| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Primal Fear | $8,591,200 | $6,585,472 | 76.6% | $2,005,728 | 23.4% | 1,983 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Substitute | $7,701,363 | $6,096,833 | 79.2% | $1,604,530 | 20.8% | 1,742 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | James and the Giant Peach | $6,511,495 | $5,267,802 | 80.9% | $1,243,693 | 19.1% | 2,268 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Birdcage | $6,175,457 | $4,737,737 | 76.7% | $1,437,720 | 23.3% | 2,285 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | Fear | $5,126,415 | $3,924,465 | 76.6% | $1,201,950 | 23.4% | 1,615 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Mrs. Winterbourne | $5,031,317 | $3,872,900 | 77% | $1,158,417 | 23% | 1,612 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | Celtic Pride | $4,661,716 | $3,809,248 | 81.7% | $852,468 | 18.3% | 1,832 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate | $4,417,499 | $3,505,525 | 79.4% | $911,974 | 20.6% | 1,131 | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 9 | Flirting with Disaster | $2,511,091 | $2,028,781 | 80.8% | $482,310 | 19.2% | 969 | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| 10 | Fargo | $1,943,255 | $1,464,714 | 75.4% | $478,541 | 24.6% | 699 | 7 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 11 | Braveheart | $158,755 | $112,868 | 71.1% | $45,887 | 28.9% | 189 | 49 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | August | $17,323 | $11,988 | 69.2% | $5,335 | 30.8% | 4 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 13 | Toy Story | $12,004 | $10,156 | 84.6% | $1,848 | 15.4% | 26 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | For the Moment | $10,400 | $7,917 | 76.1% | $2,483 | 23.9% | 3 | 1 | John Aaron Productions | - | false |
| - | Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy | - | $618,853 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie | - | $206,328 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Oliver & Company 1996 Re-release | - | $1,324,386 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Sgt. Bilko | - | $2,222,845 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Jumanji | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Getting Away with Murder | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Savoy Pictures | - | false |
