| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 6 | $13,597,925 | +96.5% | 23.2% | 4 | Tommy Boy | $10,134,156 | 74.5% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $9,459,986 | -12% | 16.2% | 2 | Outbreak | $7,350,172 | 77.7% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 4 | $7,124,760 | -14.8% | 12.2% | 4 | Muriel's Wedding | $3,445,090 | 48.4% | 4 | Miramax | - |
| 4 | 2 | $6,509,965 | -26.4% | 11.1% | 1 | Major Payne | $6,509,965 | 100% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $5,853,501 | -20.6% | 10% | 1 | Dolores Claiborne | $5,853,501 | 100% | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 6 | 3 | $5,283,052 | -38.1% | 9% | 4 | Man of the House | $2,735,989 | 51.8% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 9 | $3,279,498 | +55.2% | 5.6% | 1 | Circle of Friends | $3,279,498 | 100% | 3 | - | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,817,482 | -44.4% | 3.1% | 1 | Bye Bye Love | $1,817,482 | 100% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 10 | 7 | $1,749,963 | -49.8% | 3% | 1 | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | $1,749,963 | 100% | 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - |
| 11 | 10 | $1,170,161 | -1.6% | 2% | 1 | The Shawshank Redemption | $1,170,161 | 100% | 28 | Columbia Pictures | - |
