| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sleepers | $12,786,979 | -23.6% | 2,080 | +165 | $6,147 | $29,533,356 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | High School High | $7,601,265 | - | 2,146 | - | $3,542 | $7,601,265 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 3 | - | Thinner | $7,294,848 | - | 2,009 | - | $3,631 | $7,294,848 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 4 | The First Wives Club | $5,866,422 | -34.1% | 2,406 | - | $2,438 | $90,179,317 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | The Ghost and the Darkness | $5,717,143 | -40.9% | 2,202 | +48 | $2,596 | $28,119,190 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Associate | $5,545,819 | - | 1,781 | - | $3,113 | $5,545,819 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 3 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | $4,908,177 | -45.7% | 2,302 | -102 | $2,132 | $26,539,581 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 8 | - | Michael Collins | $3,326,145 | - | 748 | +738 | $4,446 | $3,857,535 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | That Thing You Do! | $2,478,440 | -46.3% | 1,586 | -293 | $1,562 | $20,982,571 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | $2,056,364 | +1,728.8% | 807 | +802 | $2,548 | $2,168,805 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Independence Day | $1,614,149 | -10.1% | 1,125 | -185 | $1,434 | $301,277,435 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Rock | $91,677 | -49% | 113 | -72 | $811 | $133,907,007 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Twelfth Night | $48,127 | - | 5 | - | $9,625 | $48,127 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 14 | - | Palookaville | $33,001 | - | 7 | - | $4,714 | $33,001 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 15 | - | When We Were Kings | $25,682 | - | 2 | - | $12,841 | $25,682 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
| 16 | 12 | Mission: Impossible | $24,007 | -62.6% | 40 | -47 | $600 | $180,929,099 | 24 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | The Sunchaser | $21,508 | - | 23 | - | $935 | $21,508 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 18 | - | Normal Life | $4,634 | - | 1 | - | $4,634 | $4,634 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
