| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Jerry Maguire | $15,330,696 | -37.8% | 2,531 | - | $6,057 | $86,306,906 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Michael | $14,815,034 | -51.3% | 2,181 | +40 | $6,792 | $55,403,672 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 3 | 5 | Scream | $13,512,881 | -20% | 1,737 | +287 | $7,779 | $42,581,523 | 3 | Dimension Films | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | 101 Dalmatians | $8,410,187 | -61.3% | 2,702 | -199 | $3,112 | $122,856,345 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | One Fine Day | $7,831,294 | -46.4% | 1,968 | -7 | $3,979 | $33,859,332 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | $7,420,190 | -57.6% | 2,417 | +38 | $3,070 | $55,814,192 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Ghosts of Mississippi | $6,314,539 | - | 1,268 | +1,247 | $4,979 | $7,080,525 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Preacher's Wife | $6,076,614 | -53.7% | 2,001 | -7 | $3,036 | $39,806,656 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | My Fellow Americans | $4,204,714 | -51.5% | 1,865 | -50 | $2,254 | $18,878,975 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Mars Attacks! | $4,186,813 | -56.3% | 1,901 | -54 | $2,202 | $34,533,000 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | The English Patient | $3,704,118 | -28.4% | 582 | - | $6,364 | $28,978,787 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Evening Star | $3,059,867 | -48% | 1,268 | +3 | $2,413 | $10,912,564 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Ransom | $2,803,422 | -43.5% | 1,076 | -95 | $2,605 | $129,722,506 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 17 | Shine | $2,183,667 | -30.5% | 207 | - | $10,549 | $7,263,875 | 7 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 15 | 18 | The Crucible | $1,764,698 | -1.7% | 344 | +201 | $5,129 | $5,097,819 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | 20 | Evita | $1,692,580 | +65.7% | 22 | - | $76,935 | $2,853,657 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 19 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $924,328 | -19.4% | 16 | - | $57,770 | $2,070,850 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | - | Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern | $15,524 | - | 1 | - | $15,524 | $15,524 | 1 | Artistic License | true | false |
| 19 | 22 | Independence Day | $10,307 | -14.7% | 21 | -2 | $490 | $306,169,231 | 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
