| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Michael | $17,435,711 | - | 2,141 | - | $8,143 | $27,629,196 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 2 | 2 | Jerry Maguire | $14,024,111 | +6.8% | 2,531 | - | $5,540 | $60,351,092 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | 101 Dalmatians | $11,384,660 | +62.9% | 2,901 | - | $3,924 | $104,111,652 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | $10,211,248 | -49.2% | 2,379 | +189 | $4,292 | $41,121,487 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Scream | $9,075,667 | +42.8% | 1,450 | +37 | $6,259 | $21,253,204 | 2 | Dimension Films | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | One Fine Day | $8,027,257 | +28.9% | 1,975 | +29 | $4,064 | $19,435,044 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | The Preacher's Wife | $7,347,274 | +41.8% | 2,008 | +19 | $3,659 | $27,942,124 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Mars Attacks! | $5,075,963 | +8.6% | 1,955 | - | $2,596 | $25,846,508 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | My Fellow Americans | $4,166,630 | +45.7% | 1,915 | - | $2,175 | $10,170,986 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | The Evening Star | $3,306,445 | - | 1,265 | - | $2,613 | $5,272,449 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 8 | Jingle All the Way | $2,929,382 | -6% | 1,723 | -389 | $1,700 | $53,185,547 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Daylight | $2,705,420 | +11% | 1,707 | -283 | $1,584 | $24,980,565 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Ransom | $2,682,478 | +49.1% | 1,171 | -155 | $2,290 | $124,641,941 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | The English Patient | $2,659,575 | +59.2% | 582 | -30 | $4,569 | $22,758,252 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Star Trek: First Contact | $2,570,680 | +11.5% | 1,019 | -550 | $2,522 | $85,122,152 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Space Jam | $2,116,599 | +66.7% | 1,379 | -200 | $1,534 | $81,926,334 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | - | Shine | $1,602,329 | - | 207 | - | $7,740 | $3,542,807 | 6 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | The Crucible | $803,471 | +25.2% | 143 | +6 | $5,618 | $2,340,466 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 19 | - | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $523,295 | - | 16 | - | $32,705 | $523,295 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 20 | 16 | Ghosts of Mississippi | $212,246 | +26.3% | 21 | - | $10,106 | $540,332 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | - | Evita | $195,085 | - | 2 | - | $97,542 | $334,440 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 22 | - | Mother | $137,701 | - | 6 | - | $22,950 | $228,040 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 23 | - | The Portrait of a Lady | $107,819 | - | 7 | - | $15,402 | $134,805 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
| 24 | - | Hamlet | $90,684 | - | 3 | - | $30,228 | $147,321 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 25 | - | Some Mother's Son | $88,515 | - | 14 | - | $6,322 | $111,549 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 26 | 17 | Marvin's Room | $46,392 | -19.7% | 6 | - | $7,732 | $169,757 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 27 | - | I'm Not Rappaport | $17,993 | - | 3 | - | $5,997 | $26,011 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
| 28 | 18 | Independence Day | $6,610 | +26% | 23 | -5 | $287 | $306,153,456 | 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
