Domestic Box Office For September 1994
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The River Wild | $46,816,343 | 2,153 | $10,214,450 | 21.8% | 2,074 | Sep 30 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | Timecop | $44,853,581 | 2,274 | $12,064,625 | 26.9% | 2,228 | Sep 16 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | The Shawshank Redemption | $28,341,469 | 972 | $727,327 | 2.6% | 33 | Sep 23 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 4 | Quiz Show | $24,822,619 | 822 | $757,714 | 3.1% | 27 | Sep 16 | May 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | Jason's Lyric | $20,851,521 | 804 | $5,122,600 | 24.6% | 804 | Sep 30 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 6 | Milk Money | $18,137,661 | 1,361 | $5,846,533 | 32.2% | 1,361 | Sep 2 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | Terminal Velocity | $16,487,349 | 1,797 | $5,500,404 | 33.4% | 1,794 | Sep 23 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | Trial by Jury | $6,971,777 | 1,401 | $2,855,852 | 41% | 1,401 | Sep 9 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | Ed Wood | $5,887,457 | 623 | $71,566 | 1.2% | 2 | Sep 30 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | A Simple Twist of Fate | $3,430,583 | 319 | $1,404,904 | 41% | 319 | Sep 2 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | Blue Sky | $3,359,465 | 205 | $763,890 | 22.7% | 205 | Sep 16 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 12 | Princess Caraboo | $3,062,530 | 301 | $1,005,287 | 32.8% | 301 | Sep 16 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 13 | The Scout | $2,694,234 | 1,585 | $1,458,837 | 54.1% | 1,585 | Sep 30 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 14 | A Good Man in Africa | $2,308,390 | 794 | $1,144,942 | 49.6% | 794 | Sep 9 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 15 | Nostradamus | $364,164 | 9 | $27,312 | 7.5% | 5 | Sep 16 | - | Orion Classics |
| 16 | Rapa Nui | $305,070 | - | - | - | - | Sep 9 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | The New Age | $245,217 | 12 | $35,797 | 14.6% | 3 | Sep 16 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | Sleep with Me | $200,151 | 67 | $33,004 | 16.5% | 6 | Sep 23 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 19 | There Goes My Baby | $123,509 | - | - | - | - | Sep 2 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 20 | Second Best | $86,115 | 9 | $19,190 | 22.3% | 4 | Sep 30 | Nov 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | My Summer Story | $70,936 | - | - | - | - | Sep 23 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 22 | The Making of '...and God Spoke' | $58,484 | 6 | $18,886 | 32.3% | 6 | Sep 23 | Oct 27 | Artisan Entertainment |
