| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Twister | - | - | - | $155,133,818 | 2,808 | $241,721,524 | May 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible | - | - | - | $92,177,008 | 3,012 | $180,981,856 | May 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | - | - | - | $22,563,769 | 1,654 | $34,861,807 | Apr 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | The Craft | - | - | - | $20,537,556 | 1,762 | $24,819,936 | May 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | The Quest | - | - | - | $15,335,831 | 2,098 | $21,686,547 | Apr 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 6 | Primal Fear | - | - | - | $13,792,540 | 1,983 | $56,116,183 | Apr 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Spy Hard | - | - | - | $13,365,133 | 2,319 | $26,960,191 | May 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Flipper | - | - | - | $11,709,952 | 2,419 | $20,080,020 | May 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Birdcage | - | - | - | $10,091,961 | 2,285 | $124,060,553 | Mar 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 10 | James and the Giant Peach | - | - | - | $9,730,302 | 2,268 | $28,946,127 | Apr 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Great White Hype | - | - | - | $8,008,255 | 1,499 | $8,008,255 | May 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Mulholland Falls | - | - | - | $7,438,780 | 1,625 | $11,526,099 | Apr 26 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 13 | Sunset Park | - | - | - | $6,162,972 | 1,257 | $10,163,782 | Apr 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 14 | Executive Decision | - | - | - | $6,037,218 | 2,289 | $56,569,216 | Mar 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Last Dance | - | - | - | $5,939,449 | 1,563 | $5,939,449 | May 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate | - | - | - | $5,751,566 | 1,131 | $34,767,836 | Apr 5 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 17 | Cold Comfort Farm | - | - | - | $5,682,429 | 6 | $5,682,429 | May 10 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 18 | The Pallbearer | - | - | - | $5,656,388 | 829 | $5,656,388 | May 3 | Miramax | false |
| 19 | Fear | - | - | - | $5,257,265 | 1,615 | $20,831,000 | Apr 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 20 | Heaven's Prisoners | - | - | - | $5,009,305 | 907 | $5,009,305 | May 17 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 21 | The Substitute | - | - | - | $4,629,320 | 1,762 | $14,818,176 | Apr 19 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 22 | Antonia's Line | - | - | - | $4,166,058 | 73 | $4,228,275 | Feb 2 | First Look International | false |
| 23 | Original Gangstas | - | - | - | $3,718,087 | 480 | $3,718,087 | May 10 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 24 | Barb Wire | - | - | - | $3,120,088 | 1,312 | $3,793,614 | May 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 25 | DragonHeart | - | - | - | $2,837,537 | 2,193 | $51,367,375 | May 31 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 26 | Toy Story | - | - | - | $2,262,773 | 2,574 | $191,796,233 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Eddie | - | - | - | $1,567,853 | 2,000 | $31,387,164 | May 31 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Anne Frank Remembered | - | - | - | $1,273,304 | 31 | $1,310,200 | Feb 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 29 | The Celluloid Closet | - | - | - | $1,195,035 | 38 | $1,400,591 | Mar 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 30 | The Arrival | - | - | - | $961,408 | 1,693 | $14,063,331 | May 31 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 31 | Boys | - | - | - | $516,349 | 328 | $516,349 | May 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 32 | The Last Supper | - | - | - | $407,475 | 40 | $459,749 | Apr 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 33 | Fargo | - | - | - | $362,326 | 716 | $24,611,975 | Mar 8 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 34 | Dead Man | - | - | - | $164,213 | 37 | $1,037,847 | May 10 | Miramax | false |
| 35 | Denise Calls Up | - | - | - | $133,499 | 16 | $148,121 | Mar 29 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 36 | For the Moment | - | - | - | $107,539 | 3 | $121,548 | Apr 19 | - | false |
| 37 | The Neon Bible | - | - | - | $70,872 | 3 | $78,072 | Mar 1 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 38 | Madame Butterfly | - | - | - | $65,196 | 1 | $65,196 | May 3 | Arrow Releasing | false |
| 39 | Braveheart | - | - | - | $63,495 | 2,037 | $75,609,945 | May 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 40 | I Shot Andy Warhol | - | - | - | $62,477 | 58 | $1,875,527 | May 1 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 41 | The Low Life | - | - | - | $45,436 | 3 | $45,436 | May 10 | Lionsgate | false |
| 42 | August | - | - | - | $41,962 | 5 | $69,081 | Apr 19 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 43 | Loaded | - | - | - | $26,466 | 7 | $44,231 | Apr 12 | Miramax | false |
| 44 | Of Love and Shadows | - | - | - | $19,710 | 4 | $19,710 | May 10 | Miramax | false |
| 45 | Catwalk | - | - | - | $16,510 | 3 | $28,672 | Feb 16 | Arrow Releasing | false |
| 46 | Cemetery Man | - | - | - | $9,730 | 25 | $253,986 | Apr 26 | October Films | false |
| 47 | Open Season | - | - | - | $9,481 | 5 | $9,481 | May 3 | - | false |
| 48 | A Modern Affair | - | - | - | $3,281 | 2 | $14,286 | May 24 | Tara Releasing | false |
