| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mrs. Doubtfire | - | - | - | $126,781,143 | 2,354 | $219,195,243 | Nov 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | The Pelican Brief | - | - | - | $64,932,945 | 2,022 | $100,768,056 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | The Three Musketeers | - | - | - | $49,256,173 | 2,128 | $53,898,845 | Nov 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Addams Family Values | - | - | - | $45,389,165 | 2,577 | $48,919,043 | Nov 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | - | - | - | $42,556,925 | 2,178 | $57,319,029 | Dec 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Wayne's World 2 | - | - | - | $41,282,458 | 2,400 | $48,197,805 | Dec 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Carlito's Way | - | - | - | $36,948,322 | 1,634 | $36,948,322 | Nov 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Beethoven's 2nd | - | - | - | $33,067,515 | 2,048 | $53,443,066 | Dec 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | - | - | - | $30,981,623 | 1,671 | $50,003,043 | Oct 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | A Perfect World | - | - | - | $29,431,224 | 1,964 | $31,130,999 | Nov 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | My Life | - | - | - | $27,804,899 | 1,290 | $27,804,899 | Nov 12 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 12 | Tombstone | - | - | - | $26,357,929 | 1,955 | $56,505,065 | Dec 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | Cool Runnings | - | - | - | $22,788,712 | 1,832 | $68,856,263 | Oct 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Grumpy Old Men | - | - | - | $19,308,312 | 1,725 | $70,172,621 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | The Piano | - | - | - | $18,199,034 | 671 | $40,157,856 | Nov 12 | Miramax | false |
| 16 | The Beverly Hillbillies | - | - | - | $17,377,120 | 2,162 | $44,029,386 | Oct 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | Geronimo: An American Legend | - | - | - | $15,730,472 | 1,636 | $18,635,620 | Dec 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 18 | The Remains of the Day | - | - | - | $13,885,061 | 517 | $23,237,911 | Nov 5 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 19 | Man's Best Friend | - | - | - | $12,974,636 | 1,230 | $12,974,636 | Nov 19 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 20 | Demolition Man | - | - | - | $11,032,757 | 2,258 | $58,055,768 | Oct 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | RoboCop 3 | - | - | - | $10,696,210 | 1,796 | $10,696,210 | Nov 5 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Joy Luck Club | - | - | - | $10,420,190 | 600 | $32,901,136 | Sep 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Rudy | - | - | - | $10,392,455 | 1,465 | $22,750,363 | Oct 15 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 24 | Look Who's Talking Now | - | - | - | $10,340,263 | 1,886 | $10,340,263 | Nov 5 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 25 | Jurassic Park | - | - | - | $10,252,405 | 2,566 | $357,067,947 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 26 | Flesh and Bone | - | - | - | $9,709,451 | 1,200 | $9,709,451 | Nov 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 27 | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | - | - | - | $9,317,021 | 1,829 | $9,317,021 | Nov 24 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 28 | Malice | - | - | - | $8,743,327 | 1,519 | $46,405,336 | Oct 1 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 29 | Sommersby | - | - | - | $7,494,058 | 1,762 | $50,081,992 | Feb 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | Schindler's List | - | - | - | $7,257,805 | 1,389 | $96,065,768 | Dec 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 31 | Gettysburg | - | - | - | $5,628,953 | 248 | $10,769,960 | Oct 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 32 | Fearless | - | - | - | $5,127,681 | 749 | $6,995,302 | Oct 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | - | - | - | $4,694,685 | 1,506 | $5,617,391 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | The Age of Innocence | - | - | - | $4,584,454 | 839 | $32,255,440 | Sep 17 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 35 | The Good Son | - | - | - | $4,528,921 | 1,902 | $44,789,789 | Sep 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 36 | Screen Two: The Snapper | - | - | - | $3,323,524 | 1 | $3,323,524 | Nov 24 | Miramax | false |
| 37 | Ghost in the Machine | - | - | - | $3,206,727 | 1,031 | $5,086,909 | Dec 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 38 | Fatal Instinct | - | - | - | $3,148,064 | 1,886 | $7,839,327 | Oct 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 39 | A Bronx Tale | - | - | - | $2,624,002 | 1,082 | $17,287,898 | Oct 1 | - | false |
| 40 | The Nutcracker | - | - | - | $2,119,994 | 786 | $2,119,994 | Nov 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | Judgment Night | - | - | - | $1,864,472 | 1,545 | $12,526,677 | Oct 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 42 | A Home of Our Own | - | - | - | $1,677,807 | 428 | $1,677,807 | Nov 5 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 43 | Heaven & Earth | - | - | - | $1,650,703 | 781 | $5,864,949 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 44 | Josh and S.A.M. | - | - | - | $1,640,220 | 774 | $1,640,220 | Nov 24 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 45 | A Dangerous Woman | - | - | - | $1,497,222 | 293 | $1,497,222 | Nov 30 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 46 | Ernest Rides Again | - | - | - | $1,450,029 | 1,190 | $1,450,029 | Nov 12 | - | false |
| 47 | Black Diamond Rush | - | - | - | $1,440,014 | 47 | $1,634,386 | Oct 12 | - | false |
| 48 | M. Butterfly | - | - | - | $1,414,292 | 120 | $1,498,795 | Oct 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 49 | Ruby in Paradise | - | - | - | $961,069 | 35 | $1,001,437 | Oct 8 | October Films | false |
| 50 | Six Degrees of Separation | - | - | - | $918,778 | 201 | $6,405,918 | Dec 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 51 | Baraka | - | - | - | $893,024 | 15 | $1,254,237 | Sep 24 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 52 | Philadelphia | - | - | - | $697,681 | 1,604 | $77,446,440 | Dec 24 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 53 | Sex Is... | - | - | - | $439,183 | 6 | $530,833 | May 7 | Outsider Films | false |
| 54 | Deception | - | - | - | $389,395 | 112 | $608,866 | Oct 29 | Miramax | false |
| 55 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | - | - | - | $382,358 | 611 | $10,032,765 | Dec 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 56 | Screen Two: The Clothes in the Wardrobe | - | - | - | $371,869 | 63 | $2,106,846 | Dec 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 57 | In the Name of the Father | - | - | - | $255,159 | 688 | $25,096,862 | Dec 31 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 58 | Shadowlands | - | - | - | $184,243 | 1,023 | $25,842,377 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 59 | Faraway, So Close! | - | - | - | $134,415 | 15 | $810,455 | Dec 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 60 | The Trial | - | - | - | $119,267 | 2 | $119,267 | Nov 24 | Angelika Films | false |
| 61 | Bank Robber | - | - | - | $115,842 | 18 | $115,842 | Dec 10 | IRS Media | false |
| 62 | Naked | - | - | - | $72,430 | 26 | $1,769,305 | Dec 17 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 63 | Three Colors: Blue | - | - | - | $62,702 | 19 | $1,324,974 | Nov 30 | Miramax | false |
| 64 | The Saint of Fort Washington | - | - | - | $35,395 | 16 | $134,454 | Nov 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 65 | The War Room | - | - | - | $29,482 | 21 | $901,668 | Nov 3 | October Films | false |
| 66 | Dangerous Game | - | - | - | $23,671 | 1 | $23,671 | Nov 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 67 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | - | - | - | $23,651 | 47 | $278,720 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 68 | The Hawk | - | - | - | $8,906 | 1 | $8,906 | Dec 10 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 69 | Philadelphia Experiment II | - | - | - | $2,970 | 2 | $2,970 | Nov 12 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 70 | Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family | - | - | - | $1,738 | 1 | $1,738 | Nov 23 | First Run | false |
