| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $7,742,001 | -12% | 2,249 | -41 | $3,442 | $172,513,134 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Philadelphia | $7,316,408 | -17.1% | 1,562 | +267 | $4,684 | $36,600,339 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Grumpy Old Men | $5,076,733 | -10.8% | 1,725 | +49 | $2,943 | $48,123,198 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | - | Blink | $4,410,077 | - | 1,527 | - | $2,888 | $4,410,077 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Intersection | $4,001,350 | -48.8% | 1,300 | - | $3,077 | $11,819,852 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Iron Will | $3,174,710 | -22.8% | 1,862 | -174 | $1,705 | $14,576,833 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Schindler's List | $3,064,898 | -10% | 354 | +11 | $8,657 | $23,517,491 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | The Pelican Brief | $2,826,155 | -23.9% | 1,730 | -79 | $1,633 | $90,338,565 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Shadowlands | $2,442,036 | -23% | 1,023 | +22 | $2,387 | $16,860,561 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Tombstone | $2,381,638 | -28.5% | 1,709 | -108 | $1,393 | $47,344,279 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | The Air Up There | $1,933,704 | -33.2% | 1,506 | -196 | $1,284 | $17,117,318 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | House Party 3 | $1,685,419 | -48.6% | 855 | +7 | $1,971 | $15,042,498 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Beethoven's 2nd | $1,504,845 | -25.7% | 1,413 | -207 | $1,065 | $45,144,210 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | In the Name of the Father | $1,124,151 | -21.4% | 176 | - | $6,387 | $4,927,317 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | The Piano | $1,019,992 | -8.2% | 470 | -30 | $2,170 | $25,270,569 | 12 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | - | Car 54, Where Are You? | $791,182 | - | 608 | - | $1,301 | $791,182 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | 16 | Six Degrees of Separation | $552,807 | -5.5% | 153 | +44 | $3,613 | $2,713,930 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Jurassic Park | $501,685 | <0.1% | 454 | -26 | $1,105 | $342,429,585 | 34 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | Golden Gate | $258,040 | - | 390 | - | $661 | $258,040 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 20 | 20 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | $140,844 | +181.4% | 468 | +313 | $300 | $5,440,836 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $109,264 | -19.9% | 19 | +2 | $5,750 | $858,515 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | - | Red Rock West | $11,562 | - | 1 | - | $11,562 | $11,562 | 1 | Roxie Releasing | true | false |
