| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mrs. Doubtfire | - | - | - | $84,227,288 | 2,354 | $219,195,243 | Nov 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | The Pelican Brief | - | - | - | $50,356,560 | 2,022 | $100,768,056 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Wayne's World 2 | - | - | - | $36,870,258 | 2,400 | $48,197,805 | Dec 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | - | - | - | $34,310,420 | 2,178 | $57,319,029 | Dec 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Beethoven's 2nd | - | - | - | $25,554,516 | 2,048 | $53,443,066 | Dec 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 6 | A Perfect World | - | - | - | $17,799,546 | 1,964 | $31,130,999 | Nov 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | Tombstone | - | - | - | $16,138,415 | 1,955 | $56,505,065 | Dec 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Addams Family Values | - | - | - | $16,018,062 | 2,577 | $48,919,043 | Nov 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Three Musketeers | - | - | - | $15,909,662 | 2,128 | $53,898,845 | Nov 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Geronimo: An American Legend | - | - | - | $13,484,694 | 1,636 | $18,635,620 | Dec 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 11 | Carlito's Way | - | - | - | $12,160,288 | 1,634 | $36,948,322 | Nov 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 12 | Grumpy Old Men | - | - | - | $10,876,673 | 1,725 | $70,172,621 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | The Piano | - | - | - | $10,361,700 | 671 | $40,157,856 | Nov 12 | Miramax | false |
| 14 | My Life | - | - | - | $9,247,019 | 1,290 | $27,804,899 | Nov 12 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 15 | Sommersby | - | - | - | $7,494,058 | 1,762 | $50,081,992 | Feb 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | - | - | - | $6,928,895 | 1,671 | $50,003,043 | Oct 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Cool Runnings | - | - | - | $6,704,104 | 1,832 | $68,856,263 | Oct 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 18 | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | - | - | - | $5,584,783 | 1,829 | $9,317,021 | Nov 24 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Beverly Hillbillies | - | - | - | $5,511,856 | 2,162 | $44,029,386 | Oct 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 20 | Man's Best Friend | - | - | - | $5,454,941 | 1,230 | $12,974,636 | Nov 19 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 21 | Jurassic Park | - | - | - | $5,385,760 | 2,566 | $357,067,947 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 22 | Schindler's List | - | - | - | $4,987,839 | 1,389 | $96,065,768 | Dec 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 23 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | - | - | - | $3,454,525 | 1,506 | $5,617,391 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | The Remains of the Day | - | - | - | $3,398,304 | 517 | $23,237,911 | Nov 5 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 25 | Screen Two: The Snapper | - | - | - | $3,294,980 | 1 | $3,323,524 | Nov 24 | Miramax | false |
| 26 | A Dangerous Woman | - | - | - | $1,497,222 | 293 | $1,497,222 | Nov 30 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 27 | The Nutcracker | - | - | - | $1,282,831 | 786 | $2,119,994 | Nov 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | Ruby in Paradise | - | - | - | $961,069 | 35 | $1,001,437 | Oct 8 | October Films | false |
| 29 | Heaven & Earth | - | - | - | $947,912 | 781 | $5,864,949 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | Josh and S.A.M. | - | - | - | $779,407 | 774 | $1,640,220 | Nov 24 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 31 | Six Degrees of Separation | - | - | - | $614,417 | 201 | $6,405,918 | Dec 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 32 | Ghost in the Machine | - | - | - | $458,103 | 1,031 | $5,086,909 | Dec 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 33 | Philadelphia | - | - | - | $444,012 | 1,604 | $77,446,440 | Dec 24 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 34 | Sex Is... | - | - | - | $439,183 | 6 | $530,833 | May 7 | Outsider Films | false |
| 35 | Deception | - | - | - | $389,395 | 112 | $608,866 | Oct 29 | Miramax | false |
| 36 | Screen Two: The Clothes in the Wardrobe | - | - | - | $371,869 | 63 | $2,106,846 | Dec 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 37 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | - | - | - | $277,066 | 611 | $10,032,765 | Dec 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 38 | Faraway, So Close! | - | - | - | $134,415 | 15 | $810,455 | Dec 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 39 | Bank Robber | - | - | - | $115,842 | 18 | $115,842 | Dec 10 | IRS Media | false |
| 40 | The Trial | - | - | - | $101,700 | 2 | $119,267 | Nov 24 | - | false |
| 41 | Naked | - | - | - | $72,430 | 26 | $1,769,305 | Dec 17 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 42 | Three Colors: Blue | - | - | - | $62,702 | 19 | $1,324,974 | Nov 30 | Miramax | false |
| 43 | In the Name of the Father | - | - | - | $36,451 | 688 | $25,096,862 | Dec 31 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 44 | Shadowlands | - | - | - | $26,320 | 1,023 | $25,842,377 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 45 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | - | - | - | $23,651 | 47 | $278,720 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 46 | The Hawk | - | - | - | $8,906 | 1 | $8,906 | Dec 10 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 47 | Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family | - | - | - | $384 | 1 | $1,738 | Nov 23 | First Run | false |
