2,082 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Flirting with Disaster | $3,772,866 | $3,021,024 | 80.1% | $751,842 | 19.9% | 969 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 9 | Oliver & Company 1996 Re-release | $3,192,044 | $2,511,597 | 78.7% | $680,447 | 21.3% | 1,887 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Fargo | $2,478,653 | $1,881,347 | 75.9% | $597,306 | 24.1% | 716 | 6 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 11 | Jumanji | $1,036,925 | - | - | - | - | 695 | 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 12 | Braveheart | $342,256 | $242,429 | 70.8% | $99,827 | 29.2% | 352 | 48 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Getting Away with Murder | $174,856 | $127,691 | 73% | $47,165 | 27% | 155 | 1 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Toy Story | $44,169 | $34,992 | 79.2% | $9,177 | 20.8% | 81 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Loaded | $17,765 | $12,071 | 68% | $5,694 | 32% | 2 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Wings of Courage | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 52 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Faithful | - | $338,873 | - | - | - | - | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Naked in New York | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | Up Close & Personal | - | $1,565,385 | - | - | - | - | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | A Family Thing | - | $1,300,013 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Jane Eyre | - | $269,929 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
