| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Forrest Gump | - | - | - | $41,737,116 | 2,365 | $329,694,499 | Jul 6 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Natural Born Killers | - | - | - | $29,613,939 | 1,904 | $50,282,766 | Aug 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Timecop | - | - | - | $27,052,437 | 2,274 | $44,853,581 | Sep 16 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Clear and Present Danger | - | - | - | $26,178,002 | 2,433 | $122,187,717 | Aug 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Milk Money | - | - | - | $18,137,661 | 1,361 | $18,137,661 | Sep 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Mask | - | - | - | $16,514,782 | 2,516 | $119,938,730 | Jul 29 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 7 | True Lies | - | - | - | $12,600,289 | 2,561 | $146,282,411 | Jul 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | Corrina, Corrina | - | - | - | $10,856,696 | 972 | $20,164,171 | Aug 12 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 9 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | - | - | - | $10,783,723 | 192 | $11,220,670 | Aug 10 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 10 | In the Army Now | - | - | - | $9,965,097 | 1,452 | $28,881,266 | Aug 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Lion King | - | - | - | $9,674,462 | 2,624 | $312,855,561 | Jun 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Little Rascals | - | - | - | $8,001,315 | 1,927 | $52,125,282 | Aug 5 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | The Next Karate Kid | - | - | - | $7,911,380 | 1,489 | $8,914,777 | Aug 12 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 14 | Terminal Velocity | - | - | - | $7,842,005 | 1,797 | $16,487,349 | Sep 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 15 | The Client | - | - | - | $7,737,217 | 2,365 | $92,115,211 | Jul 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | Speed | - | - | - | $7,213,001 | 2,169 | $121,248,145 | Jun 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | Barcelona | - | - | - | $7,089,106 | 274 | $7,266,973 | Jul 29 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 18 | Camp Nowhere | - | - | - | $7,066,031 | 1,367 | $10,475,705 | Aug 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | Eat Drink Man Woman | - | - | - | $7,016,378 | 217 | $7,294,403 | Aug 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 20 | Fresh | - | - | - | $7,008,401 | 413 | $8,094,616 | Aug 19 | Miramax | false |
| 21 | Trial by Jury | - | - | - | $6,971,777 | 1,401 | $6,971,777 | Sep 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | It Could Happen to You | - | - | - | $6,927,917 | 1,544 | $37,939,757 | Jul 29 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 23 | Color of Night | - | - | - | $6,212,946 | 1,740 | $19,726,050 | Aug 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 24 | Andre | - | - | - | $6,105,646 | 1,469 | $16,820,893 | Aug 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 25 | Quiz Show | - | - | - | $5,684,975 | 822 | $24,822,619 | Sep 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 26 | A Simple Twist of Fate | - | - | - | $3,430,583 | 319 | $3,430,583 | Sep 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Blue Sky | - | - | - | $3,359,465 | 205 | $3,359,465 | Sep 16 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Princess Caraboo | - | - | - | $3,062,530 | 301 | $3,062,530 | Sep 16 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 29 | Jurassic Park | - | - | - | $2,560,520 | 2,566 | $357,067,947 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 30 | Wagons East | - | - | - | $2,317,522 | 1,771 | $4,412,297 | Aug 26 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 31 | A Good Man in Africa | - | - | - | $2,308,390 | 794 | $2,308,390 | Sep 9 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 32 | Maverick | - | - | - | $2,234,676 | 2,537 | $101,631,272 | May 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | The River Wild | - | - | - | $1,885,775 | 2,153 | $46,816,343 | Sep 30 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 34 | The Flintstones | - | - | - | $1,739,215 | 2,594 | $130,531,208 | May 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 35 | Blankman | - | - | - | $1,314,633 | 1,615 | $7,941,977 | Aug 19 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 36 | Spanking the Monkey | - | - | - | $1,297,409 | 37 | $1,359,736 | Jul 15 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 37 | The Shawshank Redemption | - | - | - | $1,163,311 | 972 | $28,341,469 | Sep 23 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 38 | Jason's Lyric | - | - | - | $1,107,219 | 804 | $20,851,521 | Sep 30 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 39 | The Advocate | - | - | - | $545,484 | 17 | $602,329 | Aug 24 | Miramax | false |
| 40 | Killing Zoe | - | - | - | $366,751 | 14 | $418,961 | Aug 19 | October Films | false |
| 41 | The Scout | - | - | - | $262,502 | 1,585 | $2,694,234 | Sep 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 42 | The New Age | - | - | - | $245,217 | 12 | $245,217 | Sep 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 43 | La scorta | - | - | - | $132,058 | 5 | $147,107 | May 6 | First Look International | false |
| 44 | A Place in the World | - | - | - | $87,253 | 3 | $99,707 | Jul 1 | First Look International | false |
| 45 | Schindler's List | - | - | - | $62,130 | 1,389 | $96,065,768 | Dec 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 46 | The Making of '...and God Spoke' | - | - | - | $58,484 | 6 | $58,484 | Sep 23 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 47 | Ed Wood | - | - | - | $56,846 | 623 | $5,887,457 | Sep 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 48 | Nostradamus | - | - | - | $37,923 | 9 | $364,164 | Sep 16 | Orion Classics | false |
| 49 | Sleep with Me | - | - | - | $33,004 | 67 | $200,151 | Sep 23 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 50 | Second Best | - | - | - | $3,812 | 9 | $86,115 | Sep 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
