| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Pulp Fiction | $11,599,199 | -12.7% | 1,489 | +151 | $7,789 | $24,880,166 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Specialist | $8,055,624 | -32% | 2,509 | -13 | $3,210 | $39,666,894 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Love Affair | $7,159,331 | - | 1,585 | - | $4,516 | $7,159,331 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | - | The Puppet Masters | $5,164,165 | - | 1,481 | - | $3,486 | $5,164,165 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | The River Wild | $5,138,860 | -23% | 2,137 | -16 | $2,404 | $34,262,910 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Little Giants | $4,893,913 | -13.5% | 2,022 | - | $2,420 | $10,553,867 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | New Nightmare | $4,452,125 | -44.4% | 1,873 | +23 | $2,377 | $12,454,259 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Forrest Gump | $3,615,403 | -17% | 1,873 | -197 | $1,930 | $284,400,928 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Only You | $3,381,192 | -35.1% | 1,617 | +17 | $2,091 | $16,032,802 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Shawshank Redemption | $2,906,818 | -13.1% | 972 | +28 | $2,990 | $10,998,844 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Exit to Eden | $2,000,117 | -49.5% | 1,664 | -6 | $1,201 | $5,962,360 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Quiz Show | $1,999,951 | -27.7% | 714 | -108 | $2,801 | $18,353,631 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Jason's Lyric | $1,774,242 | -30.6% | 545 | -84 | $3,255 | $16,628,353 | 4 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Timecop | $1,404,585 | -39.5% | 1,012 | -470 | $1,387 | $40,996,145 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Radioland Murders | $1,054,750 | - | 844 | - | $1,249 | $1,054,750 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | 13 | Ed Wood | $630,388 | -53% | 291 | -332 | $2,166 | $4,997,848 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Bullets Over Broadway | $136,704 | - | 2 | - | $68,352 | $136,704 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 18 | 16 | Clerks | $49,403 | +528.1% | 2 | - | $24,701 | $57,269 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 19 | - | Vanya on 42nd Street | $28,132 | - | 2 | - | $14,066 | $28,132 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 20 | 17 | Hell | $14,246 | +418.6% | 2 | - | $7,123 | $16,993 | 2 | - | false | false |
