| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Toy Story | - | - | - | $101,688,719 | 2,574 | $191,796,233 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 2 | Jumanji | - | - | - | $48,800,146 | 2,530 | $100,475,249 | Dec 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Father of the Bride Part II | - | - | - | $46,159,936 | 2,148 | $76,594,107 | Dec 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Heat | - | - | - | $31,743,516 | 1,704 | $67,436,818 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | GoldenEye | - | - | - | $30,181,392 | 2,667 | $106,429,941 | Nov 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 6 | Waiting to Exhale | - | - | - | $29,606,425 | 1,402 | $67,052,156 | Dec 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | Sabrina | - | - | - | $26,099,448 | 1,976 | $53,672,080 | Dec 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Grumpier Old Men | - | - | - | $23,513,104 | 2,037 | $71,518,503 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | The American President | - | - | - | $20,846,676 | 1,508 | $60,079,496 | Nov 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 10 | Casino | - | - | - | $19,187,845 | 1,631 | $42,512,375 | Nov 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Money Train | - | - | - | $16,185,893 | 2,522 | $35,431,113 | Nov 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 12 | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | - | - | - | $15,842,375 | 2,705 | $108,385,533 | Nov 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Tom and Huck | - | - | - | $11,270,248 | 1,614 | $23,920,048 | Dec 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Sudden Death | - | - | - | $10,970,380 | 1,687 | $20,350,171 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | Get Shorty | - | - | - | $9,381,020 | 2,103 | $72,101,622 | Oct 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 16 | Dracula: Dead and Loving It | - | - | - | $6,708,760 | 1,425 | $10,772,144 | Dec 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | It Takes Two | - | - | - | $6,382,198 | 1,581 | $19,474,589 | Nov 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Nixon | - | - | - | $6,202,953 | 977 | $13,681,765 | Dec 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | Cutthroat Island | - | - | - | $5,929,355 | 1,619 | $10,017,322 | Dec 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 20 | Balto | - | - | - | $5,178,446 | 1,433 | $11,348,324 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 21 | Sense and Sensibility | - | - | - | $3,760,076 | 1,054 | $43,182,776 | Dec 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 22 | White Man's Burden | - | - | - | $3,734,870 | 954 | $3,734,870 | Dec 1 | - | false |
| 23 | Powder | - | - | - | $3,704,815 | 1,621 | $30,862,156 | Oct 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 24 | Nick of Time | - | - | - | $3,667,626 | 1,849 | $8,175,346 | Nov 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 25 | Carrington | - | - | - | $3,016,252 | 127 | $3,242,342 | Nov 10 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 26 | Othello | - | - | - | $2,844,379 | 2 | $2,844,379 | Dec 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 27 | Home for the Holidays | - | - | - | $2,695,745 | 1,000 | $17,519,169 | Nov 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 28 | Copycat | - | - | - | $2,605,584 | 1,661 | $32,051,917 | Oct 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 29 | Wild Bill | - | - | - | $2,193,982 | 775 | $2,193,982 | Dec 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 30 | Four Rooms | - | - | - | $1,964,021 | 319 | $4,257,354 | Dec 22 | Miramax | false |
| 31 | Georgia | - | - | - | $1,110,104 | 3 | $1,110,104 | Dec 8 | Miramax | false |
| 32 | Shanghai Triad | - | - | - | $354,184 | 43 | $2,086,101 | Dec 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 33 | Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey | - | - | - | $240,688 | 11 | $253,311 | Aug 25 | Orion Classics | false |
| 34 | 12 Monkeys | - | - | - | $155,736 | 1,629 | $57,141,459 | Dec 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 35 | Stalingrad | - | - | - | $134,392 | 2 | $152,972 | May 24 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 36 | Frankie Starlight | - | - | - | $83,427 | 5 | $103,365 | Nov 22 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 37 | Dead Man Walking | - | - | - | $71,634 | 821 | $39,363,635 | Dec 29 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 38 | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | - | - | - | $65,816 | 36 | $529,766 | Dec 1 | Miramax | false |
| 39 | Braveheart | - | - | - | $57,535 | 2,037 | $75,609,945 | May 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 40 | The City of Lost Children | - | - | - | $54,126 | 36 | $1,738,611 | Dec 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 41 | Richard III | - | - | - | $48,585 | 130 | $2,684,904 | Dec 29 | United Artists | false |
| 42 | Restoration | - | - | - | $42,459 | 457 | $4,005,941 | Dec 29 | Miramax | false |
| 43 | Two Bits | - | - | - | $11,071 | 2 | $26,282 | Nov 22 | Miramax | false |
| 44 | Apollo 13 | - | - | - | $10,557 | 2,347 | $172,071,312 | Jun 30 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 45 | Mr. Holland's Opus | - | - | - | $9,741 | 1,659 | $82,569,971 | Dec 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
