| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mrs. Doubtfire | - | - | - | $99,557,666 | 2,354 | $219,195,243 | Nov 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | Philadelphia | - | - | - | $66,377,909 | 1,604 | $77,446,440 | Dec 24 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 3 | Schindler's List | - | - | - | $65,916,004 | 1,389 | $96,065,768 | Dec 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | - | - | - | $64,433,729 | 1,963 | $72,217,396 | Feb 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Grumpy Old Men | - | - | - | $59,295,947 | 1,725 | $70,172,621 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | The Pelican Brief | - | - | - | $48,315,907 | 2,022 | $100,768,056 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | Tombstone | - | - | - | $40,366,648 | 1,955 | $56,505,065 | Dec 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | On Deadly Ground | - | - | - | $35,393,158 | 2,010 | $38,590,458 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult | - | - | - | $28,152,389 | 2,383 | $51,132,598 | Mar 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | Shadowlands | - | - | - | $25,816,054 | 1,023 | $25,842,377 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 11 | My Father the Hero | - | - | - | $25,479,558 | 1,373 | $25,479,558 | Feb 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Blank Check | - | - | - | $24,277,382 | 1,732 | $30,577,969 | Feb 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | Beethoven's 2nd | - | - | - | $23,920,486 | 2,048 | $53,443,066 | Dec 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Blue Chips | - | - | - | $23,070,663 | 1,980 | $23,070,663 | Feb 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 15 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | - | - | - | $23,008,606 | 2,178 | $57,319,029 | Dec 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | In the Name of the Father | - | - | - | $22,037,789 | 688 | $25,096,862 | Dec 31 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 17 | Intersection | - | - | - | $21,355,893 | 1,300 | $21,355,893 | Jan 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | The Air Up There | - | - | - | $21,011,318 | 1,721 | $21,011,318 | Jan 7 | Miramax | false |
| 19 | Iron Will | - | - | - | $21,006,361 | 2,036 | $21,006,361 | Jan 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 20 | The Piano | - | - | - | $19,594,048 | 671 | $40,157,856 | Nov 12 | Miramax | false |
| 21 | House Party 3 | - | - | - | $19,281,235 | 855 | $19,281,235 | Jan 14 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 22 | Guarding Tess | - | - | - | $19,017,184 | 1,614 | $27,058,304 | Mar 11 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 23 | Reality Bites | - | - | - | $18,577,080 | 1,175 | $20,982,557 | Feb 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 24 | Sugar Hill | - | - | - | $18,225,518 | 859 | $18,225,518 | Feb 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 25 | My Girl 2 | - | - | - | $17,359,799 | 1,853 | $17,359,799 | Feb 11 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 26 | Blink | - | - | - | $16,696,219 | 1,540 | $16,696,219 | Jan 28 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 27 | The Getaway | - | - | - | $16,094,974 | 1,659 | $16,094,974 | Feb 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 28 | 8 Seconds | - | - | - | $13,682,715 | 838 | $19,623,396 | Feb 25 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 29 | Greedy | - | - | - | $13,137,484 | 1,732 | $13,137,484 | Mar 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 30 | Lightning Jack | - | - | - | $12,912,099 | 1,733 | $16,821,273 | Mar 11 | - | false |
| 31 | Wayne's World 2 | - | - | - | $11,327,543 | 2,400 | $48,197,805 | Dec 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 32 | I'll Do Anything | - | - | - | $10,424,645 | 1,205 | $10,424,645 | Feb 4 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 33 | D2: The Mighty Ducks | - | - | - | $10,356,748 | 2,223 | $45,610,410 | Mar 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 34 | Angie | - | - | - | $9,398,308 | 1,169 | $9,398,308 | Mar 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 35 | The Ref | - | - | - | $8,630,822 | 861 | $11,439,193 | Mar 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 36 | The Chase | - | - | - | $7,924,955 | 1,633 | $7,924,955 | Mar 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 37 | Cool Runnings | - | - | - | $7,920,163 | 1,832 | $68,856,263 | Oct 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 38 | Monkey Trouble | - | - | - | $7,814,890 | 1,413 | $16,453,258 | Mar 18 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 39 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | - | - | - | $7,532,885 | 611 | $10,032,765 | Dec 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 40 | The Fugitive | - | - | - | $7,406,538 | 2,425 | $183,875,760 | Aug 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | The Paper | - | - | - | $7,256,295 | 1,577 | $38,824,341 | Mar 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 42 | Jurassic Park | - | - | - | $6,465,755 | 2,566 | $357,067,947 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 43 | The Three Musketeers | - | - | - | $6,201,676 | 2,128 | $53,898,845 | Nov 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 44 | Short Cuts | - | - | - | $5,913,470 | 165 | $6,110,979 | Oct 1 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 45 | Six Degrees of Separation | - | - | - | $5,791,496 | 201 | $6,405,918 | Dec 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 46 | Geronimo: An American Legend | - | - | - | $5,150,924 | 1,636 | $18,635,620 | Dec 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 47 | Heaven & Earth | - | - | - | $4,917,032 | 781 | $5,864,949 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 48 | Addams Family Values | - | - | - | $4,690,134 | 2,577 | $48,919,043 | Nov 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 49 | Ghost in the Machine | - | - | - | $4,628,800 | 1,031 | $5,086,909 | Dec 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 50 | Above the Rim | - | - | - | $3,738,800 | 891 | $16,192,320 | Mar 25 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 51 | Cabin Boy | - | - | - | $3,662,459 | 593 | $3,662,459 | Jan 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 52 | Gunmen | - | - | - | $3,411,885 | 802 | $3,411,885 | Feb 4 | Dimension Films | false |
| 53 | Romeo Is Bleeding | - | - | - | $3,275,585 | 247 | $3,275,585 | Feb 4 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 54 | China Moon | - | - | - | $3,038,499 | 377 | $3,038,499 | Mar 4 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 55 | A Perfect World | - | - | - | $2,967,467 | 1,964 | $31,130,999 | Nov 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 56 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | - | - | - | $2,162,866 | 1,506 | $5,617,391 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 57 | Sirens | - | - | - | $1,860,672 | 299 | $7,770,731 | Mar 4 | Miramax | false |
| 58 | Screen Two: The Clothes in the Wardrobe | - | - | - | $1,734,977 | 63 | $2,106,846 | Dec 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 59 | Death Wish: The Face of Death | - | - | - | $1,702,394 | 248 | $1,702,394 | Jan 14 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 60 | Naked | - | - | - | $1,696,875 | 26 | $1,769,305 | Dec 17 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 61 | Car 54, Where Are You? | - | - | - | $1,238,080 | 608 | $1,238,080 | Jan 28 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 62 | Three Colors: Blue | - | - | - | $1,112,107 | 19 | $1,324,974 | Nov 30 | Miramax | false |
| 63 | The Hudsucker Proxy | - | - | - | $952,516 | 126 | $2,816,518 | Mar 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 64 | The War Room | - | - | - | $866,004 | 21 | $901,668 | Nov 3 | October Films | false |
| 65 | Mother's Boys | - | - | - | $737,548 | 140 | $737,548 | Mar 18 | Miramax | false |
| 66 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | - | - | - | $693,560 | 1,069 | $52,700,832 | Mar 11 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 67 | Faraway, So Close! | - | - | - | $676,040 | 15 | $810,455 | Dec 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 68 | The Remains of the Day | - | - | - | $674,376 | 517 | $23,237,911 | Nov 5 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 69 | Where the Rivers Flow North | - | - | - | $595,505 | 14 | $595,505 | Jan 14 | Caledonia Pictures | false |
| 70 | Body Snatchers | - | - | - | $428,868 | 34 | $428,868 | Jan 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 71 | Golden Gate | - | - | - | $395,105 | 390 | $395,105 | Jan 28 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 72 | The Cement Garden | - | - | - | $322,975 | 7 | $322,975 | Feb 11 | October Films | false |
| 73 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | - | - | - | $255,069 | 47 | $278,720 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 74 | The Saint of Fort Washington | - | - | - | $99,059 | 16 | $134,454 | Nov 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 75 | Silent Tongue | - | - | - | $61,274 | 3 | $61,274 | Feb 25 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 76 | Bitter Moon | - | - | - | $57,212 | 62 | $1,862,805 | Mar 18 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 77 | Paris, France | - | - | - | $44,159 | 1 | $44,159 | Feb 4 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false |
| 78 | American Masters: The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg | - | - | - | $22,692 | 2 | $22,692 | Feb 17 | First Run | false |
| 79 | Red Rock West | - | - | - | $18,333 | 22 | $2,502,551 | Jan 28 | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 80 | The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl | - | - | - | $16,185 | 3 | $449,707 | Mar 18 | Kino International | false |
