| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 12 Monkeys | - | - | - | $45,442,628 | 1,629 | $57,141,459 | Dec 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | Grumpier Old Men | - | - | - | $39,394,425 | 2,037 | $71,518,503 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Jumanji | - | - | - | $37,246,465 | 2,530 | $100,475,249 | Dec 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 4 | Toy Story | - | - | - | $31,546,970 | 2,574 | $191,796,233 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Heat | - | - | - | $30,014,617 | 1,704 | $67,436,818 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Waiting to Exhale | - | - | - | $29,279,159 | 1,402 | $67,052,156 | Dec 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | Sabrina | - | - | - | $22,929,140 | 1,976 | $53,672,080 | Dec 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Mr. Holland's Opus | - | - | - | $21,537,072 | 1,659 | $82,569,971 | Dec 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Father of the Bride Part II | - | - | - | $20,709,506 | 2,148 | $76,594,107 | Dec 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Eye for an Eye | - | - | - | $19,984,447 | 1,680 | $26,877,589 | Jan 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 11 | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood | - | - | - | $18,268,590 | 1,010 | $20,109,115 | Jan 12 | Miramax | false |
| 12 | From Dusk Till Dawn | - | - | - | $17,901,882 | 2,007 | $25,836,616 | Jan 19 | Miramax | false |
| 13 | Sense and Sensibility | - | - | - | $14,616,559 | 1,054 | $43,182,776 | Dec 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 14 | Bio-Dome | - | - | - | $12,081,841 | 1,510 | $13,427,615 | Jan 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 15 | GoldenEye | - | - | - | $11,755,126 | 2,667 | $106,429,941 | Nov 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 16 | The American President | - | - | - | $11,007,033 | 1,508 | $60,079,496 | Nov 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Two If by Sea | - | - | - | $10,143,461 | 1,796 | $10,658,278 | Jan 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Sudden Death | - | - | - | $9,379,791 | 1,687 | $20,350,171 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 19 | Tom and Huck | - | - | - | $9,366,847 | 1,614 | $23,920,048 | Dec 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 20 | Leaving Las Vegas | - | - | - | $9,055,497 | 1,310 | $32,029,928 | Oct 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 21 | Dunston Checks In | - | - | - | $8,896,147 | 1,292 | $9,871,065 | Jan 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 22 | Nixon | - | - | - | $7,478,809 | 977 | $13,681,765 | Dec 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Bed of Roses | - | - | - | $6,523,368 | 1,575 | $19,030,691 | Jan 26 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 24 | Seven | - | - | - | $6,216,162 | 2,528 | $100,125,643 | Sep 22 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 25 | Balto | - | - | - | $6,169,877 | 1,433 | $11,348,324 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 26 | Dead Man Walking | - | - | - | $5,803,843 | 821 | $39,363,635 | Dec 29 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 27 | Casino | - | - | - | $5,778,365 | 1,631 | $42,512,375 | Nov 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 28 | Cutthroat Island | - | - | - | $4,087,966 | 1,619 | $10,017,322 | Dec 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 29 | Dracula: Dead and Loving It | - | - | - | $4,063,379 | 1,425 | $10,772,144 | Dec 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 30 | Screamers | - | - | - | $3,343,752 | 1,560 | $5,711,695 | Jan 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 31 | Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace | - | - | - | $2,409,225 | 1,589 | $2,409,225 | Jan 12 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 32 | Four Rooms | - | - | - | $2,293,332 | 319 | $4,257,354 | Dec 22 | Miramax | false |
| 33 | Big Bully | - | - | - | $1,266,576 | 1,143 | $2,042,530 | Jan 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | Money Train | - | - | - | $1,145,206 | 2,522 | $35,431,113 | Nov 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 35 | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | - | - | - | $605,592 | 2,705 | $108,385,533 | Nov 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | - | - | - | $86,952 | 77 | $2,291,255 | Jan 26 | - | false |
| 37 | Richard III | - | - | - | $64,780 | 130 | $2,684,904 | Dec 29 | United Artists | false |
| 38 | Restoration | - | - | - | $56,612 | 457 | $4,005,941 | Dec 29 | Miramax | false |
| 39 | Braveheart | - | - | - | $17,832 | 2,037 | $75,609,945 | May 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
