| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 40 | Mission: Impossible | - | - | - | $45,193 | 3,012 | $180,981,856 | May 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | Independence Day | - | - | - | $4,547,223 | 2,977 | $306,169,268 | Jul 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | 101 Dalmatians | - | - | - | $22,477,196 | 2,901 | $136,189,294 | Nov 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Star Trek: First Contact | - | - | - | $49,188,740 | 2,812 | $92,027,888 | Nov 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 1 | Ransom | - | - | - | $96,841,087 | 2,768 | $136,492,681 | Nov 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 2 | Space Jam | - | - | - | $58,153,896 | 2,650 | $90,418,342 | Nov 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | - | - | - | $29,571,557 | 2,489 | $41,083,864 | Nov 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 13 | Larger Than Life | - | - | - | $8,315,693 | 2,433 | $8,315,693 | Nov 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 37 | The Rock | - | - | - | $157,091 | 2,426 | $134,069,511 | Jun 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | The First Wives Club | - | - | - | $10,646,531 | 2,406 | $105,489,203 | Sep 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Jingle All the Way | - | - | - | $22,267,080 | 2,404 | $60,592,389 | Nov 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | - | - | - | $6,908,031 | 2,404 | $33,447,612 | Oct 11 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 12 | The Ghost and the Darkness | - | - | - | $10,500,215 | 2,202 | $38,619,405 | Oct 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | High School High | - | - | - | $13,700,856 | 2,146 | $21,302,121 | Oct 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | Sleepers | - | - | - | $20,814,092 | 2,080 | $53,315,285 | Oct 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Thinner | - | - | - | $8,020,636 | 2,009 | $15,315,484 | Oct 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Romeo + Juliet | - | - | - | $38,242,698 | 1,963 | $46,351,345 | Nov 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 21 | That Thing You Do! | - | - | - | $4,874,845 | 1,887 | $25,857,416 | Oct 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 15 | The Associate | - | - | - | $7,298,238 | 1,781 | $12,844,057 | Oct 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Dear God | - | - | - | $7,138,523 | 1,774 | $7,138,523 | Nov 1 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | The English Patient | - | - | - | $6,535,451 | 1,409 | $78,676,425 | Nov 15 | Miramax | false |
| 20 | Fly Away Home | - | - | - | $5,385,039 | 1,401 | $25,143,818 | Sep 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 36 | Shine | - | - | - | $162,179 | 1,050 | $35,892,330 | Nov 22 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 46 | Sling Blade | - | - | - | $8,505 | 1,020 | $24,444,121 | Nov 29 | Miramax | false |
| 6 | Set It Off | - | - | - | $28,297,919 | 1,016 | $36,461,139 | Nov 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 16 | Michael Collins | - | - | - | $7,235,024 | 878 | $11,092,559 | Oct 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | Bad Moon | - | - | - | $1,055,525 | 825 | $1,055,525 | Nov 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | - | - | - | $2,020,428 | 807 | $4,189,233 | Oct 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 41 | The Crucible | - | - | - | $38,615 | 344 | $7,343,114 | Nov 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | Big Night | - | - | - | $4,335,813 | 336 | $12,008,376 | Sep 20 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 33 | Swingers | - | - | - | $306,992 | 160 | $4,555,020 | Oct 18 | Miramax | false |
| 38 | Santa with Muscles | - | - | - | $120,932 | 98 | $220,198 | Nov 8 | - | false |
| 29 | American Buffalo | - | - | - | $449,089 | 73 | $665,450 | Sep 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 25 | The Funeral | - | - | - | $1,227,324 | 70 | $1,227,324 | Nov 1 | October Films | false |
| 27 | Surviving Picasso | - | - | - | $625,043 | 49 | $2,021,348 | Sep 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 35 | The Grass Harp | - | - | - | $212,834 | 48 | $559,771 | Oct 11 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 28 | Twelfth Night | - | - | - | $540,494 | 31 | $588,621 | Oct 25 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 30 | Mother Night | - | - | - | $403,701 | 30 | $403,701 | Nov 1 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 32 | Palookaville | - | - | - | $332,283 | 24 | $365,284 | Oct 25 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 31 | Jude | - | - | - | $361,349 | 20 | $409,144 | Oct 18 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 39 | Unhook the Stars | - | - | - | $50,741 | 20 | $272,542 | Nov 1 | Miramax | false |
| 34 | Paraíso Perdido | - | - | - | $254,550 | 11 | $272,750 | Sep 20 | - | false |
| 43 | The Secret Agent | - | - | - | $25,909 | 7 | $106,606 | Nov 8 | - | false |
| 42 | The War at Home | - | - | - | $26,765 | 6 | $44,722 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 44 | Normal Life | - | - | - | $18,257 | 2 | $22,891 | Oct 25 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 47 | Blue Juice | - | - | - | $4,535 | 2 | $4,535 | Nov 13 | - | false |
| 45 | Breathing Room | - | - | - | $16,299 | 1 | $16,299 | Nov 8 | Arrow Releasing | false |
| 48 | Zero Kelvin | - | - | - | $2,461 | 1 | $10,493 | Nov 27 | Kino International | false |
