| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Get Shorty | $12,618,622 | -7.2% | 2,103 | +96 | $6,000 | $43,003,771 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Powder | $8,178,185 | -10.8% | 1,614 | +22 | $5,067 | $17,344,810 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Copycat | $7,443,197 | +4.1% | 1,579 | +189 | $4,713 | $14,595,030 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | - | Fair Game | $6,393,570 | - | 1,949 | - | $3,280 | $6,393,570 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Vampire in Brooklyn | $5,489,179 | -38.8% | 2,307 | - | $2,379 | $14,455,815 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Home for the Holidays | $5,116,315 | - | 1,000 | - | $5,116 | $5,116,315 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 6 | Se7en | $4,805,623 | -9.7% | 2,007 | -245 | $2,394 | $79,422,966 | 7 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Now and Then | $4,803,675 | -10.6% | 1,713 | - | $2,804 | $19,090,148 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 9 | - | Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain | $3,060,930 | - | 1,297 | - | $2,360 | $3,060,930 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | 7 | Three Wishes | $2,143,066 | -34.6% | 1,538 | +3 | $1,393 | $5,421,734 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | How to Make an American Quilt | $1,599,380 | -26.7% | 1,201 | -246 | $1,331 | $21,151,745 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | To Die For | $1,221,518 | -21.5% | 954 | - | $1,280 | $19,237,840 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 16 | Mighty Aphrodite | $1,078,491 | +136% | 152 | +133 | $7,095 | $1,535,545 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Apollo 13 | $543,450 | -12.9% | 439 | -116 | $1,237 | $171,315,815 | 19 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 17 | The Usual Suspects | $359,236 | +4.2% | 164 | +4 | $2,190 | $21,722,027 | 12 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Strange Days | $220,379 | -55.8% | 199 | -316 | $1,107 | $7,706,807 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 17 | - | Total Eclipse | $184,672 | - | 52 | - | $3,551 | $184,672 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 18 | 19 | Leaving Las Vegas | $139,820 | +16.3% | 8 | +1 | $17,477 | $259,992 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | Batman Forever | $131,592 | -18.4% | 60 | -11 | $2,193 | $184,031,112 | 21 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | Mallrats | $117,675 | -75.1% | 124 | -623 | $948 | $2,063,776 | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 21 | 22 | Braveheart | $37,131 | -5.3% | 44 | -5 | $843 | $66,889,386 | 25 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | - | The Kingdom | $6,845 | - | 1 | - | $6,845 | $6,845 | 1 | October Films | true | false |
| 23 | - | A Business Affair | $4,020 | - | 1 | - | $4,020 | $4,020 | 1 | Castle Hill Productions | true | false |
