| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Pelican Brief | - | - | - | $100,768,056 | 2,022 | $16,864,404 | 16.7% | 1,993 | Dec 17 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Schindler's List | - | - | - | $96,065,768 | 1,389 | $656,636 | 0.7% | 25 | Dec 15 | Sep 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Philadelphia | - | - | - | $77,446,440 | 1,604 | $143,433 | 0.2% | 4 | Dec 24 | - | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 4 | Grumpy Old Men | - | - | - | $70,172,621 | 1,725 | $3,874,911 | 5.5% | 1,244 | Dec 25 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | - | - | - | $57,319,029 | 2,178 | $7,569,219 | 13.2% | 2,132 | Dec 10 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Tombstone | - | - | - | $56,505,065 | 1,955 | $6,454,752 | 11.4% | 1,504 | Dec 24 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Beethoven's 2nd | - | - | - | $53,443,066 | 2,048 | $6,017,225 | 11.3% | 2,026 | Dec 17 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Wayne's World 2 | - | - | - | $48,197,805 | 2,400 | $13,516,699 | 28% | 2,400 | Dec 10 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Shadowlands | - | - | - | $25,842,377 | 1,023 | $81,082 | 0.3% | 3 | Dec 31 | - | Savoy Pictures | false |
| 10 | In the Name of the Father | - | - | - | $25,096,862 | 688 | $109,805 | 0.4% | 4 | Dec 31 | Jun 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Geronimo: An American Legend | - | - | - | $18,635,620 | 1,636 | $4,018,452 | 21.6% | 1,605 | Dec 10 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 12 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | - | - | - | $10,032,765 | 611 | $74,421 | 0.7% | 6 | Dec 17 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Six Degrees of Separation | - | - | - | $6,405,918 | 201 | $53,058 | 0.8% | 2 | Dec 10 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 14 | Heaven & Earth | - | - | - | $5,864,949 | 781 | $379,807 | 6.5% | 63 | Dec 25 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | - | - | - | $5,617,391 | 1,506 | $1,189,975 | 21.2% | 1,506 | Dec 25 | Feb 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | Ghost in the Machine | - | - | - | $5,086,909 | 1,031 | $1,854,431 | 36.5% | 1,031 | Dec 31 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | Screen Two: The Clothes in the Wardrobe | - | - | - | $2,106,846 | 63 | $161,542 | 7.7% | 60 | Dec 21 | Jun 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 18 | Naked | - | - | - | $1,769,305 | 26 | $36,463 | 2.1% | 4 | Dec 17 | Jun 2 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 19 | Faraway, So Close! | - | - | - | $810,455 | 15 | $55,019 | 6.8% | 13 | Dec 21 | - | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 20 | The Accompanist | - | - | - | $769,983 | - | - | - | - | Dec 23 | - | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 21 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | - | - | - | $278,720 | 47 | $14,871 | 5.3% | 4 | Dec 17 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Bank Robber | - | - | - | $115,842 | 18 | $34,998 | 30.2% | 18 | Dec 10 | - | IRS Media | false |
| 23 | The Hawk | - | - | - | $8,906 | 1 | $4,535 | 50.9% | 1 | Dec 10 | Dec 23 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
