| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Birdcage | $16,034,306 | -12.3% | 2,236 | +286 | $7,170 | $41,336,832 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 2 | - | Executive Decision | $12,069,780 | - | 2,232 | - | $5,407 | $12,069,780 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | $5,659,213 | -34.2% | 2,129 | +10 | $2,658 | $16,560,438 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Up Close & Personal | $5,196,194 | -35.1% | 1,635 | +7 | $3,178 | $29,963,833 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Down Periscope | $2,861,543 | -43.2% | 1,936 | -90 | $1,478 | $18,263,325 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 9 | Mr. Holland's Opus | $2,228,781 | -26.8% | 1,475 | -89 | $1,511 | $69,930,705 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Broken Arrow | $2,197,449 | -48.1% | 1,632 | -297 | $1,346 | $62,293,926 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | - | Ed | $1,910,840 | - | 1,541 | - | $1,240 | $1,910,840 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 7 | Rumble in the Bronx | $1,902,800 | -45.9% | 1,653 | -141 | $1,151 | $27,311,940 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Happy Gilmore | $1,851,360 | -43.2% | 1,653 | -292 | $1,120 | $31,779,805 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 5 | Hellraiser: Bloodline | $1,611,324 | -64.2% | 1,465 | - | $1,099 | $7,332,638 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Muppet Treasure Island | $1,412,236 | -48% | 1,557 | -272 | $907 | $30,716,001 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Dead Man Walking | $1,211,581 | -28.3% | 766 | -30 | $1,581 | $28,299,423 | 12 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Fargo | $914,202 | +25.2% | 58 | +22 | $15,762 | $1,938,339 | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 15 | - | Two Much | $592,871 | - | 348 | - | $1,703 | $592,871 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | 12 | If Lucy Fell | $432,178 | -67% | 1,200 | - | $360 | $2,202,580 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | City Hall | $403,629 | -62% | 441 | -545 | $915 | $20,009,266 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Braveheart | $274,094 | -47.7% | 411 | -139 | $666 | $72,888,864 | 43 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Toy Story | $156,446 | -41.6% | 323 | -119 | $484 | $184,435,662 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | - | The Celluloid Closet | $95,047 | - | 9 | - | $10,560 | $95,047 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 21 | - | Land and Freedom | $8,144 | - | 1 | - | $8,144 | $8,144 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
| 22 | - | Tarantella | $1,403 | - | 1 | - | $1,403 | $1,403 | 1 | Tara Releasing | true | false |
