| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Fugitive | - | - | - | $48,729,841 | 2,425 | $183,875,760 | Aug 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Demolition Man | - | - | - | $47,023,011 | 2,258 | $58,055,768 | Oct 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | The Good Son | - | - | - | $40,260,868 | 1,902 | $44,789,789 | Sep 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | Cool Runnings | - | - | - | $39,365,574 | 1,832 | $68,856,263 | Oct 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Malice | - | - | - | $37,662,009 | 1,519 | $46,405,336 | Oct 1 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Age of Innocence | - | - | - | $27,670,986 | 839 | $32,255,440 | Sep 17 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 7 | The Beverly Hillbillies | - | - | - | $26,652,266 | 2,162 | $44,029,386 | Oct 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | Striking Distance | - | - | - | $24,107,867 | 1,917 | $24,107,867 | Sep 17 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Program | - | - | - | $23,032,565 | 1,661 | $23,032,565 | Sep 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Joy Luck Club | - | - | - | $22,480,946 | 600 | $32,901,136 | Sep 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | - | - | - | $19,021,420 | 1,671 | $50,003,043 | Oct 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Sleepless in Seattle | - | - | - | $14,747,343 | 1,657 | $126,680,884 | Jun 25 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 13 | A Bronx Tale | - | - | - | $14,663,896 | 1,082 | $17,287,898 | Oct 1 | - | false |
| 14 | The Man Without a Face | - | - | - | $14,141,650 | 1,332 | $24,760,338 | Aug 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Jurassic Park | - | - | - | $12,942,165 | 2,566 | $357,067,947 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 16 | Rudy | - | - | - | $12,357,908 | 1,465 | $22,750,363 | Oct 15 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 17 | Undercover Blues | - | - | - | $12,324,660 | 1,598 | $12,324,660 | Sep 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 18 | True Romance | - | - | - | $12,281,551 | 1,254 | $12,281,551 | Sep 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Free Willy | - | - | - | $11,649,731 | 1,937 | $77,698,625 | Jul 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | For Love or Money | - | - | - | $11,146,270 | 1,644 | $11,146,270 | Oct 1 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 21 | Judgment Night | - | - | - | $10,662,205 | 1,545 | $12,526,677 | Oct 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 22 | Hard Target | - | - | - | $9,236,035 | 1,999 | $32,589,677 | Aug 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 23 | The Firm | - | - | - | $9,098,517 | 2,393 | $158,348,367 | Jul 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 24 | The Secret Garden | - | - | - | $9,044,513 | 1,332 | $31,181,347 | Aug 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | Mr. Jones | - | - | - | $8,345,845 | 1,483 | $8,345,845 | Oct 8 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 26 | Dazed and Confused | - | - | - | $7,993,039 | 214 | $8,144,774 | Sep 24 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 27 | Rising Sun | - | - | - | $7,450,983 | 1,722 | $63,179,523 | Jul 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 28 | Hocus Pocus | - | - | - | $6,746,496 | 1,472 | $39,514,713 | Jul 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 29 | The Wedding Banquet | - | - | - | $6,676,892 | 113 | $6,933,459 | Aug 6 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 30 | The Real McCoy | - | - | - | $6,484,246 | 1,672 | $6,484,246 | Sep 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 31 | Needful Things | - | - | - | $5,410,563 | 1,986 | $15,185,672 | Aug 27 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 32 | Farewell My Concubine | - | - | - | $5,216,888 | 3 | $5,216,888 | Oct 15 | Miramax | false |
| 33 | Gettysburg | - | - | - | $5,141,007 | 248 | $10,769,960 | Oct 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 34 | Manhattan Murder Mystery | - | - | - | $4,849,691 | 337 | $11,330,911 | Aug 18 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 35 | Into the West | - | - | - | $4,790,801 | 550 | $4,790,801 | Sep 17 | Miramax | false |
| 36 | Fatal Instinct | - | - | - | $4,691,263 | 1,886 | $7,839,327 | Oct 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 37 | In the Line of Fire | - | - | - | $4,439,801 | 2,129 | $102,314,823 | Jul 9 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 38 | Mr. Nanny | - | - | - | $4,348,572 | 1,293 | $4,348,572 | Oct 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 39 | Fortress | - | - | - | $4,037,596 | 1,204 | $6,739,141 | Sep 3 | Miramax | false |
| 40 | Warlock: The Armageddon | - | - | - | $3,902,679 | 1,320 | $3,902,679 | Sep 24 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 41 | Searching for Bobby Fischer | - | - | - | $3,788,190 | 233 | $7,266,383 | Aug 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 42 | Rookie of the Year | - | - | - | $3,720,297 | 1,544 | $53,615,089 | Jul 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 43 | Robin Hood: Men in Tights | - | - | - | $3,702,450 | 1,407 | $35,739,755 | Jul 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 44 | Mr. Wonderful | - | - | - | $3,125,424 | 720 | $3,125,424 | Oct 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 45 | Airborne | - | - | - | $2,850,263 | 982 | $2,850,263 | Sep 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 46 | Heart and Souls | - | - | - | $2,522,961 | 1,301 | $16,589,540 | Aug 13 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 47 | Fearless | - | - | - | $1,867,621 | 749 | $6,995,302 | Oct 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 48 | Kalifornia | - | - | - | $1,575,543 | 359 | $2,395,231 | Sep 3 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 49 | Calendar Girl | - | - | - | $1,421,575 | 1,082 | $2,570,550 | Sep 3 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 50 | Boxing Helena | - | - | - | $1,248,885 | 161 | $1,796,389 | Sep 3 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 51 | Money for Nothing | - | - | - | $1,039,824 | 449 | $1,039,824 | Sep 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 52 | The Ballad of Little Jo | - | - | - | $510,051 | 40 | $543,091 | Aug 20 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 53 | Especially on Sunday | - | - | - | $368,426 | 15 | $442,676 | Aug 13 | Miramax | false |
| 54 | Baraka | - | - | - | $361,213 | 15 | $1,254,237 | Sep 24 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 55 | Deception | - | - | - | $219,471 | 112 | $608,866 | Oct 29 | Miramax | false |
| 56 | Bopha! | - | - | - | $212,483 | 26 | $212,483 | Sep 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 57 | Short Cuts | - | - | - | $197,509 | 165 | $6,110,979 | Oct 1 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 58 | Black Diamond Rush | - | - | - | $194,372 | 47 | $1,634,386 | Oct 12 | - | false |
| 59 | Romper Stomper | - | - | - | $153,303 | 5 | $175,340 | Jun 9 | Academy Entertainment | false |
| 60 | Twenty Bucks | - | - | - | $89,558 | 8 | $89,558 | Oct 22 | Triton Pictures | false |
| 61 | Crush | - | - | - | $87,284 | 3 | $107,792 | Aug 27 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 62 | M. Butterfly | - | - | - | $84,503 | 120 | $1,498,795 | Oct 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 63 | Return of the Living Dead III | - | - | - | $54,207 | 9 | $54,207 | Oct 29 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 64 | Betty | - | - | - | $48,466 | 3 | $58,099 | Aug 20 | - | false |
| 65 | Ruby in Paradise | - | - | - | $40,368 | 35 | $1,001,437 | Oct 8 | October Films | false |
| 66 | Freaked | - | - | - | $29,296 | 2 | $29,296 | Oct 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 67 | Deadfall | - | - | - | $18,369 | 2 | $18,369 | Oct 8 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 68 | By the Sword | - | - | - | $6,220 | 9 | $6,220 | Sep 24 | Hansen Entertainment | false |
| 69 | The War Room | - | - | - | $6,182 | 21 | $901,668 | Nov 3 | October Films | false |
