| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 101 Dalmatians | - | - | - | $85,763,481 | 2,901 | $136,189,294 | Nov 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 2 | Jerry Maguire | - | - | - | $65,675,817 | 2,531 | $153,952,592 | Dec 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | - | - | - | $43,398,639 | 2,417 | $63,118,386 | Dec 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Star Trek: First Contact | - | - | - | $36,803,240 | 2,812 | $92,027,888 | Nov 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Michael | - | - | - | $31,904,305 | 2,325 | $95,318,203 | Dec 25 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 6 | Jingle All the Way | - | - | - | $31,832,786 | 2,404 | $60,592,389 | Nov 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | The Preacher's Wife | - | - | - | $29,977,130 | 2,008 | $48,102,795 | Dec 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Ransom | - | - | - | $28,660,958 | 2,768 | $136,492,681 | Nov 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Mars Attacks! | - | - | - | $27,610,285 | 1,955 | $37,771,017 | Dec 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Daylight | - | - | - | $25,870,335 | 2,189 | $33,023,469 | Dec 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Space Jam | - | - | - | $24,679,939 | 2,650 | $90,418,342 | Nov 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | Scream | - | - | - | $24,242,612 | 1,994 | $103,046,663 | Dec 20 | Dimension Films | false |
| 13 | One Fine Day | - | - | - | $21,850,822 | 1,975 | $46,151,454 | Dec 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | The English Patient | - | - | - | $17,260,356 | 1,409 | $78,676,425 | Nov 15 | Miramax | false |
| 15 | My Fellow Americans | - | - | - | $12,197,141 | 1,915 | $22,313,201 | Dec 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | - | - | - | $11,512,303 | 2,489 | $41,083,864 | Nov 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Set It Off | - | - | - | $8,163,218 | 1,016 | $36,461,139 | Nov 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 18 | The Evening Star | - | - | - | $6,170,784 | 1,268 | $12,767,815 | Dec 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | The First Wives Club | - | - | - | $4,229,820 | 2,406 | $105,489,203 | Sep 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 20 | Swingers | - | - | - | $3,922,413 | 160 | $4,555,020 | Oct 18 | Miramax | false |
| 21 | Shine | - | - | - | $3,543,308 | 1,050 | $35,892,330 | Nov 22 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 22 | Romeo + Juliet | - | - | - | $3,425,381 | 1,963 | $46,351,345 | Nov 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | Sleepers | - | - | - | $2,967,831 | 2,080 | $53,315,285 | Oct 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | The Crucible | - | - | - | $2,681,305 | 344 | $7,343,114 | Nov 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 25 | Big Night | - | - | - | $1,761,137 | 336 | $12,008,376 | Sep 20 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 26 | Microcosmos | - | - | - | $1,369,765 | 43 | $1,433,210 | Oct 9 | Miramax | false |
| 27 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | - | - | - | $818,940 | 1,233 | $20,300,385 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | Evita | - | - | - | $460,087 | 1,045 | $50,047,179 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 29 | Bitter Sugar | - | - | - | $409,414 | 12 | $450,060 | Oct 11 | First Look International | false |
| 30 | Independence Day | - | - | - | $331,432 | 2,977 | $306,169,268 | Jul 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 31 | Ghosts of Mississippi | - | - | - | $168,012 | 1,268 | $13,323,144 | Dec 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 32 | Some Mother's Son | - | - | - | $146,254 | 35 | $671,437 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 33 | Everyone Says I Love You | - | - | - | $131,678 | 276 | $9,759,200 | Dec 6 | Miramax | false |
| 34 | Santa with Muscles | - | - | - | $99,266 | 98 | $220,198 | Nov 8 | - | false |
| 35 | Mother | - | - | - | $90,339 | 735 | $19,145,198 | Dec 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 36 | Marvin's Room | - | - | - | $73,279 | 1,158 | $12,803,305 | Dec 20 | Miramax | false |
| 37 | Losing Chase | - | - | - | $64,161 | 10 | $64,161 | Dec 6 | - | false |
| 38 | Hamlet | - | - | - | $56,637 | 93 | $4,708,156 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 39 | The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story | - | - | - | $43,036 | 7 | $50,605 | Sep 27 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 40 | Citizen Ruth | - | - | - | $39,692 | 23 | $285,112 | Dec 13 | Miramax | false |
| 41 | The Portrait of a Lady | - | - | - | $26,986 | 570 | $3,692,836 | Dec 27 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 42 | The War at Home | - | - | - | $17,952 | 6 | $44,722 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 43 | The Whole Wide World | - | - | - | $12,563 | 20 | $375,757 | Dec 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 44 | Zero Kelvin | - | - | - | $8,027 | 1 | $10,493 | Nov 27 | Kino International | false |
| 45 | I'm Not Rappaport | - | - | - | $8,018 | 3 | $26,011 | Dec 24 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 46 | Mission: Impossible | - | - | - | $7,561 | 3,012 | $180,981,856 | May 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 47 | The Rock | - | - | - | $5,410 | 2,426 | $134,069,511 | Jun 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 48 | In Love and War | - | - | - | $4,112 | 1,612 | $14,481,231 | Dec 18 | New Line Cinema | false |
