| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 79 | The World According to Garp | $29,712,172 | 560 | $2,902,088 | 357 | Jul 23, 1982 | Warner Bros. |
| 127 | Tex | $7,400,000 | - | - | - | Jul 30, 1982 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 54 | The Natural | $47,951,979 | 1,012 | $5,088,381 | 989 | May 11, 1984 | TriStar Pictures |
| 60 | Pale Rider | $41,410,568 | 1,710 | $9,119,111 | 1,710 | Jun 28, 1985 | Warner Bros. |
| 65 | St. Elmo's Fire | $37,803,872 | 1,207 | $6,128,157 | 1,204 | Jun 28, 1985 | Columbia Pictures |
| 73 | Silverado | $32,192,570 | 1,190 | $3,522,897 | 1,168 | Jul 12, 1985 | Columbia Pictures |
| 98 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | $18,034,150 | 1,203 | $4,879,107 | 1,203 | May 2, 1986 | Columbia Pictures |
| 141 | American Anthem | $4,845,724 | 900 | $1,867,969 | 900 | Jun 27, 1986 | Columbia Pictures |
| 72 | Nothing in Common | $32,324,557 | 980 | $3,279,650 | 618 | Aug 1, 1986 | TriStar Pictures |
| 47 | Stand by Me | $52,287,414 | 848 | $242,795 | 16 | Aug 8, 1986 | Columbia Pictures |
| 140 | Gardens of Stone | $5,262,047 | 612 | $1,645,588 | 612 | May 8, 1987 | TriStar Pictures |
| 28 | The Untouchables | $76,270,454 | 1,501 | $10,023,094 | 1,012 | Jun 5, 1987 | Paramount Pictures |
| 56 | Full Metal Jacket | $46,357,676 | 1,075 | $2,217,307 | 215 | Jun 26, 1987 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | La Bamba | $54,215,416 | 1,251 | $5,651,990 | 1,251 | Jul 24, 1987 | Columbia Pictures |
| 107 | Hamburger Hill | $13,839,404 | 814 | $3,360,705 | 814 | Aug 28, 1987 | Paramount Pictures |
| 136 | The Rescue | $5,855,392 | 1,275 | $2,194,037 | 1,275 | Aug 5, 1988 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 122 | Clean and Sober | $8,674,093 | 675 | $2,205,628 | 673 | Aug 12, 1988 | Warner Bros. |
| 94 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | $19,652,638 | 720 | $3,709,562 | 720 | Aug 12, 1988 | Paramount Pictures |
| 126 | Stealing Home | $7,467,504 | 985 | $2,346,864 | 984 | Aug 26, 1988 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | Field of Dreams | $64,431,625 | 1,100 | $531,346 | 22 | Apr 21, 1989 | Universal Pictures |
| 24 | Dead Poets Society | $95,860,116 | 1,109 | $340,456 | 8 | Jun 2, 1989 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 82 | Do the Right Thing | $27,545,445 | 534 | $3,563,535 | 353 | Jun 30, 1989 | Universal Pictures |
| 108 | Great Balls of Fire! | $13,741,060 | 1,417 | $3,807,986 | 1,417 | Jun 30, 1989 | Orion Pictures |
| 96 | Casualties of War | $18,671,317 | 1,487 | $5,201,261 | 1,487 | Aug 18, 1989 | Columbia Pictures |
| 104 | Mo' Better Blues | $16,153,593 | 572 | $4,387,360 | 544 | Aug 3, 1990 | Universal Pictures |
| 118 | The Two Jakes | $10,005,969 | 1,206 | $3,729,149 | 1,206 | Aug 10, 1990 | Paramount Pictures |
| 115 | Pump Up the Volume | $11,541,758 | 821 | $1,601,489 | 799 | Aug 24, 1990 | New Line Cinema |
| 128 | Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken | $7,294,835 | 1,662 | $2,710,416 | 1,662 | May 24, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 57 | Thelma & Louise | $45,360,915 | 1,180 | $6,101,297 | 1,179 | May 24, 1991 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 71 | Dying Young | $33,669,178 | 1,552 | $9,725,885 | 1,552 | Jun 21, 1991 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 39 | Boyz n the Hood | $57,504,069 | 931 | $10,023,462 | 829 | Jul 12, 1991 | Columbia Pictures |
| 59 | Regarding Henry | $43,001,500 | 1,090 | $6,146,782 | 800 | Jul 12, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 64 | The Doctor | $38,120,905 | 958 | $165,392 | 6 | Jul 26, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 143 | Return to the Blue Lagoon | $2,807,854 | 1,246 | $1,277,428 | 1,246 | Aug 2, 1991 | Columbia Pictures |
| 37 | Far and Away | $58,883,840 | 1,885 | $10,194,520 | 1,583 | May 22, 1992 | Universal Pictures |
| 18 | A League of Their Own | $107,533,928 | 2,084 | $13,739,456 | 1,782 | Jul 1, 1992 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | Unforgiven | $101,157,447 | 2,087 | $15,018,007 | 2,071 | Aug 7, 1992 | Warner Bros. |
| 123 | Christopher Columbus: The Discovery | $8,251,071 | 1,512 | $3,101,563 | 1,506 | Aug 21, 1992 | Warner Bros. |
| 81 | Menace II Society | $27,912,072 | 581 | $3,816,393 | 464 | May 28, 1993 | New Line Cinema |
| 63 | What's Love Got to Do with It | $39,100,956 | 1,100 | $1,222,718 | 58 | Jun 11, 1993 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 83 | Poetic Justice | $27,515,786 | 1,285 | $11,728,455 | 1,273 | Jul 23, 1993 | Columbia Pictures |
| 88 | The Man Without a Face | $24,760,338 | 1,332 | $4,026,775 | 865 | Aug 27, 1993 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | When a Man Loves a Woman | $50,021,959 | 1,511 | - | - | Apr 29, 1994 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 87 | Wyatt Earp | $25,052,000 | 1,859 | $7,543,504 | 1,859 | Jun 24, 1994 | Warner Bros. |
| 1 | Forrest Gump | $329,694,499 | 2,365 | $24,450,602 | 1,595 | Jul 6, 1994 | Paramount Pictures |
| 93 | Corrina, Corrina | $20,164,171 | 972 | - | - | Aug 12, 1994 | New Line Cinema |
| 129 | Panther | $6,834,525 | 713 | $2,354,847 | 713 | May 5, 1995 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 29 | Braveheart | $75,609,945 | 2,037 | $9,938,276 | 2,035 | May 24, 1995 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | The Bridges of Madison County | $71,516,617 | 1,986 | $10,519,257 | 1,805 | Jun 2, 1995 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | Apollo 13 | $172,071,312 | 2,347 | $25,353,380 | 2,197 | Jun 30, 1995 | Universal Pictures |
| 51 | A Walk in the Clouds | $50,008,143 | 1,755 | $9,526,010 | 1,534 | Aug 11, 1995 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | Phenomenon | $104,636,382 | 2,139 | $16,158,901 | 1,637 | Jul 5, 1996 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 36 | Courage Under Fire | $59,031,057 | 2,001 | $12,501,586 | 1,986 | Jul 12, 1996 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | A Time to Kill | $108,766,007 | 2,313 | $14,823,159 | 2,123 | Jul 24, 1996 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | Breakdown | $50,159,144 | 2,348 | $12,307,128 | 2,108 | May 2, 1997 | Paramount Pictures |
| 119 | Night Falls on Manhattan | $9,889,670 | 758 | $2,933,255 | 758 | May 16, 1997 | Paramount Pictures |
| 22 | Contact | $100,920,329 | 2,314 | $20,584,908 | 1,923 | Jul 11, 1997 | Warner Bros. |
| 120 | Mrs. Brown | $9,229,808 | 432 | $76,268 | 6 | Jul 18, 1997 | Miramax |
| 138 | One Eight Seven | $5,727,130 | 1,121 | $2,222,984 | 1,121 | Jul 30, 1997 | Warner Bros. |
| 58 | Cop Land | $44,862,187 | 2,233 | $13,510,482 | 2,233 | Aug 15, 1997 | Miramax |
| 53 | G.I. Jane | $48,169,156 | 2,043 | $11,094,241 | 1,945 | Aug 22, 1997 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 90 | He Got Game | $21,567,853 | 1,414 | $7,610,663 | 1,319 | May 1, 1998 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 30 | The Horse Whisperer | $75,383,563 | 2,362 | $13,685,488 | 2,039 | May 15, 1998 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | The Truman Show | $125,618,201 | 2,911 | $31,542,121 | 2,315 | Jun 5, 1998 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Saving Private Ryan | $216,540,909 | 2,807 | $30,576,104 | 2,463 | Jul 24, 1998 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 70 | Instinct | $34,105,207 | 2,129 | $10,390,387 | 2,059 | Jun 4, 1999 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 41 | Eyes Wide Shut | $55,691,208 | 2,483 | $21,706,163 | 2,411 | Jul 16, 1999 | Warner Bros. |
| 130 | I Dreamed of Africa | $6,651,522 | 2,112 | $2,411,445 | 2,112 | May 5, 2000 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | Gladiator | $187,705,427 | 3,188 | $34,819,017 | 2,938 | May 5, 2000 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 101 | Center Stage | $17,200,925 | 1,506 | $4,604,621 | 1,506 | May 12, 2000 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 16 | The Patriot | $113,330,342 | 3,061 | $22,413,710 | 3,061 | Jun 28, 2000 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | The Perfect Storm | $182,618,434 | 3,407 | $41,325,042 | 3,407 | Jun 30, 2000 | Warner Bros. |
| 66 | Autumn in New York | $37,761,915 | 2,282 | $10,987,006 | 2,255 | Aug 11, 2000 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 89 | Angel Eyes | $24,174,218 | 2,407 | $9,225,575 | 2,375 | May 18, 2001 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Pearl Harbor | $198,542,554 | 3,255 | $59,078,912 | 3,214 | May 25, 2001 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 80 | Baby Boy | $28,734,552 | 1,533 | $8,606,403 | 1,533 | Jun 27, 2001 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | $78,616,689 | 3,242 | $29,352,630 | 3,242 | Jun 29, 2001 | Warner Bros. |
| 85 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | $25,543,895 | 1,612 | $7,209,345 | 1,595 | Aug 17, 2001 | Universal Pictures |
| 133 | Deuces Wild | $6,080,065 | 1,480 | $2,704,682 | 1,480 | May 3, 2002 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 62 | Windtalkers | $40,914,068 | 2,898 | $14,520,412 | 2,898 | Jun 14, 2002 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 20 | Road to Perdition | $104,454,762 | 2,332 | $22,079,481 | 1,797 | Jul 12, 2002 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 68 | K-19: The Widowmaker | $35,168,966 | 2,830 | $12,778,459 | 2,828 | Jul 19, 2002 | Paramount Pictures |
| 112 | Undisputed | $12,764,657 | 1,117 | $4,548,750 | 1,102 | Aug 23, 2002 | Miramax |
| 92 | Whale Rider | $20,779,666 | 556 | $137,418 | 9 | Jun 6, 2003 | Newmarket Films |
| 14 | Seabiscuit | $120,277,854 | 2,573 | $20,854,735 | 1,989 | Jul 25, 2003 | Universal Pictures |
| 38 | Open Range | $58,331,254 | 2,268 | $14,047,781 | 2,075 | Aug 15, 2003 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 27 | The Terminal | $77,872,883 | 2,914 | $19,053,199 | 2,811 | Jun 18, 2004 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 25 | The Notebook | $81,001,787 | 2,323 | $13,464,745 | 2,303 | Jun 25, 2004 | New Line Cinema |
| 137 | Before Sunset | $5,820,649 | 204 | $219,425 | 20 | Jul 2, 2004 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 55 | Kingdom of Heaven | $47,398,413 | 3,219 | $19,635,996 | 3,216 | May 6, 2005 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 42 | Crash | $54,580,300 | 1,905 | $9,107,071 | 1,864 | May 6, 2005 | Lionsgate Films |
| 35 | Cinderella Man | $61,649,911 | 2,820 | $18,320,205 | 2,812 | Jun 3, 2005 | Universal Pictures |
| 117 | The Great Raid | $10,167,373 | 920 | $3,376,009 | 819 | Aug 12, 2005 | Miramax |
| 46 | The Lake House | $52,330,111 | 2,645 | $13,616,196 | 2,645 | Jun 16, 2006 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | World Trade Center | $70,278,893 | 3,021 | $18,730,762 | 2,957 | Aug 9, 2006 | Paramount Pictures |
| 95 | Georgia Rule | $19,103,072 | 2,531 | $6,773,870 | 2,523 | May 11, 2007 | Universal Pictures |
| 121 | A Mighty Heart | $9,176,787 | 1,355 | $3,948,863 | 1,355 | Jun 22, 2007 | Paramount Vantage |
| 113 | Evening | $12,492,481 | 979 | $3,513,000 | 977 | Jun 29, 2007 | Focus Features |
| 139 | Rescue Dawn | $5,490,423 | 505 | $110,326 | 6 | Jul 4, 2007 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 125 | El cantante | $7,556,712 | 542 | $3,202,035 | 542 | Aug 3, 2007 | Picturehouse |
