| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $16,346,568 | +74.5% | 2,325 | +20 | $7,030 | $122,483,936 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Pelican Brief | $13,129,302 | +18% | 2,008 | - | $6,538 | $61,056,465 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Tombstone | $8,720,255 | +35.1% | 1,955 | +451 | $4,460 | $23,155,418 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | $8,234,480 | +56% | 2,106 | -72 | $3,910 | $41,170,483 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Beethoven's 2nd | $7,567,360 | +77.8% | 2,048 | +7 | $3,695 | $31,869,710 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Grumpy Old Men | $7,488,527 | +93.3% | 1,244 | - | $6,019 | $16,959,927 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Wayne's World 2 | $4,012,807 | +11.6% | 2,240 | -80 | $1,791 | $40,147,699 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | The Piano | $2,369,154 | +66.7% | 523 | +7 | $4,529 | $17,169,365 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Geronimo: An American Legend | $2,010,680 | +18% | 1,636 | - | $1,229 | $15,121,078 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Ghost in the Machine | $1,854,431 | - | 1,031 | - | $1,798 | $1,854,431 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 11 | 10 | Schindler's List | $1,649,101 | +28.4% | 76 | +2 | $21,698 | $6,187,045 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | The Three Musketeers | $1,518,663 | +40.1% | 947 | -59 | $1,603 | $48,955,993 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | $1,406,291 | +18.2% | 1,506 | - | $933 | $4,391,000 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | A Perfect World | $1,112,458 | +38.2% | 1,026 | -358 | $1,084 | $29,064,702 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Cool Runnings | $1,098,908 | +29.9% | 814 | -52 | $1,350 | $61,831,973 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Addams Family Values | $1,096,006 | +28.7% | 1,256 | -349 | $872 | $45,131,539 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Jurassic Park | $820,770 | +63.8% | 654 | -42 | $1,255 | $339,521,510 | 30 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Heaven & Earth | $562,578 | +48.1% | 63 | - | $8,929 | $1,393,359 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | Six Degrees of Separation | $235,277 | +38.8% | 19 | - | $12,383 | $798,968 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | Philadelphia | $153,879 | +7.3% | 4 | - | $38,469 | $555,613 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | - | In the Name of the Father | $109,805 | - | 4 | - | $27,451 | $109,805 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 22 | 21 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $82,547 | +31.6% | 6 | - | $13,757 | $342,065 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | - | Shadowlands | $81,082 | - | 3 | - | $27,027 | $81,082 | 1 | - | true | false |
