| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 5 | $18,351,559 | +551.9% | 34% | 3 | The Pelican Brief | $16,864,404 | 91.9% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | $9,056,287 | -10.8% | 16.8% | 1 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $9,056,287 | 100% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 6 | $8,193,256 | +292.7% | 15.2% | 4 | Beethoven's 2nd | $6,017,225 | 73.4% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 1 | $7,520,567 | -51.2% | 13.9% | 3 | Wayne's World 2 | $6,276,651 | 83.5% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 3 | $7,339,918 | -23.1% | 13.6% | 3 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | $5,238,317 | 71.4% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $2,310,738 | -60.4% | 4.3% | 2 | Geronimo: An American Legend | $2,310,738 | 100% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $1,071,907 | -18.6% | 2% | 1 | The Piano | $1,071,907 | 100% | 6 | Miramax | - |
| 9 | 8 | $35,857 | -32.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Six Degrees of Separation | $35,857 | 100% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
