| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Jerry Maguire | $15,330,696 | $12,030,145 | 78.5% | $3,300,551 | 21.5% | 2,531 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | Michael | $14,815,034 | $12,144,926 | 82% | $2,670,108 | 18% | 2,181 | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 3 | Scream | $13,512,881 | $10,015,810 | 74.1% | $3,497,071 | 25.9% | 1,737 | 3 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 4 | 101 Dalmatians | $8,410,187 | $7,342,467 | 87.3% | $1,067,720 | 12.7% | 2,702 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | One Fine Day | $7,831,294 | $6,218,887 | 79.4% | $1,612,407 | 20.6% | 1,968 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | $7,420,190 | $5,755,741 | 77.6% | $1,664,449 | 22.4% | 2,417 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Ghosts of Mississippi | $6,314,539 | $5,016,767 | 79.4% | $1,297,772 | 20.6% | 1,268 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 8 | The Preacher's Wife | $6,076,614 | $4,925,287 | 81% | $1,151,327 | 19% | 2,001 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | My Fellow Americans | $4,204,714 | $3,330,333 | 79.2% | $874,381 | 20.8% | 1,865 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Mars Attacks! | $4,186,813 | $3,433,575 | 82% | $753,238 | 18% | 1,901 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | The English Patient | $3,704,118 | $2,732,463 | 73.8% | $971,655 | 26.2% | 582 | 8 | Miramax | - | false |
| 12 | The Evening Star | $3,059,867 | $2,277,110 | 74.4% | $782,757 | 25.6% | 1,268 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Ransom | $2,803,422 | $2,218,662 | 79.1% | $584,760 | 20.9% | 1,076 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Shine | $2,183,667 | $1,614,152 | 73.9% | $569,515 | 26.1% | 207 | 7 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 15 | The Crucible | $1,764,698 | $1,319,366 | 74.8% | $445,332 | 25.2% | 344 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 16 | Evita | $1,692,580 | $1,064,660 | 62.9% | $627,920 | 37.1% | 22 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $924,328 | $597,692 | 64.7% | $326,636 | 35.3% | 16 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 18 | Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern | $15,524 | $8,318 | 53.6% | $7,206 | 46.4% | 1 | 1 | Artistic License | - | false |
| 19 | Independence Day | $10,307 | $8,116 | 78.7% | $2,191 | 21.3% | 21 | 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Daylight | - | $1,825,515 | - | - | - | - | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Romeo + Juliet | - | $604,009 | - | - | - | - | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Star Trek: First Contact | - | $1,760,201 | - | - | - | - | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Mother | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
