| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Romeo + Juliet | $14,512,210 | $11,133,231 | 76.7% | $3,378,979 | 23.3% | 1,276 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Sleepers | $10,332,175 | $8,039,085 | 77.8% | $2,293,090 | 22.2% | 2,080 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | High School High | $6,076,642 | $5,009,703 | 82.4% | $1,066,939 | 17.6% | 2,146 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 4 | The Ghost and the Darkness | $4,729,202 | $3,660,201 | 77.4% | $1,069,001 | 22.6% | 2,038 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The First Wives Club | $4,658,068 | $3,561,788 | 76.5% | $1,096,280 | 23.5% | 2,051 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Larger Than Life | $4,619,225 | $3,779,504 | 81.8% | $839,721 | 18.2% | 2,433 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | Thinner | $4,567,917 | $3,582,333 | 78.4% | $985,584 | 21.6% | 2,009 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Dear God | $4,046,896 | $3,213,045 | 79.4% | $833,851 | 20.6% | 1,754 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Associate | $4,020,538 | $3,118,515 | 77.6% | $902,023 | 22.4% | 1,781 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Set It Off | $2,995,346 | - | - | - | - | - | - | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 11 | Michael Collins | $2,916,556 | $2,209,786 | 75.8% | $706,770 | 24.2% | 848 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Independence Day | $1,369,147 | $1,001,723 | 73.2% | $367,424 | 26.8% | 709 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Bad Moon | $814,559 | $607,081 | 74.5% | $207,478 | 25.5% | 825 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | The Rock | $67,343 | $48,929 | 72.7% | $18,414 | 27.3% | 66 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | The Funeral | $59,742 | $41,768 | 69.9% | $17,974 | 30.1% | 2 | 1 | October Films | - | false |
| 16 | Unhook the Stars | $50,741 | $33,258 | 65.5% | $17,483 | 34.5% | 3 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Mission: Impossible | $11,342 | $8,369 | 73.8% | $2,973 | 26.2% | 14 | 25 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Normal Life | $7,166 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | American Buffalo | - | - | - | - | - | 73 | 8 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Mercy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Unapix Entertainment Productions | - | false |
| - | That Thing You Do! | - | $1,181,717 | - | - | - | - | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | The Grass Harp | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | The Long Kiss Goodnight | - | $2,377,892 | - | - | - | - | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Surviving Picasso | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Fly Away Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | - | $1,052,290 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
