| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Twister | $49,020,368 | $37,093,440 | 75.7% | $11,926,928 | 24.3% | 2,785 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible | $18,094,818 | - | - | - | - | 3,012 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Flipper | $5,202,170 | $4,209,525 | 80.9% | $992,645 | 19.1% | 2,385 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Craft | $4,870,177 | $3,018,289 | 62% | $1,851,888 | 38% | 1,762 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | $3,818,421 | $2,907,920 | 76.2% | $910,501 | 23.8% | 1,654 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Heaven's Prisoners | $2,871,025 | $2,308,797 | 80.4% | $562,228 | 19.6% | 907 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 7 | Primal Fear | $2,454,228 | $1,955,768 | 79.7% | $498,460 | 20.3% | 1,728 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Birdcage | $1,679,822 | $1,274,938 | 75.9% | $404,884 | 24.1% | 1,181 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | Executive Decision | $1,308,731 | $1,026,681 | 78.4% | $282,050 | 21.6% | 827 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | James and the Giant Peach | $963,386 | $766,605 | 79.6% | $196,781 | 20.4% | 1,351 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Of Love and Shadows | $9,990 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 12 | The Low Life | $5,771 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 13 | Braveheart | $3,827 | $1,952 | 51% | $1,875 | 49% | 5 | 53 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Neon Bible | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 12 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Toy Story | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Antonia's Line | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | First Look International | - | false |
| - | The Last Supper | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Great White Hype | - | $836,157 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | The Quest | - | $1,632,610 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Original Gangstas | - | $692,877 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Celluloid Closet | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
