| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | $20,114,233 | - | 2,190 | - | $9,184 | $20,114,233 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Jerry Maguire | $13,125,660 | -23.2% | 2,531 | - | $5,185 | $36,287,093 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | 101 Dalmatians | $6,989,334 | -21.8% | 2,901 | +60 | $2,409 | $84,779,528 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Scream | $6,354,586 | - | 1,413 | - | $4,497 | $6,354,586 | 1 | Dimension Films | true | false |
| 5 | - | One Fine Day | $6,226,430 | - | 1,946 | - | $3,199 | $6,226,430 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Preacher's Wife | $5,182,161 | -32.3% | 1,989 | +206 | $2,605 | $15,290,167 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 2 | Mars Attacks! | $4,674,116 | -50.2% | 1,955 | - | $2,390 | $16,655,376 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Jingle All the Way | $3,114,864 | -23.1% | 2,112 | -207 | $1,474 | $47,405,964 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | - | My Fellow Americans | $2,860,334 | - | 1,915 | - | $1,493 | $2,860,334 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 10 | 5 | Daylight | $2,437,750 | -41.1% | 1,990 | -199 | $1,225 | $20,398,315 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Star Trek: First Contact | $2,306,509 | -32.8% | 1,569 | -1,038 | $1,470 | $80,389,431 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Ransom | $1,798,788 | -39.6% | 1,326 | -497 | $1,356 | $120,335,313 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | The English Patient | $1,670,429 | -6.1% | 612 | -71 | $2,729 | $18,433,824 | 6 | Miramax | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | Space Jam | $1,269,691 | -45.9% | 1,579 | -653 | $804 | $78,329,082 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | The Crucible | $641,569 | +762.2% | 137 | +134 | $4,682 | $962,496 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | - | Ghosts of Mississippi | $168,012 | - | 21 | - | $8,000 | $168,012 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 17 | - | Marvin's Room | $57,739 | - | 6 | - | $9,623 | $73,279 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 18 | 15 | Independence Day | $5,244 | -85.7% | 28 | -122 | $187 | $306,143,214 | 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 19 | - | The Whole Wide World | $3,316 | - | 1 | - | $3,316 | $3,316 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 20 | - | In Love and War | $2,515 | - | 1 | - | $2,515 | $4,112 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
