| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $14,694,643 | -28.8% | 2,345 | +20 | $6,266 | $141,475,786 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Pelican Brief | $10,930,525 | -35.7% | 2,022 | +14 | $5,405 | $75,863,470 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Tombstone | $8,554,284 | -28.3% | 1,955 | - | $4,375 | $34,912,213 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Grumpy Old Men | $8,500,426 | -13.6% | 1,439 | +195 | $5,907 | $27,808,738 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Air Up There | $6,374,679 | - | 1,507 | - | $4,230 | $6,374,679 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 6 | 22 | Shadowlands | $5,547,543 | +2,911% | 546 | +543 | $10,160 | $5,731,786 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | $4,749,536 | -50.6% | 2,002 | -104 | $2,372 | $47,306,461 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Beethoven's 2nd | $4,251,235 | -51.5% | 2,032 | -16 | $2,092 | $37,318,750 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Schindler's List | $3,918,178 | +44.1% | 172 | +96 | $22,780 | $11,175,983 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Wayne's World 2 | $2,777,843 | -46% | 1,703 | -537 | $1,631 | $44,060,301 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Piano | $2,564,389 | -24.6% | 522 | -1 | $4,912 | $20,763,423 | 9 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | 18 | Heaven & Earth | $2,294,596 | +179.9% | 781 | +718 | $2,938 | $3,945,299 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | - | Cabin Boy | $1,890,641 | - | 593 | - | $3,188 | $1,890,641 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 17 | Jurassic Park | $831,040 | -24.6% | 558 | -50 | $1,489 | $340,634,620 | 31 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | $405,049 | -76.3% | 822 | -684 | $492 | $5,099,734 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 21 | In the Name of the Father | $383,858 | +50.4% | 13 | +9 | $29,527 | $639,017 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 19 | Six Degrees of Separation | $280,471 | -21% | 19 | - | $14,761 | $1,199,249 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 18 | 20 | Philadelphia | $252,045 | -14.8% | 4 | - | $63,011 | $949,726 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 23 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $105,517 | -14.1% | 7 | +1 | $15,073 | $487,875 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
