| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | $6,512,350 | - | 1,963 | - | $3,317 | $45,778,697 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | On Deadly Ground | $6,369,081 | - | 2,010 | - | $3,168 | $21,281,992 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Sugar Hill | $5,712,485 | - | 845 | - | $6,760 | $5,712,485 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 4 | - | Blank Check | $4,126,297 | - | 1,727 | - | $2,389 | $18,043,392 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Blue Chips | $4,028,996 | - | 1,980 | - | $2,034 | $15,417,428 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 1 | Reality Bites | $3,583,750 | -29.9% | 1,175 | +26 | $3,050 | $10,575,425 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | 8 Seconds | $3,369,037 | - | 836 | - | $4,029 | $3,369,037 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 8 | 2 | Schindler's List | $2,938,980 | -28.3% | 803 | +5 | $3,660 | $45,903,023 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Mrs. Doubtfire | $2,785,353 | - | 1,336 | - | $2,084 | $196,922,430 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | - | My Father the Hero | $2,750,412 | - | 1,335 | - | $2,060 | $19,332,544 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | My Girl 2 | $2,411,716 | - | 1,853 | - | $1,301 | $13,869,008 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Philadelphia | $2,225,776 | - | 1,336 | - | $1,666 | $58,794,587 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | In the Name of the Father | $1,960,175 | - | 669 | - | $2,930 | $14,885,182 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Getaway | $1,936,255 | - | 1,549 | - | $1,250 | $13,657,105 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Grumpy Old Men | $1,569,414 | - | 1,081 | - | $1,451 | $63,552,014 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Piano | $1,033,458 | - | 671 | - | $1,540 | $31,379,124 | 16 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | 3 | Jurassic Park | $232,515 | -16.6% | 250 | -33 | $930 | $344,286,930 | 38 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $42,055 | - | 7 | - | $6,007 | $1,188,088 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | Silent Tongue | $18,227 | - | 3 | - | $6,075 | $18,227 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | true | false |
