| Release
| Rank
| Theaters
| Gross
| Average
| Total Gross
| % of Total
| Date
| Distributor
|
|---|
| Showgirls | 1 | 1,388 | $8,112,627 | $5,844 | $20,350,754 | - | Sep 22, 1995 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| Orgazmo | 2 | 94 | $210,073 | $2,234 | $602,302 | - | Oct 23, 1998 | October Films |
| Whore | 3 | 52 | $165,534 | $3,183 | $1,008,404 | - | Oct 4, 1991 | Trimark Pictures |
| Crash | 4 | 42 | $738,339 | $17,579 | $2,664,812 | - | Oct 4, 1996 | Fine Line Features |
| The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | 5 | 16 | $252,223 | $15,763 | $7,724,701 | - | Apr 6, 1990 | Miramax |
| Bent | 6 | 12 | $109,243 | $9,103 | $496,059 | - | Nov 28, 1997 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| Inside Deep Throat | 7 | 12 | $88,709 | $7,392 | $691,880 | - | Feb 11, 2005 | Universal Pictures |
| Shame | 8 | 10 | $361,000 | $36,100 | $3,909,002 | - | Dec 2, 2011 | - |
| Young Adam | 9 | 9 | $50,278 | $5,586 | $767,373 | - | Apr 16, 2004 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Happiness | 10 | 6 | $130,303 | $21,717 | $2,982,011 | - | Oct 16, 1998 | Good Machine |
| Elles | 11 | 6 | $24,286 | $4,047 | $157,508 | - | Apr 27, 2012 | Kino Lorber |
| The Dreamers | 12 | 5 | $142,632 | $28,526 | $2,532,228 | - | Feb 6, 2004 | - |
| Blue Is the Warmest Colour | 13 | 4 | $100,316 | $25,079 | $2,199,787 | - | Oct 25, 2013 | IFC Films |
| Bad Education | 14 | 3 | $147,370 | $49,123 | $5,211,842 | - | Nov 19, 2004 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | 15 | 2 | $65,299 | $32,649 | $4,087,361 | - | May 4, 1990 | Miramax |
| Bad Lieutenant | 16 | 2 | $47,454 | $23,727 | $2,000,022 | - | Nov 20, 1992 | Aries Films |
| Kids | 17 | 2 | $85,709 | $42,854 | $7,412,216 | - | Jul 21, 1995 | Miramax |
| Ma mère | 18 | 2 | $10,334 | $5,167 | $71,616 | - | May 13, 2005 | TLA Releasing |
| This Film Is Not Yet Rated | 19 | 2 | $30,664 | $15,332 | $306,845 | - | Sep 1, 2006 | IFC Films |
| Wide Sargasso Sea | 20 | 1 | $33,806 | $33,806 | $1,614,784 | - | Apr 16, 1993 | New Line Cinema |
| Paris, France | 21 | 1 | $10,589 | $10,589 | $44,159 | - | Feb 4, 1994 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| A Dirty Shame | 22 | 1 | $29,384 | $29,384 | $1,339,668 | - | Sep 17, 2004 | Fine Line Features |
| Lust, Caution | 23 | 1 | $63,918 | $63,918 | $4,604,982 | - | Sep 28, 2007 | Focus Features |
| This One's for the Ladies | 24 | 1 | $13,688 | $13,688 | $13,688 | 100% | Jun 7, 2019 | - |
