| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $18,294,619 | +2.6% | 28.8% | 3 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $7,675,016 | 42% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $9,605,265 | -43% | 15.1% | 2 | Hook | $6,423,900 | 66.9% | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $8,603,189 | -38.1% | 13.6% | 2 | JFK | $4,722,417 | 54.9% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 6 | $8,251,520 | +71.7% | 13% | 4 | Kuffs | $5,651,055 | 68.5% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $7,973,906 | -35.2% | 12.6% | 2 | The Prince of Tides | $6,033,617 | 75.7% | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $5,304,090 | -42.7% | 8.4% | 2 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | $2,812,455 | 53% | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 7 | 9 | $3,706,881 | +2,641.6% | 5.8% | 2 | Grand Canyon | $3,410,127 | 92% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,724,059 | +1,150.6% | 2.7% | 1 | Rush | $1,724,059 | 100% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
