| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mrs. Doubtfire | - | - | - | $61,323,510 | 2,354 | $219,195,243 | Nov 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | The Pelican Brief | - | - | - | $39,230,195 | 2,022 | $100,768,056 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Grumpy Old Men | - | - | - | $35,992,499 | 1,725 | $70,172,621 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Philadelphia | - | - | - | $34,394,390 | 1,604 | $77,446,440 | Dec 24 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 5 | Tombstone | - | - | - | $30,705,496 | 1,955 | $56,505,065 | Dec 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Beethoven's 2nd | - | - | - | $19,083,434 | 2,048 | $53,443,066 | Dec 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Schindler's List | - | - | - | $18,812,099 | 1,389 | $96,065,768 | Dec 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | The Air Up There | - | - | - | $16,533,150 | 1,721 | $21,011,318 | Jan 7 | Miramax | false |
| 9 | Shadowlands | - | - | - | $16,306,206 | 1,023 | $25,842,377 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 10 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | - | - | - | $14,762,104 | 2,178 | $57,319,029 | Dec 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | House Party 3 | - | - | - | $14,597,275 | 855 | $19,281,235 | Jan 14 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 12 | Iron Will | - | - | - | $13,647,351 | 2,036 | $21,006,361 | Jan 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | Intersection | - | - | - | $12,006,222 | 1,300 | $21,355,893 | Jan 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 14 | Wayne's World 2 | - | - | - | $11,327,543 | 2,400 | $48,197,805 | Dec 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 15 | The Piano | - | - | - | $9,772,487 | 671 | $40,157,856 | Nov 12 | Miramax | false |
| 16 | Cool Runnings | - | - | - | $7,920,163 | 1,832 | $68,856,263 | Oct 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | The Three Musketeers | - | - | - | $6,201,676 | 2,128 | $53,898,845 | Nov 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 18 | Short Cuts | - | - | - | $5,913,470 | 165 | $6,110,979 | Oct 1 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 19 | Geronimo: An American Legend | - | - | - | $5,150,924 | 1,636 | $18,635,620 | Dec 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 20 | Heaven & Earth | - | - | - | $4,917,032 | 781 | $5,864,949 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Addams Family Values | - | - | - | $4,690,134 | 2,577 | $48,919,043 | Nov 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | In the Name of the Father | - | - | - | $4,667,793 | 688 | $25,096,862 | Dec 31 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 23 | Ghost in the Machine | - | - | - | $4,628,800 | 1,031 | $5,086,909 | Dec 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | Blink | - | - | - | $3,776,040 | 1,540 | $16,696,219 | Jan 28 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 25 | Cabin Boy | - | - | - | $3,662,459 | 593 | $3,662,459 | Jan 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 26 | Jurassic Park | - | - | - | $3,531,515 | 2,566 | $357,067,947 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 27 | A Perfect World | - | - | - | $2,967,467 | 1,964 | $31,130,999 | Nov 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | - | - | - | $1,997,751 | 1,506 | $5,617,391 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 29 | Six Degrees of Separation | - | - | - | $1,975,705 | 201 | $6,405,918 | Dec 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 30 | Screen Two: The Clothes in the Wardrobe | - | - | - | $1,734,977 | 63 | $2,106,846 | Dec 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 31 | Death Wish: The Face of Death | - | - | - | $1,702,394 | 248 | $1,702,394 | Jan 14 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 32 | Three Colors: Blue | - | - | - | $1,112,107 | 19 | $1,324,974 | Nov 30 | Miramax | false |
| 33 | Where the Rivers Flow North | - | - | - | $595,505 | 14 | $595,505 | Jan 14 | Caledonia Pictures | false |
| 34 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | - | - | - | $560,821 | 611 | $10,032,765 | Dec 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 35 | Car 54, Where Are You? | - | - | - | $555,108 | 608 | $1,238,080 | Jan 28 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 36 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | - | - | - | $255,069 | 47 | $278,720 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 37 | Golden Gate | - | - | - | $212,196 | 390 | $395,105 | Jan 28 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 38 | The Saint of Fort Washington | - | - | - | $99,059 | 16 | $134,454 | Nov 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 39 | Body Snatchers | - | - | - | $38,727 | 34 | $428,868 | Jan 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 40 | Red Rock West | - | - | - | $10,476 | 22 | $2,502,551 | Jan 28 | Roxie Releasing | false |
