| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $20,643,775 | -21.5% | 2,325 | +20 | $8,879 | $126,781,143 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Pelican Brief | $17,005,782 | -26.2% | 2,008 | - | $8,469 | $64,932,945 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Tombstone | $11,922,766 | -17.4% | 1,955 | +451 | $6,098 | $26,357,929 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 6 | Grumpy Old Men | $9,836,912 | +3.9% | 1,244 | - | $7,907 | $19,308,312 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | $9,620,922 | -31.1% | 2,106 | -72 | $4,568 | $42,556,925 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Beethoven's 2nd | $8,765,165 | -35.3% | 2,048 | +7 | $4,279 | $33,067,515 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Wayne's World 2 | $5,147,566 | -42.4% | 2,240 | -80 | $2,298 | $41,282,458 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | The Piano | $3,398,823 | -1% | 523 | +7 | $6,498 | $18,199,034 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 9 | - | Ghost in the Machine | $3,206,727 | - | 1,031 | - | $3,110 | $3,206,727 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 10 | 11 | Schindler's List | $2,719,861 | -10.2% | 76 | - | $35,787 | $7,257,805 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Geronimo: An American Legend | $2,620,074 | -30.1% | 1,636 | - | $1,601 | $15,730,472 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Three Musketeers | $1,818,843 | -40.1% | 947 | -59 | $1,920 | $49,256,173 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | $1,709,976 | -42.7% | 1,506 | - | $1,135 | $4,694,685 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | A Perfect World | $1,478,980 | -14.8% | 1,026 | -358 | $1,441 | $29,431,224 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Cool Runnings | $1,421,221 | -35.6% | 814 | -52 | $1,745 | $62,154,286 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Addams Family Values | $1,353,632 | -42.7% | 1,256 | -349 | $1,077 | $45,389,165 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Jurassic Park | $1,102,840 | -19.5% | 608 | -80 | $1,813 | $339,803,580 | 30 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Heaven & Earth | $819,922 | -1.3% | 63 | - | $13,014 | $1,650,703 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 19 | Six Degrees of Separation | $355,087 | -3.9% | 19 | - | $18,688 | $918,778 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 20 | 18 | Philadelphia | $295,947 | -26.3% | 4 | - | $73,986 | $697,681 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | - | In the Name of the Father | $255,159 | - | 4 | - | $63,789 | $255,159 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 22 | - | Shadowlands | $184,243 | - | 3 | - | $61,414 | $184,243 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 23 | 21 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $122,840 | -8.2% | 6 | - | $20,473 | $382,358 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
