| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Outbreak | $10,751,362 | -24.7% | 2,230 | - | $4,821 | $43,130,297 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Major Payne | $8,839,695 | - | 1,895 | - | $4,664 | $8,839,695 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Dolores Claiborne | $7,375,318 | - | 1,216 | - | $6,065 | $7,375,318 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Man of the House | $4,492,484 | -37.4% | 1,995 | -64 | $2,251 | $31,408,657 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Tall Tale | $3,940,356 | - | 2,065 | - | $1,908 | $3,940,356 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 6 | Pulp Fiction | $3,577,790 | +19.1% | 1,102 | -33 | $3,246 | $96,136,874 | 24 | Miramax | false | false |
| 7 | 2 | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | $3,488,212 | -52.7% | 1,594 | -11 | $2,188 | $10,861,803 | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 8 | 14 | Muriel's Wedding | $3,316,199 | +299.6% | 573 | +532 | $5,787 | $4,485,864 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Forrest Gump | $3,311,584 | +38.1% | 1,119 | - | $2,959 | $318,434,225 | 39 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 4 | Bye Bye Love | $3,266,745 | -43.9% | 1,379 | +1 | $2,368 | $9,094,259 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 15 | Circle of Friends | $2,112,910 | +783.5% | 189 | +185 | $11,179 | $2,352,068 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 12 | 5 | Losing Isaiah | $1,912,618 | -41.6% | 912 | - | $2,097 | $5,185,198 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 7 | The Brady Bunch Movie | $1,695,384 | -43.5% | 1,772 | -133 | $956 | $43,218,810 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Exotica | $1,310,747 | - | 433 | - | $3,027 | $2,133,426 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | The Shawshank Redemption | $1,189,742 | -7.6% | 492 | -171 | $2,418 | $25,110,265 | 27 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Priest | $160,820 | - | 8 | - | $20,102 | $160,820 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 17 | - | Quiz Show | $65,442 | - | 60 | -40 | $1,090 | $24,360,521 | 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Funny Bones | $35,531 | - | 14 | - | $2,537 | $35,531 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 19 | - | Bar Girls | $2,840 | - | 1 | - | $2,840 | $2,840 | 1 | Orion Classics | true | false |
