| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Up Close & Personal | $11,101,955 | - | 1,506 | - | $7,371 | $11,101,955 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Down Periscope | $7,231,087 | - | 2,022 | - | $3,576 | $7,231,087 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Rumble in the Bronx | $6,782,250 | -31.2% | 1,780 | +44 | $3,810 | $18,901,601 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Broken Arrow | $6,040,125 | -28.1% | 2,277 | -95 | $2,652 | $52,972,197 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Happy Gilmore | $4,811,115 | -23.7% | 2,069 | +17 | $2,325 | $24,572,355 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Muppet Treasure Island | $4,790,274 | -26.6% | 2,068 | -21 | $2,316 | $24,774,903 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Mr. Holland's Opus | $4,205,418 | -16.8% | 1,629 | +30 | $2,581 | $62,328,933 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | City Hall | $2,507,415 | -42.6% | 1,563 | -252 | $1,604 | $17,490,071 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Dead Man Walking | $2,138,434 | -7% | 803 | +46 | $2,663 | $24,057,992 | 10 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Before and After | $2,024,794 | -49.7% | 1,318 | +5 | $1,536 | $6,956,186 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Sense and Sensibility | $1,603,174 | -27.3% | 958 | -96 | $1,673 | $34,634,466 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Mary Reilly | $1,411,654 | -49.8% | 1,470 | - | $960 | $4,942,365 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Leaving Las Vegas | $1,313,740 | -30.9% | 871 | -142 | $1,508 | $25,151,748 | 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | Mr. Wrong | $1,269,638 | -54.4% | 1,292 | -195 | $982 | $11,561,173 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Black Sheep | $1,023,020 | -49% | 1,317 | -594 | $776 | $29,823,727 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | Braveheart | $925,003 | -8.2% | 715 | +104 | $1,293 | $71,529,642 | 41 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Beautiful Girls | $876,959 | -27.5% | 492 | -50 | $1,782 | $9,247,138 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | Unforgettable | $461,776 | -68% | 1,573 | - | $293 | $2,483,790 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | Toy Story | $359,433 | -39% | 457 | -161 | $786 | $183,849,377 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | - | Man of the Year | $26,147 | - | 4 | - | $6,536 | $26,147 | 1 | Seventh Art Releasing | true | false |
| 21 | - | The Neon Bible | $5,045 | - | 1 | - | $5,045 | $5,045 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
