| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Broken Arrow | - | - | - | $46,932,072 | 2,392 | $70,770,147 | Feb 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | Mr. Holland's Opus | - | - | - | $36,599,427 | 1,659 | $82,569,971 | Dec 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Black Sheep | - | - | - | $28,800,707 | 2,092 | $32,417,995 | Feb 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Juror | - | - | - | $22,754,725 | 2,205 | $22,754,725 | Feb 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | Muppet Treasure Island | - | - | - | $19,984,629 | 2,089 | $34,327,391 | Feb 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Happy Gilmore | - | - | - | $19,761,240 | 2,069 | $38,824,099 | Feb 16 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Dead Man Walking | - | - | - | $15,972,245 | 821 | $39,363,635 | Dec 29 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 8 | City Hall | - | - | - | $14,982,656 | 1,815 | $20,340,204 | Feb 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | Sense and Sensibility | - | - | - | $14,654,653 | 1,054 | $43,182,776 | Dec 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 10 | Leaving Las Vegas | - | - | - | $14,278,289 | 1,310 | $32,029,928 | Oct 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 11 | Bed of Roses | - | - | - | $12,507,320 | 1,575 | $19,030,691 | Jan 26 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 12 | Rumble in the Bronx | - | - | - | $12,119,351 | 1,794 | $32,392,047 | Feb 23 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 13 | 12 Monkeys | - | - | - | $11,543,090 | 1,629 | $57,141,459 | Dec 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | White Squall | - | - | - | $10,292,300 | 1,524 | $10,292,300 | Feb 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Mr. Wrong | - | - | - | $10,291,535 | 1,487 | $12,825,141 | Feb 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | The Postman | - | - | - | $9,985,737 | 430 | $21,848,932 | Jun 16 | Miramax | false |
| 17 | Babe | - | - | - | $8,952,335 | 1,790 | $63,658,910 | Aug 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Grumpier Old Men | - | - | - | $8,610,967 | 2,037 | $71,518,503 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Beautiful Girls | - | - | - | $8,370,179 | 803 | $10,597,759 | Feb 9 | Miramax | false |
| 20 | From Dusk Till Dawn | - | - | - | $7,934,733 | 2,007 | $25,836,616 | Jan 19 | Miramax | false |
| 21 | Eye for an Eye | - | - | - | $6,893,142 | 1,680 | $26,877,589 | Jan 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | Waiting to Exhale | - | - | - | $6,382,970 | 1,402 | $67,052,156 | Dec 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | Jumanji | - | - | - | $6,159,103 | 2,530 | $100,475,249 | Dec 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 24 | Toy Story | - | - | - | $5,744,291 | 2,574 | $191,796,233 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 25 | Heat | - | - | - | $5,678,682 | 1,704 | $67,436,818 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | Before and After | - | - | - | $4,931,392 | 1,318 | $8,797,839 | Feb 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Sabrina | - | - | - | $4,643,488 | 1,976 | $53,672,080 | Dec 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 28 | Restoration | - | - | - | $3,906,868 | 457 | $4,005,941 | Dec 29 | Miramax | false |
| 29 | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | - | - | - | $3,808,996 | 2,705 | $108,385,533 | Nov 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | Braveheart | - | - | - | $3,558,277 | 2,037 | $75,609,945 | May 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 31 | Mary Reilly | - | - | - | $3,530,711 | 1,470 | $5,707,094 | Feb 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 32 | Se7en | - | - | - | $3,422,433 | 2,528 | $100,125,643 | Sep 22 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 33 | Tom and Huck | - | - | - | $3,282,952 | 1,614 | $23,920,048 | Dec 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 34 | Richard III | - | - | - | $2,571,539 | 130 | $2,684,904 | Dec 29 | United Artists | false |
| 35 | Screamers | - | - | - | $2,367,942 | 1,560 | $5,711,695 | Jan 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 36 | Unforgettable | - | - | - | $2,022,014 | 1,573 | $2,821,671 | Feb 23 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 37 | The City of Lost Children | - | - | - | $1,684,485 | 36 | $1,738,611 | Dec 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 38 | Shanghai Triad | - | - | - | $1,385,197 | 43 | $2,086,101 | Dec 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 39 | Big Bully | - | - | - | $775,950 | 1,143 | $2,042,530 | Jan 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 40 | Ghost in the Shell | - | - | - | $515,905 | 1 | $515,905 | Feb 2 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 41 | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | - | - | - | $463,950 | 36 | $529,766 | Dec 1 | Miramax | false |
| 42 | Bottle Rocket | - | - | - | $177,326 | 49 | $560,069 | Feb 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 43 | Taxi Driver 1996 Re-release | - | - | - | $157,302 | 15 | $962,574 | Feb 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 44 | Antonia's Line | - | - | - | $62,217 | 73 | $4,228,275 | Feb 2 | First Look International | false |
| 45 | Anne Frank Remembered | - | - | - | $36,896 | 31 | $1,310,200 | Feb 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 46 | Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam | - | - | - | $34,402 | 2 | $34,402 | Feb 9 | - | false |
| 47 | A Midwinter's Tale | - | - | - | $25,677 | 27 | $469,571 | Feb 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 48 | Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | - | - | - | $14,492 | 77 | $2,291,255 | Jan 26 | - | false |
| 49 | Catwalk | - | - | - | $12,162 | 3 | $28,672 | Feb 16 | Arrow Releasing | false |
| 50 | Shopping | - | - | - | $3,061 | 1 | $3,061 | Feb 9 | Concorde Pictures | false |
