| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Star Trek: First Contact | $30,716,131 | - | 2,812 | - | $10,923 | $30,716,131 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Space Jam | $16,216,845 | -41.1% | 2,650 | - | $6,119 | $48,276,000 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Ransom | $13,185,106 | -41.1% | 2,768 | +11 | $4,763 | $85,745,878 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Jingle All the Way | $12,112,267 | - | 2,401 | - | $5,044 | $12,112,267 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | $8,012,555 | -34.4% | 2,489 | - | $3,219 | $24,095,577 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Set It Off | $3,322,947 | -43.2% | 1,016 | - | $3,270 | $25,521,726 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Romeo + Juliet | $3,195,515 | -41.1% | 1,808 | -155 | $1,767 | $35,816,436 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 13 | The English Patient | $2,713,093 | +874.4% | 268 | +258 | $10,123 | $3,205,999 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Sleepers | $1,369,471 | -40.7% | 1,582 | -236 | $865 | $49,138,306 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The First Wives Club | $723,675 | -52.1% | 990 | -508 | $730 | $100,557,663 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Ghost and the Darkness | $470,211 | -54.5% | 820 | -508 | $573 | $36,946,439 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Independence Day | $404,893 | -45.7% | 471 | -128 | $859 | $305,400,802 | 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | - | Shine | $162,179 | - | 7 | - | $23,168 | $162,179 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 14 | 16 | Mission: Impossible | $16,803 | +560.8% | 37 | +33 | $454 | $180,965,237 | 27 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | The War at Home | $15,040 | - | 4 | - | $3,760 | $15,040 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | 14 | The Rock | $11,382 | -45.6% | 27 | -9 | $421 | $134,057,136 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
