| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Hook | - | - | - | $64,261,845 | 2,254 | $119,654,823 | Dec 11 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 2 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | - | - | - | $52,364,531 | 2,147 | $74,888,996 | Dec 6 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | Beauty and the Beast | - | - | - | $49,557,428 | 1,960 | $145,863,363 | Nov 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Addams Family | - | - | - | $48,606,341 | 2,411 | $113,502,426 | Nov 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | My Girl | - | - | - | $33,829,913 | 2,089 | $59,489,799 | Nov 27 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Last Boy Scout | - | - | - | $32,648,604 | 1,823 | $59,509,925 | Dec 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | Father of the Bride | - | - | - | $28,551,126 | 1,712 | $89,325,780 | Dec 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Cape Fear | - | - | - | $27,787,360 | 1,707 | $79,091,969 | Nov 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | JFK | - | - | - | $20,074,980 | 1,395 | $70,405,498 | Dec 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Bugsy | - | - | - | $16,831,799 | 1,253 | $49,114,016 | Dec 13 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Prince of Tides | - | - | - | $16,274,225 | 1,546 | $74,787,599 | Dec 27 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 12 | For the Boys | - | - | - | $10,702,991 | 1,308 | $17,860,280 | Nov 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | - | - | - | $9,770,450 | 1,698 | $22,166,041 | Nov 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Curly Sue | - | - | - | $6,580,942 | 1,634 | $33,691,313 | Oct 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | The People Under the Stairs | - | - | - | $5,152,656 | 1,850 | $24,204,154 | Nov 1 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 16 | Little Man Tate | - | - | - | $4,833,697 | 1,012 | $25,010,896 | Oct 11 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Black Robe | - | - | - | $4,217,294 | 308 | $8,211,952 | Oct 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 18 | All I Want for Christmas | - | - | - | $3,412,534 | 1,507 | $14,812,144 | Nov 8 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Man in the Moon | - | - | - | $2,544,917 | 121 | $2,853,801 | Oct 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 20 | Other People's Money | - | - | - | $2,487,376 | 1,249 | $25,682,090 | Oct 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Prospero's Books | - | - | - | $1,464,134 | 126 | $1,750,301 | Nov 15 | Miramax | false |
| 22 | Madame Bovary | - | - | - | $382,935 | 53 | $1,942,423 | Dec 27 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 23 | High Heels | - | - | - | $325,768 | 22 | $1,710,057 | Dec 20 | Miramax | false |
| 24 | Rush | - | - | - | $304,721 | 664 | $7,241,350 | Dec 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 25 | Young Soul Rebels | - | - | - | $221,133 | 8 | $225,664 | Nov 20 | Miramax | false |
| 26 | Fried Green Tomatoes | - | - | - | $191,950 | 1,331 | $82,418,501 | Dec 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 27 | The National Film Board of Canada's Animation Festival | - | - | - | $186,516 | 11 | $249,167 | Dec 26 | Expanded Entertainment | false |
| 28 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | - | - | - | $175,304 | 25 | $1,345,903 | Dec 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 29 | The Double Life of Véronique | - | - | - | $150,604 | 22 | $1,999,955 | Nov 22 | Miramax | false |
| 30 | Grand Canyon | - | - | - | $138,080 | 1,223 | $33,243,020 | Dec 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 31 | Naked Lunch | - | - | - | $89,180 | 102 | $2,641,357 | Dec 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 32 | Kafka | - | - | - | $71,431 | 32 | $1,059,071 | Dec 4 | Miramax | false |
| 33 | Until the End of the World | - | - | - | $70,015 | 22 | $829,625 | Dec 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | The Inner Circle | - | - | - | $66,635 | 3 | $93,292 | Dec 27 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 35 | Rhapsody in August | - | - | - | $61,246 | 12 | $516,431 | Dec 19 | Orion Classics | false |
| 36 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | - | - | - | $32,145 | 28 | $1,318,449 | Nov 27 | Triton Pictures | false |
| 37 | Hear My Song | - | - | - | $17,700 | 214 | $4,313,473 | Dec 27 | Miramax | false |
| 38 | Convicts | - | - | - | $13,623 | 1 | $13,623 | Dec 6 | - | false |
| 39 | Let Him Have It | - | - | - | $8,899 | 10 | $88,686 | Dec 6 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 40 | December | - | - | - | $5,868 | 2 | $5,868 | Dec 6 | IRS Media | false |
| 41 | Paper Mask | - | - | - | $5,705 | 3 | $7,991 | Nov 27 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
