| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | $15,218,011 | +1.2% | 31.1% | 3 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $8,120,455 | 53.4% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 6 | $10,035,119 | +173.5% | 20.5% | 2 | Shining Through | $6,406,829 | 63.8% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 3 | $8,369,025 | +13.5% | 17.1% | 2 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $6,675,765 | 79.8% | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 2 | $5,074,963 | -31.7% | 10.4% | 3 | JFK | $3,185,727 | 62.8% | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 4 | $4,496,955 | -13.9% | 9.2% | 2 | Hook | $3,231,360 | 71.9% | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $3,024,206 | -12.2% | 6.2% | 1 | The Prince of Tides | $3,024,206 | 100% | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $2,154,600 | -42.1% | 4.4% | 2 | Juice | $2,154,600 | 100% | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $529,188 | -54.3% | 1.1% | 1 | Love Crimes | $529,188 | 100% | 2 | Miramax | - |
