| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $10,657,113 | $8,007,691 | 75.1% | $2,649,422 | 24.9% | 1,722 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $7,595,035 | $5,235,940 | 68.9% | $2,359,095 | 31.1% | 673 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Grand Canyon | $4,892,259 | $3,668,638 | 75% | $1,223,621 | 25% | 1,044 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Father of the Bride | $4,867,125 | $3,778,307 | 77.6% | $1,088,818 | 22.4% | 1,712 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | JFK | $4,762,185 | $3,514,815 | 73.8% | $1,247,370 | 26.2% | 1,370 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | The Prince of Tides | $4,503,100 | $3,442,789 | 76.4% | $1,060,311 | 23.6% | 1,545 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Hook | $4,367,328 | $3,524,010 | 80.7% | $843,318 | 19.3% | 2,037 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Beauty and the Beast | $4,190,479 | $3,255,721 | 77.7% | $934,758 | 22.3% | 1,761 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Freejack | $3,877,766 | $2,831,753 | 73% | $1,046,013 | 27% | 1,560 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Juice | $3,519,916 | $2,706,504 | 76.9% | $813,412 | 23.1% | 1,100 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Kuffs | $2,750,440 | $2,135,170 | 77.6% | $615,270 | 22.4% | 1,433 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Bugsy | $2,344,693 | $1,700,903 | 72.5% | $643,790 | 27.5% | 1,082 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Last Boy Scout | $1,505,590 | $1,086,000 | 72.1% | $419,590 | 27.9% | 1,236 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Love Crimes | $1,500,321 | $1,157,370 | 77.1% | $342,951 | 22.9% | 669 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 15 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | $1,356,156 | $1,014,945 | 74.8% | $341,211 | 25.2% | 886 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Let Him Have It | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | My Girl | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Cape Fear | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Rush | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
