| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | $30,910,239 | - | 2,190 | - | $14,114 | $30,910,239 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Jerry Maguire | $23,165,548 | <0.1% | 2,531 | - | $9,152 | $46,326,981 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | 101 Dalmatians | $14,936,798 | +34% | 2,901 | +60 | $5,148 | $92,726,992 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Scream | $12,177,537 | - | 1,413 | - | $8,618 | $12,177,537 | 1 | Dimension Films | true | false |
| 5 | - | One Fine Day | $11,407,787 | - | 1,946 | - | $5,862 | $11,407,787 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Preacher's Wife | $10,486,844 | +3.7% | 1,989 | +206 | $5,272 | $20,594,850 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Michael | $10,193,485 | - | - | - | - | $10,193,485 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 8 | 2 | Mars Attacks! | $8,789,285 | -26.6% | 1,955 | - | $4,495 | $20,770,545 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | - | My Fellow Americans | $6,004,356 | - | 1,915 | - | $3,135 | $6,004,356 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 10 | 6 | Jingle All the Way | $5,965,065 | +18.9% | 2,112 | -207 | $2,824 | $50,256,165 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Star Trek: First Contact | $4,468,550 | -6.8% | 1,569 | -1,038 | $2,848 | $82,551,472 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 5 | Daylight | $4,314,580 | -20.7% | 1,990 | -199 | $2,168 | $22,275,145 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Ransom | $3,422,938 | -14.7% | 1,326 | -497 | $2,581 | $121,959,463 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | The English Patient | $3,335,282 | +31.9% | 612 | -71 | $5,449 | $20,098,677 | 6 | Miramax | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | Space Jam | $2,750,344 | -4.2% | 1,579 | -653 | $1,741 | $79,809,735 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Evening Star | $1,966,004 | - | - | - | - | $1,966,004 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | - | The Crucible | $1,216,068 | - | 137 | +134 | $8,876 | $1,536,995 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 18 | - | Evita | $139,355 | - | 2 | - | $69,677 | $139,355 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 19 | - | Mother | $90,339 | - | - | - | - | $90,339 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | - | Hamlet | $56,637 | - | - | - | - | $56,637 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 21 | - | The Portrait of a Lady | $26,986 | - | - | - | - | $26,986 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 22 | - | Some Mother's Son | $23,034 | - | - | - | - | $23,034 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 23 | - | The Whole Wide World | $12,563 | - | 1 | - | $12,563 | $12,563 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 24 | 11 | Independence Day | $8,876 | -82.5% | 22 | -128 | $403 | $306,146,846 | 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 25 | - | I'm Not Rappaport | $8,018 | - | - | - | - | $8,018 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
