| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sleepers | $9,605,059 | -21.9% | 2,080 | +165 | $4,617 | $26,351,436 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | High School High | $6,311,786 | - | 2,146 | - | $2,941 | $6,311,786 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 3 | - | Thinner | $5,679,046 | - | 2,009 | - | $2,826 | $5,679,046 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | The Ghost and the Darkness | $4,390,078 | -41.5% | 2,202 | +48 | $1,993 | $26,792,125 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The First Wives Club | $4,380,111 | -35% | 2,406 | - | $1,820 | $88,693,006 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Associate | $4,261,304 | - | 1,781 | - | $2,392 | $4,261,304 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | $3,673,909 | -43.8% | 2,302 | -102 | $1,595 | $25,305,313 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 8 | 14 | Michael Collins | $2,409,761 | +1,183.9% | 748 | +738 | $3,221 | $2,941,151 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | That Thing You Do! | $2,050,606 | -47% | 1,586 | -293 | $1,292 | $20,554,737 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | D3: The Mighty Ducks | $1,655,851 | -54.4% | 1,817 | -243 | $911 | $18,214,445 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 16 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | $1,538,519 | +1,879.4% | 807 | +802 | $1,906 | $1,650,960 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | The Chamber | $1,269,070 | -58.1% | 1,826 | -206 | $695 | $12,451,035 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Independence Day | $1,217,504 | -9.5% | 1,125 | -185 | $1,082 | $300,880,790 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | 8 | Get on the Bus | $1,117,745 | -48.2% | 1,207 | - | $926 | $4,551,288 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 17 | Swingers | $145,427 | +96.2% | 25 | +17 | $5,817 | $254,642 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | The Rock | $66,101 | -50.5% | 113 | -72 | $584 | $133,881,431 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Twelfth Night | $33,451 | - | 5 | - | $6,690 | $33,451 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 18 | 18 | Mission: Impossible | $18,607 | -62.9% | 40 | -47 | $465 | $180,923,699 | 23 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | The Sunchaser | $13,845 | - | 23 | - | $601 | $13,845 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 20 | - | When We Were Kings | $12,479 | - | 2 | - | $6,239 | $12,479 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
| 21 | - | Normal Life | $3,315 | - | 1 | - | $3,315 | $3,315 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
