| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Hook | - | - | - | $40,473,859 | 2,254 | $119,654,823 | Dec 11 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 2 | The Prince of Tides | - | - | - | $37,710,134 | 1,546 | $74,787,599 | Dec 27 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 3 | Father of the Bride | - | - | - | $37,043,301 | 1,712 | $89,325,780 | Dec 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | - | - | - | $36,197,280 | 1,759 | $88,036,683 | Jan 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Beauty and the Beast | - | - | - | $32,966,150 | 1,960 | $145,863,363 | Nov 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | JFK | - | - | - | $32,013,165 | 1,395 | $70,405,498 | Dec 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | The Last Boy Scout | - | - | - | $22,780,067 | 1,823 | $59,509,925 | Dec 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Bugsy | - | - | - | $20,662,592 | 1,253 | $49,114,016 | Dec 13 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 9 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | - | - | - | $19,026,992 | 2,147 | $74,888,996 | Dec 6 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | Cape Fear | - | - | - | $18,832,471 | 1,707 | $79,091,969 | Nov 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Grand Canyon | - | - | - | $17,428,318 | 1,223 | $33,243,020 | Dec 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | My Girl | - | - | - | $16,757,515 | 2,089 | $59,489,799 | Nov 27 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 13 | Kuffs | - | - | - | $14,872,509 | 1,433 | $21,142,815 | Jan 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Addams Family | - | - | - | $13,518,691 | 2,411 | $113,502,426 | Nov 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 15 | Juice | - | - | - | $12,994,258 | 1,100 | $20,146,880 | Jan 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | Freejack | - | - | - | $12,050,197 | 1,560 | $17,129,026 | Jan 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 17 | Fried Green Tomatoes | - | - | - | $11,241,139 | 1,331 | $82,418,501 | Dec 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Rush | - | - | - | $6,936,626 | 664 | $7,241,350 | Dec 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 19 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | - | - | - | $6,543,396 | 1,698 | $22,166,041 | Nov 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 20 | Madame Bovary | - | - | - | $1,559,483 | 53 | $1,942,423 | Dec 27 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 21 | Love Crimes | - | - | - | $1,500,321 | 669 | $2,287,928 | Jan 24 | Miramax | false |
| 22 | High Heels | - | - | - | $1,384,284 | 22 | $1,710,057 | Dec 20 | Miramax | false |
| 23 | Shining Through | - | - | - | $1,148,497 | 1,433 | $21,633,781 | Jan 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | Screenplay: Antonia and Jane | - | - | - | $991,876 | 23 | $1,002,078 | Oct 11 | Miramax | false |
| 25 | Meeting Venus | - | - | - | $797,466 | 32 | $1,000,348 | Nov 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | Naked Lunch | - | - | - | $586,161 | 102 | $2,641,357 | Dec 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 27 | Rhapsody in August | - | - | - | $455,185 | 12 | $516,431 | Dec 19 | Orion Classics | false |
| 28 | Let Him Have It | - | - | - | $79,787 | 10 | $88,686 | Dec 6 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 29 | Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight | - | - | - | $35,154 | 18 | $35,154 | Jan 3 | Concorde Pictures | false |
| 30 | Until the End of the World | - | - | - | $28,006 | 22 | $829,625 | Dec 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 31 | The Inner Circle | - | - | - | $26,654 | 3 | $93,292 | Dec 27 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 32 | 35 Up | - | - | - | $22,318 | 21 | $922,872 | Jan 15 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 33 | Hear My Song | - | - | - | $7,080 | 214 | $4,313,473 | Dec 27 | Miramax | false |
| 34 | Voyager | - | - | - | $4,111 | 9 | $516,517 | Jan 31 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
