| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 7 | $19,765,525 | +1,006.1% | 31.1% | 3 | The Specialist | $19,765,525 | 100% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 1 | $14,062,985 | -32.5% | 22.1% | 5 | The River Wild | $9,254,045 | 65.8% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $8,950,837 | -1.1% | 14.1% | 3 | Quiz Show | $4,183,135 | 46.7% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 2 | $5,900,780 | -36.5% | 9.3% | 3 | Forrest Gump | $4,372,908 | 74.1% | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $4,548,760 | -41.3% | 7.2% | 1 | Jason's Lyric | $4,548,760 | 100% | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 7 | 8 | $2,835,581 | +224.2% | 4.5% | 1 | The Shawshank Redemption | $2,835,581 | 100% | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - |
