| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mrs. Doubtfire | - | - | - | $109,086,478 | 2,354 | $219,195,243 | Nov 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | Cool Runnings | - | - | - | $60,936,096 | 1,832 | $68,856,263 | Oct 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Demolition Man | - | - | - | $58,055,768 | 2,258 | $58,055,768 | Oct 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | The Pelican Brief | - | - | - | $50,356,560 | 2,022 | $100,768,056 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | - | - | - | $50,003,043 | 1,671 | $50,003,043 | Oct 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Three Musketeers | - | - | - | $47,697,164 | 2,128 | $53,898,845 | Nov 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Malice | - | - | - | $46,405,336 | 1,519 | $46,405,336 | Oct 1 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 8 | Addams Family Values | - | - | - | $44,228,909 | 2,577 | $48,919,043 | Nov 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Beverly Hillbillies | - | - | - | $44,029,386 | 2,162 | $44,029,386 | Oct 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 10 | Carlito's Way | - | - | - | $36,948,322 | 1,634 | $36,948,322 | Nov 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Wayne's World 2 | - | - | - | $36,870,258 | 2,400 | $48,197,805 | Dec 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | - | - | - | $34,310,420 | 2,178 | $57,319,029 | Dec 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | The Joy Luck Club | - | - | - | $29,763,654 | 600 | $32,901,136 | Sep 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Good Son | - | - | - | $28,953,406 | 1,902 | $44,789,789 | Sep 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 15 | A Perfect World | - | - | - | $28,163,526 | 1,964 | $31,130,999 | Nov 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | My Life | - | - | - | $27,804,899 | 1,290 | $27,804,899 | Nov 12 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 17 | Beethoven's 2nd | - | - | - | $25,554,516 | 2,048 | $53,443,066 | Dec 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Rudy | - | - | - | $22,750,363 | 1,465 | $22,750,363 | Oct 15 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Age of Innocence | - | - | - | $22,663,665 | 839 | $32,255,440 | Sep 17 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 20 | A Bronx Tale | - | - | - | $17,287,898 | 1,082 | $17,287,898 | Oct 1 | - | false |
| 21 | Tombstone | - | - | - | $16,138,415 | 1,955 | $56,505,065 | Dec 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Piano | - | - | - | $15,285,757 | 671 | $40,157,856 | Nov 12 | Miramax | false |
| 23 | Jurassic Park | - | - | - | $14,258,825 | 2,566 | $357,067,947 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 24 | The Program | - | - | - | $14,213,561 | 1,661 | $23,032,565 | Sep 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Remains of the Day | - | - | - | $13,885,061 | 517 | $23,237,911 | Nov 5 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Fugitive | - | - | - | $13,593,111 | 2,425 | $183,875,760 | Aug 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | Geronimo: An American Legend | - | - | - | $13,484,694 | 1,636 | $18,635,620 | Dec 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 28 | Man's Best Friend | - | - | - | $12,974,636 | 1,230 | $12,974,636 | Nov 19 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 29 | Judgment Night | - | - | - | $12,526,677 | 1,545 | $12,526,677 | Oct 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 30 | For Love or Money | - | - | - | $11,146,270 | 1,644 | $11,146,270 | Oct 1 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 31 | Grumpy Old Men | - | - | - | $10,876,673 | 1,725 | $70,172,621 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 32 | Gettysburg | - | - | - | $10,769,960 | 248 | $10,769,960 | Oct 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 33 | RoboCop 3 | - | - | - | $10,696,210 | 1,796 | $10,696,210 | Nov 5 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 34 | Look Who's Talking Now | - | - | - | $10,340,263 | 1,886 | $10,340,263 | Nov 5 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 35 | Flesh and Bone | - | - | - | $9,709,451 | 1,200 | $9,709,451 | Nov 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 36 | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | - | - | - | $9,317,021 | 1,829 | $9,317,021 | Nov 24 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 37 | Mr. Jones | - | - | - | $8,345,845 | 1,483 | $8,345,845 | Oct 8 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 38 | Sleepless in Seattle | - | - | - | $7,983,931 | 1,657 | $126,680,884 | Jun 25 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 39 | Fatal Instinct | - | - | - | $7,839,327 | 1,886 | $7,839,327 | Oct 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 40 | Sommersby | - | - | - | $7,494,058 | 1,762 | $50,081,992 | Feb 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | Free Willy | - | - | - | $7,296,898 | 1,937 | $77,698,625 | Jul 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 42 | Fearless | - | - | - | $6,995,302 | 749 | $6,995,302 | Oct 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 43 | Hocus Pocus | - | - | - | $6,746,496 | 1,472 | $39,514,713 | Jul 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 44 | Dazed and Confused | - | - | - | $6,732,816 | 214 | $8,144,774 | Sep 24 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 45 | Striking Distance | - | - | - | $6,692,763 | 1,917 | $24,107,867 | Sep 17 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 46 | The Wedding Banquet | - | - | - | $6,676,892 | 113 | $6,933,459 | Aug 6 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 47 | Farewell My Concubine | - | - | - | $5,216,888 | 3 | $5,216,888 | Oct 15 | Miramax | false |
| 48 | Schindler's List | - | - | - | $4,987,839 | 1,389 | $96,065,768 | Dec 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 49 | Mr. Nanny | - | - | - | $4,348,572 | 1,293 | $4,348,572 | Oct 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 50 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | - | - | - | $3,454,525 | 1,506 | $5,617,391 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 51 | Screen Two: The Snapper | - | - | - | $3,323,524 | 1 | $3,323,524 | Nov 24 | Miramax | false |
| 52 | Mr. Wonderful | - | - | - | $3,125,424 | 720 | $3,125,424 | Oct 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 53 | The Man Without a Face | - | - | - | $2,712,616 | 1,332 | $24,760,338 | Aug 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 54 | The Nutcracker | - | - | - | $2,119,994 | 786 | $2,119,994 | Nov 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 55 | A Home of Our Own | - | - | - | $1,677,807 | 428 | $1,677,807 | Nov 5 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 56 | Josh and S.A.M. | - | - | - | $1,640,220 | 774 | $1,640,220 | Nov 24 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 57 | Black Diamond Rush | - | - | - | $1,634,386 | 47 | $1,634,386 | Oct 12 | - | false |
| 58 | Into the West | - | - | - | $1,598,078 | 550 | $4,790,801 | Sep 17 | Miramax | false |
| 59 | M. Butterfly | - | - | - | $1,498,795 | 120 | $1,498,795 | Oct 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 60 | A Dangerous Woman | - | - | - | $1,497,222 | 293 | $1,497,222 | Nov 30 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 61 | Warlock: The Armageddon | - | - | - | $1,465,457 | 1,320 | $3,902,679 | Sep 24 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 62 | Ernest Rides Again | - | - | - | $1,450,029 | 1,190 | $1,450,029 | Nov 12 | - | false |
| 63 | Baraka | - | - | - | $1,215,451 | 15 | $1,254,237 | Sep 24 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 64 | True Romance | - | - | - | $1,196,945 | 1,254 | $12,281,551 | Sep 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 65 | Undercover Blues | - | - | - | $1,085,165 | 1,598 | $12,324,660 | Sep 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 66 | Ruby in Paradise | - | - | - | $1,001,437 | 35 | $1,001,437 | Oct 8 | October Films | false |
| 67 | Heaven & Earth | - | - | - | $947,912 | 781 | $5,864,949 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 68 | Six Degrees of Separation | - | - | - | $614,417 | 201 | $6,405,918 | Dec 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 69 | Deception | - | - | - | $608,866 | 112 | $608,866 | Oct 29 | Miramax | false |
| 70 | Ghost in the Machine | - | - | - | $458,103 | 1,031 | $5,086,909 | Dec 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 71 | Philadelphia | - | - | - | $444,012 | 1,604 | $77,446,440 | Dec 24 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 72 | Sex Is... | - | - | - | $439,183 | 6 | $530,833 | May 7 | Outsider Films | false |
| 73 | Screen Two: The Clothes in the Wardrobe | - | - | - | $371,869 | 63 | $2,106,846 | Dec 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 74 | Especially on Sunday | - | - | - | $368,426 | 15 | $442,676 | Aug 13 | Miramax | false |
| 75 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | - | - | - | $277,066 | 611 | $10,032,765 | Dec 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 76 | In the Line of Fire | - | - | - | $248,998 | 2,129 | $102,314,823 | Jul 9 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 77 | Short Cuts | - | - | - | $197,509 | 165 | $6,110,979 | Oct 1 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 78 | Faraway, So Close! | - | - | - | $134,415 | 15 | $810,455 | Dec 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 79 | The Trial | - | - | - | $119,267 | 2 | $119,267 | Nov 24 | Angelika Films | false |
| 80 | Bank Robber | - | - | - | $115,842 | 18 | $115,842 | Dec 10 | IRS Media | false |
| 81 | Bopha! | - | - | - | $98,447 | 26 | $212,483 | Sep 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 82 | Twenty Bucks | - | - | - | $89,558 | 8 | $89,558 | Oct 22 | Triton Pictures | false |
| 83 | Naked | - | - | - | $72,430 | 26 | $1,769,305 | Dec 17 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 84 | Three Colors: Blue | - | - | - | $62,702 | 19 | $1,324,974 | Nov 30 | Miramax | false |
| 85 | Return of the Living Dead III | - | - | - | $54,207 | 9 | $54,207 | Oct 29 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 86 | In the Name of the Father | - | - | - | $36,451 | 688 | $25,096,862 | Dec 31 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 87 | The War Room | - | - | - | $35,664 | 21 | $901,668 | Nov 3 | October Films | false |
| 88 | The Saint of Fort Washington | - | - | - | $35,395 | 16 | $134,454 | Nov 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 89 | Freaked | - | - | - | $29,296 | 2 | $29,296 | Oct 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 90 | Shadowlands | - | - | - | $26,320 | 1,023 | $25,842,377 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 91 | Dangerous Game | - | - | - | $23,671 | 1 | $23,671 | Nov 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 92 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | - | - | - | $23,651 | 47 | $278,720 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 93 | Crush | - | - | - | $19,758 | 3 | $107,792 | Aug 27 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 94 | Deadfall | - | - | - | $18,369 | 2 | $18,369 | Oct 8 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 95 | The Hawk | - | - | - | $8,906 | 1 | $8,906 | Dec 10 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 96 | Philadelphia Experiment II | - | - | - | $2,970 | 2 | $2,970 | Nov 12 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 97 | Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family | - | - | - | $1,738 | 1 | $1,738 | Nov 23 | First Run | false |
