| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Specialist | - | - | - | $42,697,530 | 2,522 | $57,362,582 | Oct 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | The River Wild | - | - | - | $34,261,738 | 2,153 | $46,816,343 | Sep 30 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Pulp Fiction | - | - | - | $29,522,022 | 1,494 | $107,928,762 | Oct 14 | Miramax | false |
| 4 | Forrest Gump | - | - | - | $19,586,764 | 2,365 | $329,694,499 | Jul 6 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Only You | - | - | - | $17,022,738 | 1,617 | $20,059,210 | Oct 7 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 6 | New Nightmare | - | - | - | $13,964,623 | 1,873 | $18,090,181 | Oct 14 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 7 | Quiz Show | - | - | - | $13,382,855 | 822 | $24,822,619 | Sep 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Jason's Lyric | - | - | - | $13,100,988 | 804 | $20,851,521 | Sep 30 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 9 | Stargate | - | - | - | $12,625,120 | 2,033 | $71,567,262 | Oct 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 10 | Little Giants | - | - | - | $12,182,271 | 2,022 | $19,306,362 | Oct 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Timecop | - | - | - | $11,877,061 | 2,274 | $44,853,581 | Sep 16 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Shawshank Redemption | - | - | - | $10,984,020 | 972 | $28,341,469 | Sep 23 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 13 | Love Affair | - | - | - | $9,921,495 | 1,585 | $18,272,894 | Oct 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Terminal Velocity | - | - | - | $8,645,344 | 1,797 | $16,487,349 | Sep 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Clear and Present Danger | - | - | - | $8,159,183 | 2,433 | $122,187,717 | Aug 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | Exit to Eden | - | - | - | $6,841,570 | 1,670 | $6,841,570 | Oct 14 | - | false |
| 17 | Natural Born Killers | - | - | - | $6,518,899 | 1,904 | $50,282,766 | Aug 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | The Puppet Masters | - | - | - | $6,315,841 | 1,482 | $8,647,042 | Oct 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | True Lies | - | - | - | $6,294,420 | 2,561 | $146,282,411 | Jul 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 20 | Ed Wood | - | - | - | $5,489,530 | 623 | $5,887,457 | Sep 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 21 | The Little Rascals | - | - | - | $5,240,917 | 1,927 | $52,125,282 | Aug 5 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Client | - | - | - | $3,683,519 | 2,365 | $92,115,211 | Jul 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | Corrina, Corrina | - | - | - | $3,410,045 | 972 | $20,164,171 | Aug 12 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 24 | The Scout | - | - | - | $2,431,726 | 1,585 | $2,694,234 | Sep 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 25 | The Road to Wellville | - | - | - | $1,918,008 | 806 | $6,562,513 | Oct 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 26 | The Mask | - | - | - | $1,320,168 | 2,516 | $119,938,730 | Jul 29 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 27 | Radioland Murders | - | - | - | $1,194,354 | 844 | $1,316,865 | Oct 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 28 | Jurassic Park | - | - | - | $1,183,812 | 2,566 | $357,067,947 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 29 | Silent Fall | - | - | - | $1,169,728 | 1,253 | $3,180,674 | Oct 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | - | - | - | $860,144 | 1,022 | $3,342,223 | Oct 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 31 | Bullets Over Broadway | - | - | - | $562,496 | 278 | $13,383,747 | Oct 21 | Miramax | false |
| 32 | The Flintstones | - | - | - | $402,118 | 2,594 | $130,531,208 | May 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 33 | Nostradamus | - | - | - | $326,241 | 9 | $364,164 | Sep 16 | Orion Classics | false |
| 34 | Drop Squad | - | - | - | $253,624 | 163 | $734,693 | Oct 28 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 35 | Clerks | - | - | - | $94,441 | 96 | $3,151,130 | Oct 19 | Miramax | false |
| 36 | Imaginary Crimes | - | - | - | $89,611 | 7 | $89,611 | Oct 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 37 | Second Best | - | - | - | $82,301 | 9 | $86,115 | Sep 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 38 | The Browning Version | - | - | - | $59,628 | 24 | $487,391 | Oct 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 39 | The Last Seduction | - | - | - | $49,904 | 151 | $5,842,603 | Oct 26 | October Films | false |
| 40 | Hell | - | - | - | $39,003 | 2 | $39,003 | Oct 19 | - | false |
| 41 | Hoop Dreams | - | - | - | $33,385 | 262 | $7,830,611 | Oct 14 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 42 | Vanya on 42nd Street | - | - | - | $28,132 | 28 | $1,746,050 | Oct 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
