| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 7 | $15,355,229 | +1,121% | 30.3% | 3 | The Specialist | $14,317,765 | 93.2% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 1 | $11,791,070 | -27.5% | 23.3% | 5 | The River Wild | $7,109,795 | 60.3% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $6,640,293 | -1.5% | 13.1% | 3 | Quiz Show | $3,160,749 | 47.6% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 3 | $5,102,352 | -19.9% | 10.1% | 2 | Forrest Gump | $3,950,473 | 77.4% | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $3,547,308 | -30.8% | 7% | 1 | Jason's Lyric | $3,547,308 | 100% | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 7 | 8 | $1,968,808 | +225.8% | 3.9% | 1 | The Shawshank Redemption | $1,968,808 | 100% | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 8 | 5 | $567,662 | -76.7% | 1.1% | 2 | The Scout | $567,662 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
