| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The First Wives Club | $15,462,288 | -26.4% | 2,312 | - | $6,687 | $62,936,348 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Glimmer Man | $10,107,480 | - | 2,236 | - | $4,520 | $10,107,480 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | - | That Thing You Do! | $7,721,988 | - | 1,870 | - | $4,129 | $7,721,988 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 4 | - | D3: The Mighty Ducks | $7,103,814 | - | 2,056 | - | $3,455 | $7,103,814 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Extreme Measures | $5,203,980 | -41.4% | 2,298 | - | $2,264 | $14,080,265 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | 2 Days in the Valley | $3,230,180 | -30.1% | 855 | +86 | $3,777 | $7,850,300 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Fly Away Home | $2,439,910 | -30.5% | 1,401 | - | $1,741 | $16,275,550 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Independence Day | $1,887,217 | -40.7% | 1,588 | -234 | $1,188 | $296,136,850 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | - | Big Night | $1,588,153 | - | 251 | +152 | $6,327 | $2,947,567 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 10 | - | Bound | $1,304,319 | - | 261 | - | $4,997 | $1,304,319 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
| 11 | 9 | Maximum Risk | $668,661 | -67.8% | 1,005 | -1,098 | $665 | $13,920,422 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Rock | $252,123 | -27.7% | 321 | -57 | $785 | $133,464,353 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Mission: Impossible | $198,773 | -12.5% | 188 | -68 | $1,057 | $180,742,349 | 21 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Infinity | $107,234 | - | 46 | - | $2,331 | $107,234 | 1 | First Look International | true | false |
| 15 | 12 | Curdled | $25,414 | +5% | 18 | +5 | $1,411 | $49,620 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 16 | - | Beautiful Thing | $12,306 | - | - | - | - | $12,306 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 17 | - | Microcosmos | $7,090 | - | - | - | - | $7,090 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 18 | - | Small Wonders | $3,908 | - | 1 | - | $3,908 | $3,908 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
