| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Jerry Maguire | $17,084,296 | - | 2,531 | - | $6,750 | $17,084,296 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 2 | - | Mars Attacks! | $9,384,272 | - | 1,955 | - | $4,800 | $9,384,272 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | 101 Dalmatians | $8,932,970 | -35.9% | 2,841 | +29 | $3,144 | $75,575,864 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Preacher's Wife | $7,649,752 | - | 1,783 | - | $4,290 | $7,649,752 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Daylight | $4,137,210 | -58.7% | 2,189 | +14 | $1,890 | $16,653,910 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Jingle All the Way | $4,052,053 | -27.6% | 2,319 | -85 | $1,747 | $43,324,886 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | Star Trek: First Contact | $3,432,345 | -48.1% | 2,607 | -205 | $1,316 | $76,721,064 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Ransom | $2,979,816 | -45.8% | 1,823 | -588 | $1,634 | $117,504,943 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Space Jam | $2,347,556 | -48.3% | 2,232 | -418 | $1,051 | $76,536,367 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The English Patient | $1,779,831 | -34.3% | 683 | +66 | $2,605 | $16,015,227 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | $1,002,631 | -57.9% | 1,533 | -517 | $654 | $39,055,749 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Set It Off | $609,880 | -53.6% | 571 | -280 | $1,068 | $33,345,383 | 6 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Shine | $135,266 | -19.9% | 10 | - | $13,526 | $943,978 | 4 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 14 | 16 | The Crucible | $74,409 | +6.5% | 3 | +2 | $24,803 | $282,924 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Independence Day | $36,769 | -59.8% | 150 | -164 | $245 | $306,124,059 | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | - | Citizen Ruth | $26,709 | - | 6 | - | $4,451 | $26,709 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 17 | 18 | Mission: Impossible | $745 | -30.9% | 3 | -4 | $248 | $180,981,706 | 30 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
