| Release
| Rank
| Gross
| Total Gross
| % of Total
| Theaters
| Average
| Date
| Distributor
|
|---|
| Showgirls | 1 | $8,112,627 | $20,350,754 | - | 1,388 | $5,844 | Sep 22, 1995 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| Crash | 2 | $738,339 | $2,664,812 | - | 42 | $17,579 | Oct 4, 1996 | Fine Line Features |
| Shame | 3 | $361,000 | $3,909,002 | - | 10 | $36,100 | Dec 2, 2011 | - |
| The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | 4 | $252,223 | $7,724,701 | - | 16 | $15,763 | Apr 6, 1990 | Miramax |
| Orgazmo | 5 | $210,073 | $602,302 | - | 94 | $2,234 | Oct 23, 1998 | October Films |
| Whore | 6 | $165,534 | $1,008,404 | - | 52 | $3,183 | Oct 4, 1991 | Trimark Pictures |
| Bad Education | 7 | $147,370 | $5,211,842 | - | 3 | $49,123 | Nov 19, 2004 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| The Dreamers | 8 | $142,632 | $2,532,228 | - | 5 | $28,526 | Feb 6, 2004 | - |
| Happiness | 9 | $130,303 | $2,982,011 | - | 6 | $21,717 | Oct 16, 1998 | Good Machine |
| Bent | 10 | $109,243 | $496,059 | - | 12 | $9,103 | Nov 26, 1997 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| Blue Is the Warmest Colour | 11 | $100,316 | $2,199,787 | - | 4 | $25,079 | Oct 25, 2013 | IFC Films |
| Inside Deep Throat | 12 | $88,709 | $691,880 | - | 12 | $7,392 | Feb 11, 2005 | Universal Pictures |
| Kids | 13 | $85,709 | $7,412,216 | - | 2 | $42,854 | Jul 21, 1995 | Miramax |
| Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | 14 | $65,299 | $4,087,361 | - | 2 | $32,649 | May 4, 1990 | Miramax |
| Lust, Caution | 15 | $63,918 | $4,604,982 | - | 1 | $63,918 | Sep 28, 2007 | Focus Features |
| Young Adam | 16 | $50,278 | $767,373 | - | 9 | $5,586 | Apr 16, 2004 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Bad Lieutenant | 17 | $47,454 | $2,000,022 | - | 2 | $23,727 | Nov 20, 1992 | Aries Films |
| Wide Sargasso Sea | 18 | $33,806 | $1,614,784 | - | 1 | $33,806 | Apr 16, 1993 | New Line Cinema |
| This Film Is Not Yet Rated | 19 | $30,664 | $306,845 | - | 2 | $15,332 | Sep 1, 2006 | IFC Films |
| A Dirty Shame | 20 | $29,384 | $1,339,668 | - | 1 | $29,384 | Sep 17, 2004 | Fine Line Features |
| Elles | 21 | $24,286 | $157,508 | - | 6 | $4,047 | Apr 27, 2012 | Kino Lorber |
| This One's for the Ladies | 22 | $13,688 | $13,688 | 100% | 1 | $13,688 | Jun 7, 2019 | - |
| Paris, France | 23 | $10,589 | $44,159 | - | 1 | $10,589 | Feb 4, 1994 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| Ma mère | 24 | $10,334 | $71,616 | - | 2 | $5,167 | May 13, 2005 | TLA Releasing |
