| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | - | - | - | $43,862,975 | 1,963 | $72,217,396 | Feb 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Mrs. Doubtfire | - | - | - | $25,787,951 | 2,354 | $219,195,243 | Nov 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 3 | Philadelphia | - | - | - | $23,403,080 | 1,604 | $77,446,440 | Dec 24 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 4 | Schindler's List | - | - | - | $22,344,000 | 1,389 | $96,065,768 | Dec 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | On Deadly Ground | - | - | - | $19,656,523 | 2,010 | $38,590,458 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | My Father the Hero | - | - | - | $18,494,184 | 1,373 | $25,479,558 | Feb 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Blank Check | - | - | - | $16,651,095 | 1,732 | $30,577,969 | Feb 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Grumpy Old Men | - | - | - | $16,300,042 | 1,725 | $70,172,621 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | Blue Chips | - | - | - | $14,231,392 | 1,980 | $23,070,663 | Feb 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Getaway | - | - | - | $13,161,010 | 1,659 | $16,094,974 | Feb 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | My Girl 2 | - | - | - | $13,056,648 | 1,853 | $17,359,799 | Feb 11 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 12 | Reality Bites | - | - | - | $10,798,675 | 1,175 | $20,982,557 | Feb 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | I'll Do Anything | - | - | - | $10,424,645 | 1,205 | $10,424,645 | Feb 4 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 14 | Blink | - | - | - | $10,088,143 | 1,540 | $16,696,219 | Jan 28 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 15 | In the Name of the Father | - | - | - | $9,726,967 | 688 | $25,096,862 | Dec 31 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 16 | Tombstone | - | - | - | $9,661,152 | 1,955 | $56,505,065 | Dec 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Shadowlands | - | - | - | $9,509,845 | 1,023 | $25,842,377 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 18 | Intersection | - | - | - | $9,349,666 | 1,300 | $21,355,893 | Jan 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | Iron Will | - | - | - | $7,359,009 | 2,036 | $21,006,361 | Jan 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 20 | The Pelican Brief | - | - | - | $5,535,286 | 2,022 | $100,768,056 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | The Piano | - | - | - | $4,693,621 | 671 | $40,157,856 | Nov 12 | Miramax | false |
| 22 | House Party 3 | - | - | - | $4,683,956 | 855 | $19,281,235 | Jan 14 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 23 | The Air Up There | - | - | - | $4,478,164 | 1,721 | $21,011,318 | Jan 7 | Miramax | false |
| 24 | Sugar Hill | - | - | - | $4,061,552 | 859 | $18,225,518 | Feb 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 25 | The Fugitive | - | - | - | $3,892,599 | 2,425 | $183,875,760 | Aug 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | Six Degrees of Separation | - | - | - | $3,815,789 | 201 | $6,405,918 | Dec 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 27 | Gunmen | - | - | - | $3,411,885 | 802 | $3,411,885 | Feb 4 | Dimension Films | false |
| 28 | Romeo Is Bleeding | - | - | - | $3,275,585 | 247 | $3,275,585 | Feb 4 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 29 | 8 Seconds | - | - | - | $2,420,404 | 838 | $19,623,396 | Feb 25 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 30 | Beethoven's 2nd | - | - | - | $1,995,975 | 2,048 | $53,443,066 | Dec 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 31 | Jurassic Park | - | - | - | $1,843,065 | 2,566 | $357,067,947 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 32 | The War Room | - | - | - | $866,004 | 21 | $901,668 | Nov 3 | October Films | false |
| 33 | Car 54, Where Are You? | - | - | - | $682,967 | 608 | $1,238,080 | Jan 28 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 34 | Faraway, So Close! | - | - | - | $676,040 | 15 | $810,455 | Dec 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 35 | Body Snatchers | - | - | - | $390,141 | 34 | $428,868 | Jan 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | - | - | - | $345,028 | 611 | $10,032,765 | Dec 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 37 | The Remains of the Day | - | - | - | $314,522 | 517 | $23,237,911 | Nov 5 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 38 | Golden Gate | - | - | - | $182,907 | 390 | $395,105 | Jan 28 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 39 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | - | - | - | $165,115 | 1,506 | $5,617,391 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 40 | Paris, France | - | - | - | $44,159 | 1 | $44,159 | Feb 4 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false |
| 41 | Silent Tongue | - | - | - | $43,047 | 3 | $61,274 | Feb 25 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 42 | The Cement Garden | - | - | - | $34,019 | 7 | $322,975 | Feb 11 | October Films | false |
| 43 | American Masters: The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg | - | - | - | $22,692 | 2 | $22,692 | Feb 17 | First Run | false |
| 44 | Red Rock West | - | - | - | $7,857 | 22 | $2,502,551 | Jan 28 | Roxie Releasing | false |
