| Release
| Rank
| Theaters
| Gross
| Average
| Total Gross
| % of Total
| Week #
| Wide Date
| Distributor
|
|---|
| Showgirls | 1 | 1,388 | $8,112,627 | $5,844 | $20,350,754 | - | 1 | Sep 22, 1995 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| Crash | 2 | 339 | $738,339 | $2,177 | $2,664,812 | - | 25 | Mar 21, 1997 | Fine Line Features |
| Henry & June | 3 | 295 | $1,078,225 | $3,655 | $11,567,449 | - | 4 | Oct 26, 1990 | Universal Pictures |
| The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | 4 | 239 | $553,572 | $2,316 | $7,724,701 | - | 7 | May 18, 1990 | Miramax |
| Kids | 5 | 187 | $536,939 | $2,871 | $7,412,216 | - | 6 | Aug 25, 1995 | Miramax |
| Lust, Caution | 6 | 143 | $475,480 | $3,325 | $4,604,982 | - | 5 | Oct 26, 2007 | Focus Features |
| Blue Is the Warmest Colour | 7 | 142 | $183,007 | $1,288 | $2,199,787 | - | 5 | Nov 22, 2013 | IFC Films |
| A Dirty Shame | 8 | 133 | $448,914 | $3,375 | $1,339,668 | - | 2 | Sep 24, 2004 | Fine Line Features |
| The Dreamers | 9 | 116 | $204,843 | $1,765 | $2,532,228 | - | 5 | Mar 5, 2004 | - |
| Bad Education | 10 | 106 | $143,110 | $1,350 | $5,211,842 | - | 15 | Feb 25, 2005 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Shame | 11 | 95 | $243,798 | $2,566 | $3,909,002 | - | 8 | Jan 20, 2012 | - |
| Orgazmo | 12 | 94 | $210,073 | $2,234 | $602,302 | - | 1 | Oct 23, 1998 | October Films |
| Happiness | 13 | 60 | $341,815 | $5,696 | $2,982,011 | - | 2 | Oct 23, 1998 | Good Machine |
| Whore | 14 | 52 | $165,534 | $3,183 | $1,008,404 | - | 1 | Oct 4, 1991 | Trimark Pictures |
| Young Adam | 15 | 41 | $55,058 | $1,342 | $767,373 | - | 6 | May 21, 2004 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Inside Deep Throat | 16 | 27 | $120,593 | $4,466 | $691,880 | - | 2 | Feb 18, 2005 | Universal Pictures |
| This Film Is Not Yet Rated | 17 | 18 | $30,961 | $1,720 | $306,845 | - | 4 | Sep 22, 2006 | IFC Films |
| Elles | 18 | 13 | $27,237 | $2,095 | $157,508 | - | 2 | May 4, 2012 | Kino Lorber |
| Bent | 19 | 12 | $109,243 | $9,103 | $496,059 | - | 1 | Nov 28, 1997 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | 20 | 4 | $67,243 | $16,810 | $4,087,361 | - | 3 | May 18, 1990 | Miramax |
| Ma mère | 21 | 4 | $3,934 | $983 | $71,616 | - | 6 | Jun 17, 2005 | TLA Releasing |
| Bad Lieutenant | 22 | 2 | $47,454 | $23,727 | $2,000,022 | - | 1 | Nov 20, 1992 | Aries Films |
| Wide Sargasso Sea | 23 | 1 | $33,806 | $33,806 | $1,614,784 | - | 1 | Apr 16, 1993 | New Line Cinema |
| Paris, France | 24 | 1 | $10,589 | $10,589 | $44,159 | - | 1 | Feb 4, 1994 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| This One's for the Ladies | 25 | 1 | $13,688 | $13,688 | $13,688 | 100% | 1 | Jun 7, 2019 | - |
