| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Birdcage | $22,004,742 | -13% | 2,236 | +286 | $9,841 | $47,307,268 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 2 | - | Executive Decision | $16,271,413 | - | 2,232 | - | $7,290 | $16,271,413 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | $7,244,905 | -33.5% | 2,129 | +10 | $3,402 | $18,146,130 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Up Close & Personal | $7,003,073 | -33.6% | 1,635 | +7 | $4,283 | $31,770,712 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Down Periscope | $3,764,019 | -41% | 1,936 | -90 | $1,944 | $19,165,801 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 9 | Mr. Holland's Opus | $3,147,778 | -24.2% | 1,475 | -89 | $2,134 | $70,849,702 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Broken Arrow | $3,052,969 | -44.9% | 1,632 | -297 | $1,870 | $63,149,446 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Rumble in the Bronx | $2,574,024 | -45.6% | 1,653 | -141 | $1,557 | $27,983,164 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Happy Gilmore | $2,487,805 | -41.7% | 1,653 | -292 | $1,505 | $32,416,250 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Ed | $2,436,625 | - | 1,541 | - | $1,581 | $2,436,625 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 11 | Dead Man Walking | $1,816,174 | -22.7% | 766 | -30 | $2,370 | $28,904,016 | 12 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 12 | 14 | Fargo | $1,315,379 | +28.4% | 58 | +22 | $22,678 | $2,339,516 | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | City Hall | $531,080 | -62.2% | 441 | -545 | $1,204 | $20,136,717 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Braveheart | $413,551 | -46% | 411 | -139 | $1,006 | $73,028,321 | 44 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | Toy Story | $218,445 | -36% | 323 | -119 | $676 | $184,497,661 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Celluloid Closet | $205,556 | - | 9 | - | $22,839 | $205,556 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 17 | - | Land and Freedom | $12,500 | - | 1 | - | $12,500 | $12,500 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
| 18 | - | Tarantella | $2,268 | - | 1 | - | $2,268 | $2,268 | 1 | Tara Releasing | true | false |
