| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Ransom | $44,769,760 | - | 2,676 | - | $16,730 | $44,769,760 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Set It Off | $11,948,627 | - | 1,014 | - | $11,783 | $14,943,973 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Romeo + Juliet | $11,501,011 | -20.7% | 1,950 | +674 | $5,897 | $26,013,221 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Sleepers | $4,909,058 | -52.5% | 2,080 | - | $2,360 | $44,774,589 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | High School High | $3,888,414 | -36% | 2,146 | - | $1,811 | $17,566,321 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | The First Wives Club | $3,050,771 | -34.5% | 1,700 | -351 | $1,794 | $97,888,156 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | The Ghost and the Darkness | $2,284,315 | -51.7% | 1,711 | -327 | $1,335 | $35,132,707 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 11 | Michael Collins | $1,887,472 | -35.3% | 878 | +30 | $2,149 | $8,661,563 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Thinner | $1,712,406 | -62.5% | 1,807 | -202 | $947 | $13,575,171 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 12 | Independence Day | $1,346,555 | -1.7% | 661 | -48 | $2,037 | $303,993,137 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 14 | The Rock | $43,482 | -35.4% | 55 | -11 | $790 | $134,017,832 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Breathing Room | $9,596 | - | 1 | - | $9,596 | $9,596 | 1 | Arrow Releasing | true | false |
| 13 | 17 | Mission: Impossible | $4,255 | -62.5% | 6 | -8 | $709 | $180,944,696 | 26 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Blue Juice | $517 | - | - | - | - | $517 | 1 | - | true | false |
