| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Independence Day | $31,586,244 | $21,274,817 | 67.4% | $10,311,427 | 32.6% | 2,972 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Phenomenon | $12,600,227 | $8,129,609 | 64.5% | $4,470,618 | 35.5% | 2,016 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Courage Under Fire | $11,597,766 | $8,023,994 | 69.2% | $3,573,772 | 30.8% | 2,001 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | The Nutty Professor | $11,318,370 | $7,567,820 | 66.9% | $3,750,550 | 33.1% | 2,239 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Frighteners | $8,002,235 | $5,565,495 | 69.6% | $2,436,740 | 30.4% | 1,669 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Multiplicity | $7,973,053 | $5,075,340 | 63.7% | $2,897,713 | 36.3% | 2,134 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | Kazaam | $7,958,075 | $5,001,588 | 62.8% | $2,956,487 | 37.2% | 2,012 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Fled | $7,908,843 | $5,405,855 | 68.4% | $2,502,988 | 31.6% | 2,104 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | $5,998,586 | $3,647,673 | 60.8% | $2,350,913 | 39.2% | 1,934 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Harriet the Spy | $5,756,385 | $3,342,303 | 58.1% | $2,414,082 | 41.9% | 1,876 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Eraser | $5,063,602 | $3,438,931 | 67.9% | $1,624,671 | 32.1% | 2,317 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | A Time to Kill | $4,805,112 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | The Rock | $3,854,590 | $2,546,228 | 66.1% | $1,308,362 | 33.9% | 1,524 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Mission: Impossible | $1,131,457 | $717,040 | 63.4% | $414,417 | 36.6% | 1,002 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | The Cable Guy | $469,546 | $307,404 | 65.5% | $162,142 | 34.5% | 450 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 16 | Trainspotting | $442,389 | $262,673 | 59.4% | $179,716 | 40.6% | 8 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Toy Story | $148,281 | $86,776 | 58.5% | $61,505 | 41.5% | 216 | 36 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Girlfriends | $8,944 | $5,656 | 63.2% | $3,288 | 36.8% | 1 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Lone Star | - | $672,650 | - | - | - | - | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Striptease | - | $1,012,177 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Young Poisoner's Handbook | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | Lionsgate | - | false |
