| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Tommy Boy | $10,134,156 | - | 2,165 | - | $4,680 | $10,134,156 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Outbreak | $7,350,172 | -31.6% | 2,230 | - | $3,296 | $50,480,469 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Major Payne | $6,509,965 | -26.4% | 1,991 | +96 | $3,269 | $15,349,660 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Dolores Claiborne | $5,853,501 | -20.6% | 1,249 | +33 | $4,686 | $13,228,819 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 9 | Forrest Gump | $3,463,769 | +4.6% | 1,135 | +16 | $3,051 | $321,897,994 | 40 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 8 | Muriel's Wedding | $3,445,090 | +3.9% | 836 | +263 | $4,120 | $7,930,954 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 7 | 11 | Circle of Friends | $3,279,498 | +55.2% | 339 | +150 | $9,674 | $5,631,566 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Pulp Fiction | $2,860,107 | -20.1% | 1,099 | -3 | $2,602 | $98,996,981 | 25 | Miramax | false | false |
| 9 | 4 | Man of the House | $2,735,989 | -39.1% | 1,812 | -183 | $1,509 | $34,144,646 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Tank Girl | $2,684,430 | - | 1,341 | - | $2,001 | $2,684,430 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 11 | 5 | Tall Tale | $2,239,994 | -43.2% | 2,065 | - | $1,084 | $6,180,350 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Born to Be Wild | $2,109,814 | - | 1,360 | - | $1,551 | $2,109,814 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 13 | 10 | Bye Bye Love | $1,817,482 | -44.4% | 1,291 | -88 | $1,407 | $10,911,741 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | 7 | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | $1,749,963 | -49.8% | 1,177 | -417 | $1,486 | $12,611,766 | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | The Shawshank Redemption | $1,170,161 | -1.6% | 732 | +240 | $1,598 | $26,280,426 | 28 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Exotica | $819,563 | -37.5% | 439 | +6 | $1,866 | $2,952,989 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | 17 | Quiz Show | $217,193 | +231.9% | 241 | +181 | $901 | $24,577,714 | 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Jefferson in Paris | $89,876 | - | 2 | - | $44,938 | $89,876 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 19 | - | Ballot Measure 9 | $12,153 | - | 1 | - | $12,153 | $12,153 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | true | false |
