| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Ghost and the Darkness | $9,215,063 | - | 2,142 | - | $4,302 | $9,215,063 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The First Wives Club | $9,129,015 | -17.1% | 2,406 | +94 | $3,794 | $72,065,363 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Long Kiss Goodnight | $9,065,363 | - | 2,245 | - | $4,038 | $9,065,363 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 4 | - | The Chamber | $5,612,095 | - | 2,026 | - | $2,770 | $5,612,095 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | That Thing You Do! | $4,929,221 | -20.6% | 1,887 | +17 | $2,612 | $12,651,209 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | D3: The Mighty Ducks | $4,161,537 | -32.6% | 2,058 | +2 | $2,022 | $11,265,351 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 2 | The Glimmer Man | $4,093,674 | -46.2% | 2,236 | - | $1,830 | $14,201,154 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Extreme Measures | $1,641,575 | -59.5% | 1,923 | -375 | $853 | $15,721,840 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Fly Away Home | $1,603,033 | -20.4% | 1,401 | - | $1,144 | $17,878,583 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Independence Day | $1,296,679 | -12.4% | 1,525 | -63 | $850 | $297,433,529 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | 2 Days in the Valley | $1,223,524 | -46.4% | 855 | - | $1,431 | $9,073,824 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Big Night | $1,105,682 | -7.6% | 281 | +30 | $3,934 | $4,053,249 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Bound | $559,760 | -37.9% | 262 | +1 | $2,136 | $1,864,079 | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 14 | - | Michael Collins | $182,221 | - | 6 | - | $30,370 | $182,221 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 15 | 16 | The Rock | $136,614 | -29.8% | 194 | -127 | $704 | $133,600,967 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Grass Harp | $117,161 | - | 46 | - | $2,546 | $117,161 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 17 | 18 | Mission: Impossible | $75,603 | -43.2% | 112 | -76 | $675 | $180,817,952 | 21 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Trees Lounge | $39,830 | - | 2 | - | $19,915 | $39,830 | 1 | Orion Classics | true | false |
| 19 | - | Microcosmos | $35,189 | - | 2 | - | $17,594 | $42,279 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 20 | - | Beautiful Thing | $33,931 | - | 2 | - | $16,965 | $46,237 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 21 | - | Looking for Richard | $33,843 | - | 2 | - | $16,921 | $33,843 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 22 | - | Love Is All There Is | $32,925 | - | 26 | - | $1,266 | $32,925 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 23 | - | Bitter Sugar | $30,742 | - | 2 | - | $15,371 | $30,742 | 1 | First Look International | true | false |
