| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Outbreak | $8,006,220 | -25.9% | 2,230 | - | $3,590 | $40,385,155 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Major Payne | $7,011,225 | - | 1,895 | - | $3,699 | $7,011,225 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Dolores Claiborne | $5,721,920 | - | 1,216 | - | $4,705 | $5,721,920 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Man of the House | $3,484,020 | -39.7% | 1,995 | -64 | $1,746 | $30,400,193 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Tall Tale | $3,046,181 | - | 2,065 | - | $1,475 | $3,046,181 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 2 | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | $2,776,215 | -54.1% | 1,594 | -11 | $1,741 | $10,149,806 | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Bye Bye Love | $2,593,087 | -42.7% | 1,379 | +1 | $1,880 | $8,420,601 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 14 | Muriel's Wedding | $2,556,011 | +343.7% | 573 | +532 | $4,460 | $3,725,676 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Pulp Fiction | $2,510,260 | +24.9% | 1,102 | -33 | $2,277 | $95,069,344 | 24 | Miramax | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Forrest Gump | $1,985,988 | +23.7% | 1,119 | - | $1,774 | $317,108,629 | 38 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 15 | Circle of Friends | $1,608,010 | +1,180.4% | 189 | +185 | $8,507 | $1,847,168 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 12 | 5 | Losing Isaiah | $1,443,696 | -42.7% | 912 | - | $1,583 | $4,716,276 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 6 | The Brady Bunch Movie | $1,298,553 | -43.1% | 1,772 | -133 | $732 | $42,821,979 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Exotica | $1,009,320 | - | 433 | - | $2,330 | $1,831,999 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | The Shawshank Redemption | $853,694 | -2.5% | 492 | -171 | $1,735 | $24,774,217 | 27 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Priest | $113,430 | - | 8 | - | $14,178 | $113,430 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 17 | - | Quiz Show | $47,820 | - | 60 | - | $797 | $24,342,899 | 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Funny Bones | $26,946 | - | 14 | - | $1,924 | $26,946 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 19 | - | Bar Girls | $2,343 | - | 1 | - | $2,343 | $2,343 | 1 | Orion Classics | true | false |
