| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Ghost and the Darkness | $12,733,393 | - | 2,142 | - | $5,944 | $12,733,393 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | The Long Kiss Goodnight | $12,593,975 | - | 2,245 | - | $5,609 | $12,593,975 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | The First Wives Club | $12,481,205 | -19.3% | 2,406 | +94 | $5,187 | $75,417,553 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Chamber | $7,333,220 | - | 2,026 | - | $3,619 | $7,333,220 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | That Thing You Do! | $6,166,215 | -20.1% | 1,887 | +17 | $3,267 | $13,888,203 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | The Glimmer Man | $5,534,002 | -45.2% | 2,236 | - | $2,474 | $15,641,482 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | D3: The Mighty Ducks | $5,338,082 | -24.9% | 2,058 | +2 | $2,593 | $12,441,896 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Fly Away Home | $2,075,804 | -14.9% | 1,401 | - | $1,481 | $18,351,354 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Independence Day | $1,731,850 | -8.2% | 1,525 | -63 | $1,135 | $297,868,700 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Big Night | $1,477,858 | -6.9% | 281 | +30 | $5,259 | $4,425,425 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Bound | $803,028 | -38.4% | 262 | +1 | $3,064 | $2,107,347 | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 12 | - | Get on the Bus | $681,302 | - | - | - | - | $681,302 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 13 | 12 | The Rock | $171,073 | -32.1% | 194 | -127 | $881 | $133,635,426 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Grass Harp | $167,240 | - | 46 | - | $3,635 | $167,240 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 15 | 13 | Mission: Impossible | $98,548 | -50.4% | 112 | -76 | $879 | $180,840,897 | 22 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | Microcosmos | $56,355 | +694.9% | 2 | - | $28,177 | $63,445 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | - | Love Is All There Is | $51,403 | - | 26 | - | $1,977 | $51,403 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 18 | - | Bitter Sugar | $40,646 | - | 2 | - | $20,323 | $40,646 | 1 | First Look International | true | false |
| 19 | - | Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press | $3,204 | - | 1 | - | $3,204 | $3,204 | 1 | - | true | false |
