| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $8,006,220 | -36.2% | 17.4% | 2 | Outbreak | $8,006,220 | 100% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 11 | $7,011,225 | +7,057.6% | 15.2% | 2 | Major Payne | $7,011,225 | 100% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $6,604,967 | -9.2% | 14.3% | 5 | Man of the House | $3,484,020 | 52.7% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 6 | $6,189,021 | +139.4% | 13.4% | 4 | Muriel's Wedding | $2,556,011 | 41.3% | 3 | Miramax | - |
| 5 | 7 | $5,721,920 | +351.4% | 12.4% | 3 | Dolores Claiborne | $5,721,920 | 100% | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 6 | 3 | $4,728,237 | -26.2% | 10.3% | 3 | Forrest Gump | $1,985,988 | 42% | 38 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 7 | 4 | $2,776,215 | -54.1% | 6% | 1 | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | $2,776,215 | 100% | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 8 | 5 | $2,593,087 | -42.7% | 5.6% | 1 | Bye Bye Love | $2,593,087 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 10 | $1,608,010 | +1,180.4% | 3.5% | 1 | Circle of Friends | $1,608,010 | 100% | 2 | - | - |
| 10 | 9 | $853,694 | -2.5% | 1.9% | 1 | The Shawshank Redemption | $853,694 | 100% | 27 | Columbia Pictures | - |
