| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Stargate | $16,304,551 | -26.2% | 2,033 | - | $8,019 | $38,398,517 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 2 | - | Frankenstein | $14,202,852 | - | 2,177 | - | $6,524 | $14,202,852 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Pulp Fiction | $7,096,617 | -12.6% | 1,494 | - | $4,750 | $40,100,035 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 4 | - | The War | $6,525,885 | - | 1,155 | - | $5,650 | $6,525,885 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Specialist | $4,189,052 | -21% | 2,033 | -330 | $2,060 | $49,159,559 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Love Affair | $3,123,324 | -35.4% | 1,432 | -153 | $2,181 | $15,116,446 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | The River Wild | $2,804,555 | -15% | 1,562 | -339 | $1,795 | $40,365,535 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Little Giants | $2,605,727 | -8.6% | 1,706 | -248 | $1,527 | $16,009,301 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Forrest Gump | $2,598,407 | +2.2% | 1,343 | -237 | $1,934 | $289,542,386 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | The Road to Wellville | $1,953,615 | -41.8% | 806 | - | $2,423 | $5,310,132 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 11 | 16 | Bullets Over Broadway | $1,820,229 | +144.3% | 275 | +239 | $6,619 | $2,702,073 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | - | Double Dragon | $1,680,857 | - | 1,087 | - | $1,546 | $1,680,857 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
| 13 | 8 | New Nightmare | $1,517,588 | -42.6% | 1,198 | -675 | $1,266 | $16,614,984 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | The Shawshank Redemption | $1,507,434 | -25% | 910 | -19 | $1,656 | $14,516,140 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 20 | Clerks | $265,964 | +308.8% | 29 | +24 | $9,171 | $388,290 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | - | Oleanna | $36,925 | - | 15 | - | $2,461 | $36,925 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 17 | - | Pontiac Moon | $7,397 | - | 8 | - | $924 | $7,397 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 18 | - | Floundering | $3,750 | - | 1 | - | $3,750 | $3,750 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
