| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Michael | $12,144,926 | -30.3% | 2,181 | +40 | $5,568 | $52,733,564 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Jerry Maguire | $12,030,145 | -14.2% | 2,531 | - | $4,753 | $83,006,355 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 5 | Scream | $10,015,810 | +10.4% | 1,737 | +287 | $5,766 | $39,084,452 | 3 | Dimension Films | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | 101 Dalmatians | $7,342,467 | -35.5% | 2,702 | -199 | $2,717 | $121,788,625 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | One Fine Day | $6,218,887 | -22.5% | 1,968 | -7 | $3,160 | $32,246,925 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | $5,755,741 | -43.6% | 2,417 | +38 | $2,381 | $54,149,743 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 20 | Ghosts of Mississippi | $5,016,767 | +2,263.7% | 1,268 | +1,247 | $3,956 | $5,782,753 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Preacher's Wife | $4,925,287 | -33% | 2,001 | -7 | $2,461 | $38,655,329 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Mars Attacks! | $3,433,575 | -32.4% | 1,901 | -54 | $1,806 | $33,779,762 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | My Fellow Americans | $3,330,333 | -20.1% | 1,865 | -50 | $1,785 | $18,004,594 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 14 | The English Patient | $2,732,463 | +2.7% | 582 | - | $4,694 | $28,007,132 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Evening Star | $2,277,110 | -31.1% | 1,268 | +3 | $1,795 | $10,129,807 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Ransom | $2,218,662 | -17.3% | 1,076 | -95 | $2,061 | $129,137,746 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Daylight | $1,825,515 | -32.5% | 1,217 | -490 | $1,500 | $29,133,930 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Star Trek: First Contact | $1,760,201 | -31.5% | 1,001 | -18 | $1,758 | $89,128,389 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | Shine | $1,614,152 | +0.7% | 207 | - | $7,797 | $6,694,360 | 7 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 17 | 11 | Jingle All the Way | $1,557,418 | -46.8% | 1,405 | -318 | $1,108 | $57,194,776 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Space Jam | $1,378,884 | -34.9% | 1,201 | -178 | $1,148 | $85,422,365 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | The Crucible | $1,319,366 | +64.2% | 344 | +201 | $3,835 | $4,652,487 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 20 | 21 | Evita | $1,064,660 | +445.7% | 22 | +20 | $48,393 | $2,225,737 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | - | Romeo + Juliet | $604,009 | - | 662 | - | $912 | $44,798,596 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 22 | 19 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $597,692 | +14.2% | 16 | - | $37,355 | $1,744,214 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | - | Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern | $8,318 | - | 1 | - | $8,318 | $8,318 | 1 | Artistic License | true | false |
| 24 | 28 | Independence Day | $8,116 | +22.8% | 21 | -2 | $386 | $306,167,040 | 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
