| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | $18,870,963 | -4.3% | 30.9% | 3 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $10,256,050 | 54.3% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 5 | $12,660,994 | +158.8% | 20.7% | 2 | Shining Through | $8,039,481 | 63.5% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 2 | $11,111,375 | +7.4% | 18.2% | 2 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $9,044,245 | 81.4% | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $6,645,241 | -34.5% | 10.9% | 3 | JFK | $4,142,668 | 62.3% | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 4 | $5,407,910 | -19.4% | 8.8% | 2 | Hook | $3,791,340 | 70.1% | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $3,696,137 | -17.9% | 6% | 1 | The Prince of Tides | $3,696,137 | 100% | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $2,704,192 | -44.5% | 4.4% | 2 | Juice | $2,704,192 | 100% | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
