| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Sleepers | $12,305,745 | - | 1,915 | - | $6,425 | $12,305,745 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Ghost and the Darkness | $7,507,928 | -18.5% | 2,154 | +12 | $3,485 | $20,241,321 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The First Wives Club | $6,737,593 | -26.2% | 2,406 | - | $2,800 | $82,155,146 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | $6,541,965 | -27.8% | 2,404 | +159 | $2,721 | $19,135,940 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | That Thing You Do! | $3,866,648 | -21.6% | 1,879 | -8 | $2,057 | $17,754,851 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | D3: The Mighty Ducks | $3,627,626 | -12.8% | 2,060 | +2 | $1,760 | $16,069,522 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | The Chamber | $3,027,685 | -46.1% | 2,032 | +6 | $1,490 | $10,360,905 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Get on the Bus | $2,156,409 | - | 1,207 | - | $1,786 | $2,837,711 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Glimmer Man | $2,141,621 | -47.7% | 2,000 | -236 | $1,070 | $17,783,103 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Fly Away Home | $1,407,425 | -12.2% | 1,401 | - | $1,004 | $19,758,779 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Independence Day | $1,344,607 | +3.7% | 1,310 | -215 | $1,026 | $299,213,307 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Big Night | $1,071,732 | -3.1% | 336 | +55 | $3,189 | $5,497,157 | 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Bound | $364,469 | -34.9% | 206 | -56 | $1,769 | $2,471,816 | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Michael Collins | $187,692 | +3% | 10 | +4 | $18,769 | $460,992 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | The Rock | $133,536 | -2.3% | 185 | -9 | $721 | $133,768,962 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | $77,725 | - | 5 | - | $15,545 | $77,725 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 17 | - | Swingers | $74,118 | - | 8 | - | $9,264 | $74,118 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 18 | 17 | Mission: Impossible | $50,107 | -33.7% | 87 | -25 | $575 | $180,891,004 | 22 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | Jude | $31,850 | - | 6 | - | $5,308 | $31,850 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
