| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Ghost and the Darkness | $12,733,393 | $9,215,063 | 72.4% | $3,518,330 | 27.6% | 2,142 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | $12,593,975 | $9,065,363 | 72% | $3,528,612 | 28% | 2,245 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 3 | The First Wives Club | $12,481,205 | $9,129,015 | 73.1% | $3,352,190 | 26.9% | 2,406 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Chamber | $7,333,220 | $5,612,095 | 76.5% | $1,721,125 | 23.5% | 2,026 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | That Thing You Do! | $6,166,215 | $4,929,221 | 79.9% | $1,236,994 | 20.1% | 1,887 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | The Glimmer Man | $5,534,002 | $4,093,674 | 74% | $1,440,328 | 26% | 2,236 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | D3: The Mighty Ducks | $5,338,082 | $4,161,537 | 78% | $1,176,545 | 22% | 2,058 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Fly Away Home | $2,075,804 | $1,603,033 | 77.2% | $472,771 | 22.8% | 1,401 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | Independence Day | $1,731,850 | $1,296,679 | 74.9% | $435,171 | 25.1% | 1,525 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | Big Night | $1,477,858 | $1,105,682 | 74.8% | $372,176 | 25.2% | 281 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 11 | Bound | $803,028 | $559,760 | 69.7% | $243,268 | 30.3% | 262 | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 12 | Get on the Bus | $681,302 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 13 | The Rock | $171,073 | $136,614 | 79.9% | $34,459 | 20.1% | 194 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Grass Harp | $167,240 | $117,161 | 70.1% | $50,079 | 29.9% | 46 | 1 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 15 | Mission: Impossible | $98,548 | $75,603 | 76.7% | $22,945 | 23.3% | 112 | 22 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Microcosmos | $56,355 | $35,189 | 62.4% | $21,166 | 37.6% | 2 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Love Is All There Is | $51,403 | $32,925 | 64% | $18,478 | 36% | 26 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 18 | Bitter Sugar | $40,646 | $30,742 | 75.6% | $9,904 | 24.4% | 2 | 1 | First Look International | - | false |
| 19 | Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press | $3,204 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | false |
| - | 2 Days in the Valley | - | $1,223,524 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Bird of Prey | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Northern Arts Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Beautiful Thing | - | $33,931 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Infinity | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | First Look International | - | false |
| - | Trees Lounge | - | $39,830 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Orion Classics | - | false |
| - | Extreme Measures | - | $1,641,575 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Maximum Risk | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | I Like It Like That | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
