| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Birdcage | $13,294,404 | -17.1% | 2,236 | - | $5,945 | $60,601,672 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Executive Decision | $9,776,225 | -19% | 2,289 | +57 | $4,270 | $26,047,638 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Diabolique | $5,524,055 | - | 1,824 | - | $3,028 | $5,524,055 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | $4,186,801 | -26% | 2,124 | -5 | $1,971 | $22,332,931 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Up Close & Personal | $4,172,633 | -19.7% | 1,639 | +4 | $2,545 | $35,943,345 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 14 | Fargo | $2,812,662 | +207.7% | 412 | +354 | $6,826 | $5,152,178 | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 7 | - | Girl 6 | $2,485,764 | - | 1,077 | - | $2,308 | $2,485,764 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 8 | 6 | Mr. Holland's Opus | $1,973,447 | -11.5% | 1,491 | +16 | $1,323 | $72,823,149 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Down Periscope | $1,924,558 | -32.7% | 1,588 | -348 | $1,211 | $21,090,359 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Broken Arrow | $1,478,840 | -32.7% | 1,463 | -169 | $1,010 | $64,628,286 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Happy Gilmore | $1,332,045 | -28.1% | 1,287 | -366 | $1,035 | $33,748,295 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Dead Man Walking | $1,324,472 | +9.3% | 770 | +4 | $1,720 | $30,228,488 | 13 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 13 | - | Race the Sun | $1,116,504 | - | 1,218 | - | $916 | $1,116,504 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 14 | 9 | Rumble in the Bronx | $1,103,325 | -42% | 1,044 | -609 | $1,056 | $29,086,489 | 5 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 15 | - | Sense and Sensibility | $1,068,212 | - | 1,000 | - | $1,068 | $39,011,246 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 16 | 8 | Ed | $1,052,695 | -44.9% | 1,583 | +42 | $665 | $3,489,320 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | The Postman | $804,591 | - | 430 | - | $1,871 | $16,338,064 | 41 | Miramax | false | false |
| 18 | - | Babe | $393,360 | - | 447 | - | $880 | $62,748,640 | 34 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | Braveheart | $227,738 | -16.9% | 279 | -132 | $816 | $73,256,059 | 44 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | - | Flirting with Disaster | $164,458 | - | 7 | - | $23,494 | $164,458 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 21 | - | It's My Party | $148,532 | - | 28 | - | $5,304 | $148,532 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 22 | 19 | Toy Story | $94,837 | -39.4% | 209 | -114 | $453 | $184,592,498 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | - | Jack & Sarah | $59,098 | - | 22 | - | $2,686 | $59,098 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
| 24 | - | Frisk | $10,110 | - | 1 | - | $10,110 | $10,110 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
