| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | The Departed | $132,384,315 | 3,017 | $26,887,467 | 3,017 | Oct 6, 2006 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Training Day | $76,631,907 | 2,712 | $22,550,788 | 2,712 | Oct 5, 2001 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | L.A. Confidential | $64,616,940 | 1,625 | $5,211,198 | 769 | Sep 19, 1997 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Exit Wounds | $51,758,599 | 2,830 | $18,485,586 | 2,830 | Mar 16, 2001 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Cop Land | $44,862,187 | 2,233 | $13,510,482 | 2,233 | Aug 15, 1997 | Miramax |
| 6 | Magnum Force | $39,768,000 | - | - | - | Dec 25, 1973 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | 16 Blocks | $36,895,141 | 2,706 | $11,855,260 | 2,706 | Mar 3, 2006 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | Serpico | $29,800,000 | - | - | - | Dec 5, 1973 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | Fort Apache the Bronx | $29,200,000 | - | - | - | Feb 6, 1981 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | Internal Affairs | $27,734,391 | 986 | $5,043,516 | 975 | Jan 12, 1990 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | Brooklyn's Finest | $27,163,593 | 1,939 | $13,350,299 | 1,936 | Mar 5, 2010 | Overture Films |
| 12 | Street Kings | $26,418,667 | 2,469 | $12,469,631 | 2,467 | Apr 11, 2008 | - |
| 13 | The Gauntlet | $26,414,658 | - | - | - | Dec 21, 1977 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Black and Blue | $22,055,313 | 2,062 | $8,376,846 | 2,062 | Oct 25, 2019 | Screen Gems |
| 15 | Sleepless | $20,783,704 | 1,803 | $8,344,128 | 1,803 | Jan 13, 2017 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 16 | Premium Rush | $20,275,446 | 2,255 | $6,030,164 | 2,255 | Aug 24, 2012 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 17 | Assault on Precinct 13 | $20,040,895 | 2,297 | $7,000,000 | 2,297 | Jan 19, 2005 | Rogue Pictures |
| 18 | Safe | $17,142,080 | 2,271 | $7,892,539 | 2,266 | Apr 27, 2012 | Lionsgate Films |
| 19 | Pride and Glory | $15,740,721 | 2,585 | $6,262,396 | 2,585 | Oct 24, 2008 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | The Corruptor | $15,164,492 | 1,804 | $5,765,300 | 1,804 | Mar 12, 1999 | New Line Cinema |
| 21 | Triple 9 | $12,639,297 | 2,205 | $6,109,085 | 2,205 | Feb 26, 2016 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 22 | Narc | $10,465,659 | 822 | $63,303 | 6 | Dec 20, 2002 | Paramount Pictures |
| 23 | Night Falls on Manhattan | $9,889,670 | 758 | $2,933,255 | 758 | May 16, 1997 | Paramount Pictures |
| 24 | Dark Blue | $9,250,301 | 2,176 | $3,880,688 | 2,176 | Feb 21, 2003 | United Artists |
| 25 | Renegades | $9,015,164 | 1,627 | $3,075,030 | 1,627 | Jun 2, 1989 | Universal Pictures |
| 26 | Gang Related | $5,906,773 | 1,260 | $2,443,237 | 1,260 | Oct 10, 1997 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 27 | The Glass Shield | $3,291,163 | 294 | $1,146,748 | 283 | Jun 2, 1995 | Miramax |
| 28 | Romeo Is Bleeding | $3,275,585 | 247 | $1,225,737 | 247 | Feb 4, 1994 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 29 | Bad Lieutenant | $2,000,022 | 2 | $47,454 | 2 | Nov 20, 1992 | Aries Films |
| 30 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $1,702,112 | 96 | $245,398 | 27 | Nov 20, 2009 | First Look International |
| 31 | The Thin Blue Line | $1,209,846 | 23 | $17,814 | 1 | Aug 26, 1988 | Miramax |
| 32 | Rampart | $972,512 | 106 | $60,446 | 5 | Feb 10, 2012 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 33 | P Storm | $326,711 | 30 | $104,071 | 30 | Apr 4, 2019 | - |
| 34 | Dirty | $274,245 | 35 | $95,521 | 35 | Jan 20, 2006 | Silver Nitrate |
| 35 | Filth | $34,411 | 5 | $7,526 | 3 | May 30, 2014 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 36 | Stander | $31,651 | 7 | $19,067 | 7 | Aug 6, 2004 | Newmarket Films |
| 37 | Brown's Requiem | $4,287 | 2 | $3,077 | 2 | Feb 25, 2000 | - |
| 38 | Sleepless Night | $3,358 | 2 | $2,106 | 2 | May 11, 2012 | Tribeca Films |
