| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Fisher King | - | - | - | $25,807,237 | 1,551 | $41,895,491 | Sep 20 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 2 | Deceived | - | - | - | $19,204,093 | 1,201 | $28,738,096 | Sep 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Ricochet | - | - | - | $17,978,107 | 1,560 | $21,756,163 | Oct 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Necessary Roughness | - | - | - | $16,485,371 | 1,695 | $26,255,594 | Sep 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Frankie and Johnny | - | - | - | $13,840,963 | 1,150 | $22,773,535 | Oct 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Paradise | - | - | - | $13,431,298 | 918 | $18,634,643 | Sep 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Other People's Money | - | - | - | $11,890,250 | 1,249 | $25,682,090 | Oct 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | The Super | - | - | - | $11,000,863 | 1,581 | $11,000,863 | Oct 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | Ernest Scared Stupid | - | - | - | $10,441,872 | 1,787 | $14,143,280 | Oct 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | - | - | - | $8,981,167 | 1,862 | $34,872,033 | Sep 13 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 11 | Shattered | - | - | - | $8,758,811 | 1,288 | $11,511,031 | Oct 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 12 | Dead Again | - | - | - | $8,335,916 | 940 | $38,016,380 | Aug 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | House Party 2 | - | - | - | $8,265,287 | 1,185 | $19,438,638 | Oct 25 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 14 | Suburban Commando | - | - | - | $6,948,859 | 987 | $6,948,859 | Oct 4 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 15 | Little Man Tate | - | - | - | $6,613,682 | 1,012 | $25,010,896 | Oct 11 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Curly Sue | - | - | - | $5,917,355 | 1,634 | $33,691,313 | Oct 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 17 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | - | - | - | $5,326,688 | 2,369 | $165,493,908 | Jun 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Rambling Rose | - | - | - | $4,977,236 | 236 | $6,266,621 | Sep 20 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 19 | Doc Hollywood | - | - | - | $4,893,598 | 1,694 | $54,830,779 | Aug 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | The Commitments | - | - | - | $4,451,409 | 588 | $14,919,570 | Aug 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 21 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | - | - | - | $4,209,343 | 2,495 | $204,843,345 | Jul 3 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 22 | Shout | - | - | - | $3,547,684 | 983 | $3,547,684 | Oct 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 23 | The Doctor | - | - | - | $3,447,105 | 958 | $38,120,905 | Jul 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 24 | The Butcher's Wife | - | - | - | $3,176,629 | 800 | $9,689,816 | Oct 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 25 | Late for Dinner | - | - | - | $3,146,814 | 1,013 | $8,906,823 | Sep 20 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 26 | Barton Fink | - | - | - | $2,810,968 | 189 | $6,153,939 | Aug 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 27 | Livin' Large! | - | - | - | $2,065,790 | 825 | $5,467,959 | Sep 20 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 28 | The Hitman | - | - | - | $1,720,296 | 551 | $4,654,288 | Oct 25 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 29 | Homicide | - | - | - | $1,508,080 | 257 | $2,971,661 | Oct 11 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 30 | The Rapture | - | - | - | $1,277,404 | 46 | $1,277,404 | Oct 4 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 31 | Whore | - | - | - | $1,008,404 | 52 | $1,008,404 | Oct 4 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 32 | Cool as Ice | - | - | - | $996,590 | 393 | $1,193,062 | Oct 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 33 | The Taking of Beverly Hills | - | - | - | $939,277 | 541 | $939,277 | Oct 11 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 34 | Dogfight | - | - | - | $365,059 | 24 | $394,631 | Sep 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 35 | Two Evil Eyes | - | - | - | $349,618 | 150 | $349,618 | Oct 25 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 36 | The Man in the Moon | - | - | - | $308,884 | 121 | $2,853,801 | Oct 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 37 | My Own Private Idaho | - | - | - | $142,887 | 98 | $6,401,336 | Sep 27 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 38 | Stepping Out | - | - | - | $128,351 | 9 | $246,000 | Oct 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 39 | City of Hope | - | - | - | $124,495 | 84 | $1,345,015 | Oct 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 40 | The Indian Runner | - | - | - | $116,837 | 9 | $191,125 | Sep 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 41 | The Silence of the Lambs | - | - | - | $80,999 | 1,642 | $130,742,922 | Feb 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 42 | Twenty-One | - | - | - | $66,867 | 24 | $256,521 | Oct 4 | Triton Pictures | false |
| 43 | Lyrisch nitraat | - | - | - | $26,662 | 1 | $26,662 | Oct 11 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 44 | Life Is Sweet | - | - | - | $18,312 | 27 | $1,516,414 | Oct 25 | October Films | false |
| 45 | Mindwalk | - | - | - | $11,235 | 14 | $774,048 | Oct 11 | Triton Pictures | false |
| 46 | Screenplay: Antonia and Jane | - | - | - | $10,202 | 23 | $1,002,078 | Oct 11 | Miramax | false |
