| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Twister | $57,982,084 | $41,059,405 | 70.8% | $16,922,679 | 29.2% | 2,414 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | $5,153,689 | $3,886,261 | 75.4% | $1,267,428 | 24.6% | 1,651 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | The Craft | $3,806,234 | $3,611,880 | 94.9% | $194,354 | 5.1% | 1,762 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 4 | Primal Fear | $3,147,684 | $2,406,324 | 76.4% | $741,360 | 23.6% | 1,887 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Quest | $2,798,660 | $2,144,300 | 76.6% | $654,360 | 23.4% | 2,092 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | The Birdcage | $2,155,404 | $1,606,421 | 74.5% | $548,983 | 25.5% | 1,281 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | The Great White Hype | $1,846,286 | $1,323,594 | 71.7% | $522,692 | 28.3% | 1,499 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | James and the Giant Peach | $1,654,688 | $1,301,753 | 78.7% | $352,935 | 21.3% | 1,590 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Original Gangstas | $1,494,390 | $1,157,721 | 77.5% | $336,669 | 22.5% | 474 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Dead Man | $164,213 | $104,649 | 63.7% | $59,564 | 36.3% | 16 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 11 | Braveheart | $10,566 | $7,516 | 71.1% | $3,050 | 28.9% | 16 | 52 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Of Love and Shadows | $9,720 | $6,357 | 65.4% | $3,363 | 34.6% | 2 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 13 | The Low Life | $5,067 | $3,589 | 70.8% | $1,478 | 29.2% | 1 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | Antonia's Line | - | - | - | - | - | 73 | 15 | First Look International | - | false |
| - | The Last Supper | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Celluloid Closet | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | The Pallbearer | - | $1,015,913 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Last Dance | - | $1,014,175 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Cold Comfort Farm | - | $66,427 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| - | Executive Decision | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Mulholland Falls | - | $962,202 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Open Season | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Boys | - | $270,107 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Barb Wire | - | $595,067 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
