| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Relic | $12,045,341 | - | 2,095 | - | $5,749 | $12,045,341 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 16 | Evita | $11,301,148 | +567.7% | 704 | +682 | $16,052 | $14,154,805 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Michael | $10,173,263 | -31.3% | 2,276 | +95 | $4,469 | $65,576,935 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Scream | $9,549,527 | -29.3% | 1,833 | +96 | $5,209 | $52,131,050 | 4 | Dimension Films | false | false |
| 5 | 1 | Jerry Maguire | $9,015,306 | -41.2% | 2,450 | -81 | $3,679 | $95,322,212 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | - | First Strike | $7,274,242 | - | 1,344 | - | $5,412 | $7,274,242 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 7 | 17 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $7,135,534 | +672% | 1,233 | +1,217 | $5,787 | $9,206,384 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | - | Turbulence | $5,887,284 | - | 2,094 | - | $2,811 | $5,887,284 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 9 | 5 | One Fine Day | $4,462,151 | -43% | 1,858 | -110 | $2,401 | $38,321,483 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 4 | 101 Dalmatians | $3,764,146 | -55.2% | 2,024 | -678 | $1,859 | $126,620,491 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | $3,715,191 | -49.9% | 1,984 | -433 | $1,872 | $59,529,383 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Ghosts of Mississippi | $3,090,249 | -51.1% | 1,268 | - | $2,437 | $10,170,774 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | The Preacher's Wife | $2,830,121 | -53.4% | 1,581 | -420 | $1,790 | $42,636,777 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | The English Patient | $2,802,885 | -24.3% | 561 | -21 | $4,996 | $31,781,672 | 9 | Miramax | false | false |
| 15 | - | Mother | $1,897,236 | - | 159 | - | $11,932 | $2,474,240 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Shine | $1,575,210 | -27.9% | 207 | - | $7,609 | $8,839,085 | 8 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 17 | 19 | Independence Day | $37 | -99.6% | 1 | -20 | $37 | $306,169,268 | 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
