| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Independence Day | $45,873,988 | - | - | - | - | 2,880 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | The Nutty Professor | $42,327,475 | $25,411,725 | 60% | $16,915,750 | 40% | 2,115 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Eraser | $25,659,004 | $17,165,544 | 66.9% | $8,493,460 | 33.1% | 2,556 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | $23,407,308 | $14,310,376 | 61.1% | $9,096,932 | 38.9% | 2,778 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Striptease | $17,596,761 | $12,322,069 | 70% | $5,274,692 | 30% | 1,970 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 6 | The Rock | $16,606,486 | $10,982,957 | 66.1% | $5,623,529 | 33.9% | 2,409 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Phenomenon | $8,358,220 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Twister | $7,627,500 | $4,787,383 | 62.8% | $2,840,117 | 37.2% | 2,318 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Mission: Impossible | $7,232,267 | $4,833,720 | 66.8% | $2,398,547 | 33.2% | 2,212 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Cable Guy | $7,004,353 | $4,807,927 | 68.6% | $2,196,426 | 31.4% | 2,042 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 11 | DragonHeart | $2,684,690 | $1,848,165 | 68.8% | $836,525 | 31.2% | 1,461 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Toy Story | $424,874 | $242,902 | 57.2% | $181,972 | 42.8% | 424 | 33 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Lone Star | - | $409,645 | - | - | - | 43 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | A Perfect Candidate | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | Seventh Art Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Phantom | - | $855,662 | - | - | - | - | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Eddie | - | $1,049,266 | - | - | - | - | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
