| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 3 | The Santa Clause | $20,437,607 | +19.3% | 2,269 | +68 | $9,007 | $70,326,023 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Star Trek: Generations | $13,190,324 | -42.9% | 2,681 | +22 | $4,919 | $49,016,317 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Interview with the Vampire | $11,769,781 | -32.5% | 2,604 | - | $4,519 | $83,374,491 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | - | Junior | $9,803,145 | - | 1,749 | - | $5,605 | $13,441,155 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | - | A Low Down Dirty Shame | $7,970,574 | - | 1,379 | - | $5,779 | $11,419,159 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Lion King | $6,267,047 | +13.8% | 1,510 | +54 | $4,150 | $281,838,756 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Stargate | $4,777,198 | +8.2% | 2,033 | - | $2,349 | $60,169,143 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Pagemaster | $4,188,399 | - | 1,803 | - | $2,323 | $5,140,039 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 9 | 8 | Miracle on 34th Street | $3,800,166 | +38% | 1,191 | +1 | $3,190 | $8,132,354 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | Léon: The Professional | $3,765,840 | -29% | 1,220 | +62 | $3,086 | $11,663,155 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Pulp Fiction | $3,241,585 | +7.7% | 1,011 | -140 | $3,206 | $53,653,232 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Swan Princess | $2,274,238 | -7% | 1,406 | +2 | $1,617 | $5,459,636 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 13 | - | Forrest Gump | $1,260,602 | - | 684 | - | $1,842 | $294,268,394 | 21 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | The War | $1,129,425 | -55.9% | 1,221 | -316 | $925 | $15,300,650 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Clerks | $285,784 | +18.5% | 84 | - | $3,402 | $1,383,013 | 6 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | The Shawshank Redemption | $166,676 | -36.3% | 162 | -160 | $1,028 | $16,019,187 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Heavenly Creatures | $152,138 | +381.6% | 14 | +12 | $10,867 | $242,024 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 18 | - | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | $74,512 | - | 3 | - | $24,837 | $104,272 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 19 | - | Love and a .45 | $9,086 | - | 4 | - | $2,271 | $13,328 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | true | false |
| 20 | - | The Beans of Egypt, Maine | $5,263 | - | 2 | - | $2,631 | $6,479 | 1 | IRS Media | true | false |
