| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 7 | Michael | $30,395,153 | +198.2% | 2,141 | - | $14,196 | $40,588,638 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Jerry Maguire | $24,649,229 | +6.4% | 2,531 | - | $9,738 | $70,976,210 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | 101 Dalmatians | $21,719,166 | +45.4% | 2,901 | - | $7,486 | $114,446,158 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | $17,483,763 | -43.4% | 2,379 | +189 | $7,349 | $48,394,002 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Scream | $16,891,105 | +38.7% | 1,450 | +37 | $11,649 | $29,068,642 | 2 | Dimension Films | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | One Fine Day | $14,620,251 | +28.2% | 1,975 | +29 | $7,402 | $26,028,038 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | The Preacher's Wife | $13,135,192 | +25.3% | 2,008 | +19 | $6,541 | $33,730,042 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Mars Attacks! | $9,575,642 | +8.9% | 1,955 | - | $4,898 | $30,346,187 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | My Fellow Americans | $8,669,905 | +44.4% | 1,915 | - | $4,527 | $14,674,261 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | The Evening Star | $5,886,693 | - | 1,265 | - | $4,653 | $7,852,697 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 10 | Jingle All the Way | $5,381,193 | -9.8% | 1,723 | -389 | $3,123 | $55,637,358 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 14 | The English Patient | $5,175,992 | +55.2% | 582 | -30 | $8,893 | $25,274,669 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Daylight | $5,033,270 | +16.7% | 1,707 | -283 | $2,948 | $27,308,415 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Ransom | $4,959,621 | +44.9% | 1,171 | -155 | $4,235 | $126,919,084 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Star Trek: First Contact | $4,816,716 | +7.8% | 1,019 | -550 | $4,726 | $87,368,188 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Space Jam | $4,233,746 | +53.9% | 1,379 | -200 | $3,070 | $84,043,481 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | - | Shine | $3,139,730 | - | 207 | - | $15,167 | $5,080,208 | 6 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | The Crucible | $1,796,126 | +47.7% | 143 | +6 | $12,560 | $3,333,121 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 19 | - | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $1,146,522 | - | 16 | - | $71,657 | $1,146,522 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 20 | 18 | Evita | $1,021,722 | +633.2% | 22 | +20 | $46,441 | $1,161,077 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | - | Some Mother's Son | $172,510 | - | 14 | - | $12,322 | $195,544 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 22 | 24 | Independence Day | $12,078 | +36.1% | 23 | +1 | $525 | $306,158,924 | 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
