| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Stargate | $12,368,778 | -25.7% | 2,033 | - | $6,084 | $34,462,744 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 2 | - | Frankenstein | $11,212,889 | - | 2,177 | - | $5,150 | $11,212,889 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 3 | - | The War | $5,203,275 | - | 1,155 | - | $4,505 | $5,203,275 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Pulp Fiction | $5,142,126 | -9.6% | 1,494 | - | $3,441 | $38,145,544 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Specialist | $3,155,723 | -20.4% | 2,033 | -330 | $1,552 | $48,126,230 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Love Affair | $2,378,314 | -34.2% | 1,432 | -153 | $1,660 | $14,371,436 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | The River Wild | $2,155,580 | -16% | 1,562 | -339 | $1,380 | $39,716,560 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Little Giants | $2,112,000 | -8.3% | 1,706 | -248 | $1,237 | $15,515,574 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Forrest Gump | $1,976,494 | +6.2% | 1,343 | -237 | $1,471 | $288,920,473 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | The Road to Wellville | $1,510,911 | -41.4% | 806 | - | $1,874 | $4,867,428 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 11 | 16 | Bullets Over Broadway | $1,393,709 | +159.3% | 275 | +239 | $5,068 | $2,275,553 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | - | Double Dragon | $1,376,561 | - | 1,087 | - | $1,266 | $1,376,561 | 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | true | false |
| 13 | 8 | New Nightmare | $1,202,172 | -40.1% | 1,198 | -675 | $1,003 | $16,299,568 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | The Shawshank Redemption | $1,201,378 | -18.3% | 910 | -19 | $1,320 | $14,210,084 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Silent Fall | $702,356 | -54.1% | 1,253 | +2 | $560 | $2,749,381 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 20 | Clerks | $190,863 | +370.7% | 29 | +24 | $6,581 | $313,189 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | - | Oleanna | $25,316 | - | 15 | - | $1,687 | $25,316 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 18 | - | Pontiac Moon | $5,128 | - | 8 | - | $641 | $5,128 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 19 | - | Floundering | $2,604 | - | 1 | - | $2,604 | $2,604 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
