| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Philadelphia | $8,830,605 | - | 1,295 | - | $6,819 | $26,525,581 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Mrs. Doubtfire | $8,798,118 | - | 2,290 | - | $3,841 | $162,497,655 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | - | Intersection | $7,818,502 | - | 1,300 | - | $6,014 | $7,818,502 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | - | Grumpy Old Men | $5,689,817 | - | 1,676 | - | $3,394 | $41,472,060 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | Iron Will | $4,114,120 | - | 2,036 | - | $2,020 | $10,446,697 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Pelican Brief | $3,711,685 | - | 1,809 | - | $2,051 | $86,562,317 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 1 | Schindler's List | $3,405,990 | +9.1% | 343 | +91 | $9,930 | $19,060,013 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Tombstone | $3,330,647 | - | 1,817 | - | $1,833 | $43,858,928 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | House Party 3 | $3,281,562 | - | 848 | - | $3,869 | $12,656,543 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 10 | - | Shadowlands | $3,170,830 | - | 1,001 | - | $3,167 | $13,392,112 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 11 | - | The Air Up There | $2,892,783 | - | 1,702 | - | $1,699 | $14,610,528 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | - | Beethoven's 2nd | $2,025,010 | - | 1,620 | - | $1,250 | $43,320,570 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | In the Name of the Father | $1,430,020 | - | 176 | - | $8,125 | $3,285,726 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | $1,314,993 | - | 1,172 | - | $1,122 | $51,213,232 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Piano | $1,111,530 | - | 500 | - | $2,223 | $23,890,429 | 11 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | - | Six Degrees of Separation | $584,854 | - | 109 | - | $5,365 | $1,968,106 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 17 | 2 | Jurassic Park | $501,600 | -2.1% | 480 | -40 | $1,045 | $341,831,900 | 33 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Short Cuts | $320,333 | - | 165 | - | $1,941 | $4,858,567 | 17 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 19 | - | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $136,336 | - | 17 | - | $8,019 | $692,636 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 3 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | $50,043 | -50% | 155 | -92 | $322 | $5,291,422 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
