| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Jumanji | - | - | - | $100,475,249 | 2,530 | $11,084,370 | 11% | 2,487 | Dec 15 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 2 | Mr. Holland's Opus | - | - | - | $82,569,971 | 1,659 | $14,466 | <0.1% | 1 | Dec 29 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Father of the Bride Part II | - | - | - | $76,594,107 | 2,148 | $11,134,978 | 14.5% | 1,949 | Dec 8 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Grumpier Old Men | - | - | - | $71,518,503 | 2,037 | $7,797,185 | 10.9% | 1,995 | Dec 22 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Heat | - | - | - | $67,436,818 | 1,704 | $8,445,656 | 12.5% | 1,325 | Dec 15 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Waiting to Exhale | - | - | - | $67,052,156 | 1,402 | $14,126,927 | 21.1% | 1,253 | Dec 22 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | 12 Monkeys | - | - | - | $57,141,459 | 1,629 | $184,776 | 0.3% | 3 | Dec 29 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Sabrina | - | - | - | $53,672,080 | 1,976 | $5,563,259 | 10.4% | 1,821 | Dec 15 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Sense and Sensibility | - | - | - | $43,182,776 | 1,054 | $721,341 | 1.7% | 70 | Dec 15 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 10 | Dead Man Walking | - | - | - | $39,363,635 | 821 | $118,266 | 0.3% | 4 | Dec 29 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 11 | Tom and Huck | - | - | - | $23,920,048 | 1,614 | $3,210,458 | 13.4% | 1,609 | Dec 22 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Sudden Death | - | - | - | $20,350,171 | 1,687 | $4,782,445 | 23.5% | 1,681 | Dec 22 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | Nixon | - | - | - | $13,681,765 | 977 | $2,206,506 | 16.1% | 514 | Dec 22 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Balto | - | - | - | $11,348,324 | 1,433 | $1,519,755 | 13.4% | 1,427 | Dec 22 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | Dracula: Dead and Loving It | - | - | - | $10,772,144 | 1,425 | $2,708,298 | 25.1% | 1,425 | Dec 22 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 16 | Cutthroat Island | - | - | - | $10,017,322 | 1,619 | $2,371,415 | 23.7% | 1,619 | Dec 22 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 17 | Four Rooms | - | - | - | $4,257,354 | 319 | $427,733 | 10% | 280 | Dec 22 | - | Miramax | false |
| 18 | Restoration | - | - | - | $4,005,941 | 457 | $75,514 | 1.9% | 5 | Dec 29 | - | Miramax | false |
| 19 | White Man's Burden | - | - | - | $3,734,870 | 954 | $1,743,251 | 46.7% | 948 | Dec 1 | - | Savoy Pictures | false |
| 20 | Othello | - | - | - | $2,844,379 | 2 | $29,097 | 1% | 2 | Dec 15 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 21 | Richard III | - | - | - | $2,684,904 | 130 | $91,915 | 3.4% | 4 | Dec 29 | - | United Artists | false |
| 22 | Wild Bill | - | - | - | $2,193,982 | 775 | $987,515 | 45% | 775 | Dec 1 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 23 | Shanghai Triad | - | - | - | $2,086,101 | 43 | $209,098 | 10% | 22 | Dec 20 | Jul 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 24 | The City of Lost Children | - | - | - | $1,738,611 | 36 | $34,348 | 2% | 3 | Dec 15 | Apr 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 25 | Georgia | - | - | - | $1,110,104 | 3 | $55,461 | 5% | 3 | Dec 8 | - | Miramax | false |
| 26 | Cry, the Beloved Country | - | - | - | $670,727 | - | - | - | - | Dec 15 | Feb 15 | Miramax | false |
| 27 | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | - | - | - | $529,766 | 36 | $44,108 | 8.3% | 4 | Dec 1 | - | Miramax | false |
| 28 | Live Nude Girls | - | - | - | $23,808 | - | - | - | - | Dec 8 | Dec 21 | - | false |
