| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Relic | $9,064,143 | - | 2,095 | - | $4,326 | $9,064,143 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 20 | Evita | $8,381,055 | +687.2% | 704 | +682 | $11,904 | $11,234,712 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Michael | $8,284,073 | -31.8% | 2,276 | +95 | $3,639 | $63,687,745 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Scream | $7,439,018 | -25.7% | 1,833 | +96 | $4,058 | $50,020,541 | 4 | Dimension Films | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Jerry Maguire | $7,011,880 | -41.7% | 2,450 | -81 | $2,861 | $93,318,786 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | - | First Strike | $5,778,933 | - | 1,344 | - | $4,299 | $5,778,933 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 7 | 22 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $5,315,079 | +789.3% | 1,233 | +1,217 | $4,310 | $7,385,929 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | - | Turbulence | $4,464,008 | - | 2,094 | - | $2,131 | $4,464,008 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 9 | 5 | One Fine Day | $3,449,369 | -44.5% | 1,858 | -110 | $1,856 | $37,308,701 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 4 | 101 Dalmatians | $3,127,796 | -57.4% | 2,024 | -678 | $1,545 | $125,984,141 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | $2,906,808 | -49.5% | 1,984 | -433 | $1,465 | $58,721,000 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Ghosts of Mississippi | $2,302,519 | -54.1% | 1,268 | - | $1,815 | $9,383,044 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | The Preacher's Wife | $2,178,764 | -55.8% | 1,581 | -420 | $1,378 | $41,985,420 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | The English Patient | $2,023,234 | -26% | 561 | -21 | $3,606 | $31,002,021 | 9 | Miramax | false | false |
| 15 | - | Mother | $1,432,656 | - | 159 | - | $9,010 | $2,009,660 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 10 | My Fellow Americans | $1,180,578 | -64.6% | 1,220 | -645 | $967 | $20,059,553 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Shine | $1,119,091 | -30.7% | 207 | - | $5,406 | $8,382,966 | 8 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 18 | 9 | Mars Attacks! | $1,005,268 | -70.7% | 1,022 | -879 | $983 | $35,538,268 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 13 | Ransom | $1,003,258 | -54.8% | 1,034 | -42 | $970 | $130,725,764 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 12 | The Evening Star | $818,653 | -64% | 1,211 | -57 | $676 | $11,731,217 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | The Crucible | $718,801 | -45.5% | 337 | -7 | $2,132 | $5,816,620 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 22 | 24 | Independence Day | $24 | -99.7% | 1 | -20 | $24 | $306,169,255 | 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
