| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The First Wives Club | - | - | - | $51,706,907 | 2,406 | $105,489,203 | Sep 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Sleepers | - | - | - | $29,533,356 | 2,080 | $53,315,285 | Oct 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | The Ghost and the Darkness | - | - | - | $28,119,190 | 2,202 | $38,619,405 | Oct 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | - | - | - | $26,539,581 | 2,404 | $33,447,612 | Oct 11 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 5 | D3: The Mighty Ducks | - | - | - | $22,955,097 | 2,060 | $22,955,097 | Oct 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | That Thing You Do! | - | - | - | $20,982,571 | 1,887 | $25,857,416 | Oct 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | The Glimmer Man | - | - | - | $20,351,264 | 2,236 | $20,351,264 | Oct 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | The Chamber | - | - | - | $14,551,359 | 2,032 | $14,551,359 | Oct 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | Extreme Measures | - | - | - | $12,307,961 | 2,298 | $17,380,126 | Sep 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 10 | 2 Days in the Valley | - | - | - | $8,492,141 | 855 | $11,132,210 | Sep 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 11 | High School High | - | - | - | $7,601,265 | 2,146 | $21,302,121 | Oct 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 12 | Independence Day | - | - | - | $7,507,785 | 2,977 | $306,169,268 | Jul 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | Fly Away Home | - | - | - | $7,428,578 | 1,401 | $25,143,818 | Sep 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 14 | Thinner | - | - | - | $7,294,848 | 2,009 | $15,315,484 | Oct 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 15 | Last Man Standing | - | - | - | $6,282,761 | 2,579 | $18,115,927 | Sep 20 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 16 | Get on the Bus | - | - | - | $5,754,249 | 1,207 | $5,754,249 | Oct 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | The Associate | - | - | - | $5,545,819 | 1,781 | $12,844,057 | Oct 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 18 | First Kid | - | - | - | $4,633,503 | 1,878 | $26,491,793 | Aug 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | Big Night | - | - | - | $4,137,743 | 336 | $12,008,376 | Sep 20 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 20 | Bound | - | - | - | $3,802,260 | 262 | $3,802,260 | Oct 4 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 21 | Michael Collins | - | - | - | $3,766,456 | 878 | $11,092,559 | Oct 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Bulletproof | - | - | - | $3,724,485 | 2,242 | $21,576,954 | Sep 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 23 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | - | - | - | $2,168,805 | 807 | $4,189,233 | Oct 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 24 | Maximum Risk | - | - | - | $1,616,178 | 2,358 | $14,502,483 | Sep 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 25 | Beautiful Thing | - | - | - | $1,548,120 | 2 | $1,548,120 | Oct 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 26 | Surviving Picasso | - | - | - | $1,255,399 | 49 | $2,021,348 | Sep 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | The Rock | - | - | - | $844,165 | 2,426 | $134,069,511 | Jun 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Trees Lounge | - | - | - | $749,741 | 2 | $749,741 | Oct 11 | Orion Classics | false |
| 29 | Crash | - | - | - | $738,339 | 339 | $2,664,812 | Oct 4 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 30 | Mission: Impossible | - | - | - | $482,855 | 3,012 | $180,981,856 | May 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 31 | The Grass Harp | - | - | - | $346,937 | 48 | $559,771 | Oct 11 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 32 | Freeway | - | - | - | $272,625 | 9 | $295,493 | Aug 23 | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 33 | Secrets & Lies | - | - | - | $271,305 | 296 | $13,417,292 | Sep 28 | October Films | false |
| 34 | Swingers | - | - | - | $219,545 | 160 | $4,555,020 | Oct 18 | Miramax | false |
| 35 | Infinity | - | - | - | $195,170 | 46 | $195,170 | Oct 4 | First Look International | false |
| 36 | Small Faces | - | - | - | $131,430 | 12 | $155,239 | Aug 14 | October Films | false |
| 37 | Microcosmos | - | - | - | $63,445 | 43 | $1,433,210 | Oct 9 | Miramax | false |
| 38 | Love Is All There Is | - | - | - | $61,875 | 26 | $61,875 | Oct 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 39 | Twelfth Night | - | - | - | $48,127 | 31 | $588,621 | Oct 25 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 40 | Jude | - | - | - | $47,795 | 20 | $409,144 | Oct 18 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 41 | Bitter Sugar | - | - | - | $40,646 | 12 | $450,060 | Oct 11 | First Look International | false |
| 42 | Curdled | - | - | - | $35,788 | 18 | $49,620 | Sep 27 | - | false |
| 43 | Looking for Richard | - | - | - | $33,843 | 81 | $1,408,575 | Oct 11 | - | false |
| 44 | Palookaville | - | - | - | $33,001 | 24 | $365,284 | Oct 25 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 45 | When We Were Kings | - | - | - | $25,682 | 92 | $2,789,985 | Oct 25 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 46 | The Sunchaser | - | - | - | $21,508 | 23 | $21,508 | Oct 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 47 | Small Wonders | - | - | - | $20,819 | 7 | $20,819 | Oct 4 | Miramax | false |
| 48 | Somebody to Love | - | - | - | $9,907 | 10 | $18,112 | Sep 27 | - | false |
| 49 | Normal Life | - | - | - | $4,634 | 2 | $22,891 | Oct 25 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 50 | The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story | - | - | - | $3,243 | 7 | $50,605 | Sep 27 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 51 | Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press | - | - | - | $3,204 | 1 | $3,204 | Oct 11 | - | false |
