| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $11,536,024 | -29.4% | 2,345 | +20 | $4,919 | $138,317,167 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Pelican Brief | $8,569,419 | -34.7% | 2,022 | +14 | $4,238 | $73,502,364 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 6 | Grumpy Old Men | $6,413,992 | -14.3% | 1,439 | +195 | $4,457 | $25,722,304 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Tombstone | $6,361,187 | -27.1% | 1,955 | - | $3,253 | $32,719,116 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Air Up There | $5,240,859 | - | 1,507 | - | $3,477 | $5,240,859 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 6 | 23 | Shadowlands | $4,006,417 | +4,841.2% | 546 | +543 | $7,337 | $4,190,660 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | $3,885,429 | -52.8% | 2,002 | -104 | $1,940 | $46,442,354 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Beethoven's 2nd | $3,556,005 | -53% | 2,032 | -16 | $1,750 | $36,623,520 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 11 | Schindler's List | $2,603,636 | +57.9% | 172 | +96 | $15,137 | $9,861,441 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Wayne's World 2 | $2,151,760 | -46.4% | 1,703 | -537 | $1,263 | $43,434,218 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Piano | $1,810,099 | -23.6% | 522 | -1 | $3,467 | $20,009,133 | 9 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | 18 | Heaven & Earth | $1,703,179 | +202.7% | 781 | +718 | $2,180 | $3,353,882 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | - | Cabin Boy | $1,513,507 | - | 593 | - | $2,552 | $1,513,507 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 10 | Ghost in the Machine | $901,645 | -51.4% | 1,016 | -15 | $887 | $4,108,372 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 17 | Jurassic Park | $610,855 | -25.6% | 563 | -91 | $1,085 | $340,414,435 | 31 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | $336,144 | -76.1% | 822 | -684 | $408 | $5,030,829 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 21 | In the Name of the Father | $238,849 | +117.5% | 13 | +9 | $18,373 | $494,008 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 19 | Six Degrees of Separation | $189,966 | -19.3% | 19 | - | $9,998 | $1,108,744 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 19 | 20 | Philadelphia | $141,015 | -8.4% | 4 | - | $35,253 | $838,696 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 22 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $75,307 | -8.8% | 7 | +1 | $10,758 | $457,665 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | - | Three Colors: Blue | $63,123 | - | 11 | - | $5,738 | $275,990 | 6 | Miramax | false | false |
