| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Ransom | $34,216,088 | - | 2,676 | - | $12,786 | $34,216,088 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Romeo + Juliet | $9,026,448 | -18.9% | 1,950 | +674 | $4,628 | $23,538,658 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | - | Set It Off | $8,812,105 | - | 1,014 | - | $8,690 | $11,807,451 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Sleepers | $3,716,065 | -53.8% | 2,080 | - | $1,786 | $43,581,596 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | High School High | $3,082,069 | -38.5% | 2,146 | - | $1,436 | $16,759,976 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | The First Wives Club | $2,242,056 | -37.1% | 1,700 | -351 | $1,318 | $97,079,441 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Larger Than Life | $2,017,559 | -46.6% | 2,433 | - | $829 | $6,636,784 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | The Ghost and the Darkness | $1,727,222 | -52.8% | 1,711 | -327 | $1,009 | $34,575,614 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Dear God | $1,508,629 | -53% | 1,774 | +20 | $850 | $5,555,525 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Michael Collins | $1,408,519 | -36.3% | 878 | +30 | $1,604 | $8,182,610 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Associate | $1,403,584 | -55% | 1,634 | -147 | $858 | $10,969,941 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 6 | Thinner | $1,320,333 | -63.1% | 1,807 | -202 | $730 | $13,183,098 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Fly Away Home | $1,014,269 | - | 1,356 | - | $747 | $22,651,380 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Independence Day | $978,214 | -2.3% | 661 | -48 | $1,479 | $303,624,796 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | - | Santa with Muscles | $120,932 | - | 98 | - | $1,234 | $120,932 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 16 | 15 | Bad Moon | $112,397 | -81.5% | 649 | -176 | $173 | $926,956 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 17 | The Rock | $32,371 | -33.8% | 55 | -11 | $588 | $134,006,721 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | The Secret Agent | $25,909 | - | 6 | - | $4,318 | $25,909 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 19 | - | Breathing Room | $7,750 | - | 1 | - | $7,750 | $7,750 | 1 | Arrow Releasing | true | false |
| 20 | 21 | Mission: Impossible | $3,234 | -61.4% | 6 | -8 | $539 | $180,943,675 | 25 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
