| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Romeo + Juliet | $11,133,231 | - | 1,276 | - | $8,725 | $11,133,231 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Sleepers | $8,039,085 | -16.3% | 2,080 | - | $3,864 | $37,572,441 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | High School High | $5,009,703 | -20.6% | 2,146 | - | $2,334 | $12,610,968 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | - | Larger Than Life | $3,779,504 | - | 2,433 | - | $1,553 | $3,779,504 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | The Ghost and the Darkness | $3,660,201 | -16.6% | 2,038 | -164 | $1,795 | $31,779,391 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Thinner | $3,582,333 | -36.9% | 2,009 | - | $1,783 | $10,877,181 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | The First Wives Club | $3,561,788 | -18.7% | 2,051 | -355 | $1,736 | $93,741,105 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Dear God | $3,213,045 | - | 1,754 | - | $1,831 | $3,213,045 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | The Associate | $3,118,515 | -26.8% | 1,781 | - | $1,750 | $8,664,334 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | $2,377,892 | -35.3% | 1,684 | -618 | $1,412 | $28,917,473 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Michael Collins | $2,209,786 | -8.3% | 848 | +100 | $2,605 | $6,067,321 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | That Thing You Do! | $1,181,717 | -42.4% | 941 | -645 | $1,255 | $22,164,288 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | $1,052,290 | -31.6% | 807 | - | $1,303 | $3,221,095 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Independence Day | $1,001,723 | -17.7% | 709 | -416 | $1,412 | $302,279,158 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | - | Bad Moon | $607,081 | - | 825 | - | $735 | $607,081 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 16 | 15 | Swingers | $306,992 | +111.1% | 63 | +38 | $4,872 | $632,607 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | The Rock | $48,929 | -26% | 66 | -47 | $741 | $133,955,936 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Mother Night | $48,661 | - | 8 | - | $6,082 | $48,661 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 19 | - | The Funeral | $41,768 | - | 2 | - | $20,884 | $41,768 | 1 | October Films | true | false |
| 20 | - | Unhook the Stars | $33,258 | - | 3 | - | $11,086 | $33,258 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 21 | 18 | Mission: Impossible | $8,369 | -55% | 14 | -26 | $597 | $180,937,468 | 24 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
