| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 18 | Philadelphia | $16,745,250 | +6,543.8% | 1,245 | +1,241 | $13,450 | $17,694,976 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $12,223,751 | -16.8% | 2,354 | +9 | $5,192 | $153,699,537 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | - | House Party 3 | $9,374,981 | - | 848 | - | $11,055 | $9,374,981 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 4 | 4 | Grumpy Old Men | $7,973,505 | -6.2% | 1,606 | +167 | $4,964 | $35,782,243 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | The Pelican Brief | $6,987,162 | -36.1% | 1,934 | -88 | $3,612 | $82,850,632 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | - | Iron Will | $6,332,577 | - | 1,901 | - | $3,331 | $6,332,577 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 3 | Tombstone | $5,616,068 | -34.3% | 1,849 | -106 | $3,037 | $40,528,281 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | The Air Up There | $5,343,066 | -16.2% | 1,721 | +214 | $3,104 | $11,717,745 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Shadowlands | $4,489,496 | -19.1% | 734 | +188 | $6,116 | $10,221,282 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Schindler's List | $4,478,040 | +14.3% | 252 | +80 | $17,770 | $15,654,023 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Beethoven's 2nd | $3,976,810 | -6.5% | 1,820 | -212 | $2,185 | $41,295,560 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | $2,591,778 | -45.4% | 1,568 | -434 | $1,652 | $49,898,239 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | The Piano | $2,015,476 | -21.4% | 500 | -22 | $4,030 | $22,778,899 | 10 | Miramax | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Wayne's World 2 | $1,460,541 | -47.4% | 1,000 | -703 | $1,460 | $45,520,842 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | In the Name of the Father | $1,216,689 | +217% | 67 | +54 | $18,159 | $1,855,706 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Heaven & Earth | $1,120,508 | -51.2% | 781 | - | $1,434 | $5,065,807 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Cabin Boy | $972,079 | -48.6% | 565 | -28 | $1,720 | $2,862,720 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | Jurassic Park | $695,680 | -16.3% | 504 | -54 | $1,380 | $341,330,300 | 32 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | Death Wish: The Face of Death | $641,260 | - | 248 | - | $2,585 | $641,260 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | true | false |
| 20 | 17 | Six Degrees of Separation | $184,003 | -34.4% | 19 | - | $9,684 | $1,383,252 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 21 | 15 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | $141,645 | -65% | 247 | -575 | $573 | $5,241,379 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | - | Three Colors: Blue | $115,282 | - | 19 | +8 | $6,067 | $415,980 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 23 | 19 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $68,425 | -35.2% | 7 | - | $9,775 | $556,300 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | - | Where the Rivers Flow North | $58,212 | - | 14 | - | $4,158 | $58,212 | 1 | Caledonia Pictures | true | false |
| 25 | - | Body Snatchers | $38,727 | - | 13 | - | $2,979 | $38,727 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
