| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Get Shorty | - | - | - | $72,101,622 | 2,103 | $12,700,007 | 17.6% | 1,612 | Oct 20 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 2 | Copycat | - | - | - | $32,051,917 | 1,661 | $5,170,522 | 16.1% | 1,390 | Oct 27 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Leaving Las Vegas | - | - | - | $32,029,928 | 1,310 | $70,864 | 0.2% | 7 | Oct 27 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 4 | Powder | - | - | - | $30,862,156 | 1,621 | $7,146,973 | 23.2% | 1,592 | Oct 27 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Assassins | - | - | - | $30,303,072 | 2,343 | $9,378,637 | 30.9% | 2,343 | Oct 6 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Now and Then | - | - | - | $27,112,329 | 1,713 | $7,440,173 | 27.4% | 1,572 | Oct 20 | - | New Line Cinema | false |
| 7 | Dead Presidents | - | - | - | $24,147,179 | 1,084 | $7,943,778 | 32.9% | 1,081 | Oct 6 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | How to Make an American Quilt | - | - | - | $23,600,020 | 1,532 | $5,790,445 | 24.5% | 1,504 | Oct 6 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | Vampire in Brooklyn | - | - | - | $19,751,736 | 2,307 | $7,045,379 | 35.7% | 2,307 | Oct 27 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | Across the Sea of Time | - | - | - | $16,015,639 | 2 | - | - | - | Oct 20 | May 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 11 | The Scarlet Letter | - | - | - | $10,382,407 | 1,518 | $4,119,086 | 39.7% | 1,510 | Oct 13 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Jade | - | - | - | $9,851,610 | 2,164 | $4,284,246 | 43.5% | 2,164 | Oct 13 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Strange Days | - | - | - | $7,959,291 | 1,691 | $31,062 | 0.4% | 1 | Oct 6 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | Three Wishes | - | - | - | $7,027,517 | 1,538 | $2,601,093 | 37% | 1,535 | Oct 27 | - | Savoy Pictures | false |
| 15 | Never Talk to Strangers | - | - | - | $6,858,261 | 1,510 | $2,903,457 | 42.3% | 1,510 | Oct 20 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 16 | Mighty Aphrodite | - | - | - | $6,468,498 | 278 | $326,494 | 5% | 19 | Oct 27 | - | Miramax | false |
| 17 | Mallrats | - | - | - | $2,122,561 | 852 | $1,153,838 | 54.4% | 852 | Oct 20 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 18 | Endless Winter | - | - | - | $1,966,454 | - | - | - | - | Oct 20 | - | Warren Miller Entertainment | false |
| 19 | The Horseman on the Roof | - | - | - | $1,320,043 | - | - | - | - | Oct 6 | - | Miramax | false |
| 20 | Blue in the Face | - | - | - | $1,268,636 | 16 | $104,365 | 8.2% | 16 | Oct 13 | - | Miramax | false |
| 21 | Les Misérables | - | - | - | $740,048 | - | - | - | - | Oct 20 | Feb 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Kicking and Screaming | - | - | - | $718,490 | 26 | $19,497 | 2.7% | 1 | Oct 6 | Apr 11 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 23 | The Addiction | - | - | - | $307,308 | 14 | $46,448 | 15.1% | 7 | Oct 6 | Jan 11 | October Films | false |
| 24 | Feast of July | - | - | - | $293,274 | 47 | $22,818 | 7.8% | 4 | Oct 13 | Nov 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Doom Generation | - | - | - | $284,785 | 20 | $27,812 | 9.8% | 6 | Oct 25 | Apr 11 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 26 | Delta of Venus | - | - | - | $63,174 | 4 | $3,750 | 5.9% | 1 | Oct 13 | - | Fine Line Features | false |
| 27 | Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision | - | - | - | $62,186 | 6 | $2,273 | 3.7% | 1 | Oct 20 | - | Ocean Releasing | false |
