| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $9,868,006 | -10.9% | 2,249 | -41 | $4,387 | $174,639,139 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Philadelphia | $9,720,326 | -16.1% | 1,562 | +267 | $6,223 | $39,004,257 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Intersection | $7,328,515 | -6.3% | 1,300 | - | $5,637 | $15,147,017 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Grumpy Old Men | $6,689,744 | -7.9% | 1,725 | +49 | $3,878 | $49,736,209 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | Blink | $6,608,076 | - | 1,527 | - | $4,327 | $6,608,076 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 6 | 6 | Schindler's List | $4,215,780 | -12.1% | 354 | +11 | $11,908 | $24,668,373 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Iron Will | $3,929,150 | -22.5% | 1,862 | -174 | $2,110 | $15,331,273 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Pelican Brief | $3,630,113 | -22.1% | 1,730 | -79 | $2,098 | $91,142,523 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Shadowlands | $3,349,510 | -20.2% | 1,023 | +22 | $3,274 | $17,768,035 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Tombstone | $3,292,226 | -25.8% | 1,709 | -108 | $1,926 | $48,254,867 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | The Air Up There | $2,361,692 | -31.9% | 1,506 | -196 | $1,568 | $17,545,306 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | House Party 3 | $2,170,347 | -45.5% | 855 | +7 | $2,538 | $15,527,426 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Beethoven's 2nd | $1,747,530 | -25.4% | 1,413 | -207 | $1,236 | $45,386,895 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | In the Name of the Father | $1,576,892 | -19% | 176 | - | $8,959 | $5,380,058 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | The Piano | $1,413,422 | -4% | 470 | -30 | $3,007 | $25,663,999 | 12 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | - | Car 54, Where Are You? | $971,444 | - | 608 | - | $1,597 | $971,444 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | 16 | Six Degrees of Separation | $750,759 | -3.5% | 153 | +44 | $4,906 | $2,911,882 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Jurassic Park | $631,480 | +5.7% | 443 | -37 | $1,425 | $342,559,380 | 34 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | Golden Gate | $371,345 | - | 390 | - | $952 | $371,345 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 20 | 20 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | $183,982 | +213.9% | 468 | +313 | $393 | $5,483,974 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $155,122 | -19.6% | 19 | +2 | $8,164 | $904,373 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | - | Red Rock West | $18,333 | - | 1 | - | $18,333 | $18,333 | 1 | Roxie Releasing | true | false |
