| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Independence Day | $79,196,019 | +72.6% | 2,882 | +2 | $27,479 | $125,070,007 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Nutty Professor | $25,687,080 | -39.3% | 2,138 | +23 | $12,014 | $68,014,555 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Phenomenon | $24,999,981 | - | 1,637 | - | $15,271 | $33,358,201 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 4 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | $14,345,531 | -38.7% | 2,835 | +57 | $5,060 | $70,548,789 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Eraser | $12,481,405 | -51.4% | 2,556 | - | $4,883 | $74,564,185 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Rock | $9,132,598 | -45% | 2,137 | -272 | $4,273 | $113,054,488 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Striptease | $7,243,344 | -58.8% | 1,979 | +9 | $3,660 | $24,840,105 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Twister | $4,151,426 | -45.6% | 1,877 | -441 | $2,211 | $226,549,708 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Mission: Impossible | $3,513,736 | -51.4% | 1,747 | -465 | $2,011 | $170,178,369 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Harriet the Spy | $2,978,668 | - | - | - | - | $2,978,668 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | 10 | The Cable Guy | $2,607,537 | -62.8% | 2,042 | - | $1,276 | $55,255,535 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | - | Lone Star | $724,083 | - | 77 | +34 | $9,403 | $1,811,420 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Toy Story | $305,023 | -28.2% | 309 | -115 | $987 | $191,110,150 | 34 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
