| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | 101 Dalmatians | $33,504,025 | - | 2,794 | - | $11,991 | $45,073,479 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Star Trek: First Contact | $17,801,017 | -42% | 2,812 | - | $6,330 | $60,850,689 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Space Jam | $13,555,046 | -16.4% | 2,650 | - | $5,115 | $67,444,322 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Jingle All the Way | $12,670,862 | +4.6% | 2,404 | +3 | $5,270 | $30,849,962 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Ransom | $12,482,758 | -5.3% | 2,588 | -180 | $4,823 | $105,093,059 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | $6,016,111 | -24.9% | 2,489 | - | $2,417 | $33,502,444 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | The English Patient | $4,340,950 | +60% | 593 | +325 | $7,320 | $9,285,765 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Set It Off | $3,230,925 | -2.8% | 1,016 | - | $3,180 | $30,427,516 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Romeo + Juliet | $2,413,463 | -24.5% | 1,422 | -386 | $1,697 | $39,811,469 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Sleepers | $863,877 | -36.9% | 1,075 | -507 | $803 | $50,864,831 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | The First Wives Club | $433,535 | -40.1% | 620 | -370 | $699 | $101,259,383 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Big Night | $414,269 | - | 177 | - | $2,340 | $10,247,239 | 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Independence Day | $295,282 | -27.1% | 383 | -88 | $770 | $305,891,406 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Crucible | $62,995 | - | 1 | - | $62,995 | $101,610 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 15 | - | Sling Blade | $28,139 | - | 3 | - | $9,379 | $36,644 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 16 | 14 | Mission: Impossible | $5,983 | -64.4% | 16 | -21 | $373 | $180,978,183 | 28 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | The Rock | $5,509 | -51.6% | 11 | -16 | $500 | $134,067,443 | 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Zero Kelvin | $3,740 | - | 1 | - | $3,740 | $4,701 | 1 | Kino International | true | false |
