| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The First Wives Club | - | - | - | $90,179,317 | 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 | Bulletproof | - | - | - | $21,576,954 | 2,242 | $21,576,954 | Sep 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | First Kid | - | - | - | $21,153,477 | 1,878 | $26,491,793 | Aug 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | That Thing You Do! | - | - | - | $20,982,571 | 1,887 | $25,857,416 | Oct 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | Tin Cup | - | - | - | $20,522,274 | 2,102 | $53,854,588 | Aug 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | The Glimmer Man | - | - | - | $20,351,264 | 2,236 | $20,351,264 | Oct 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Fly Away Home | - | - | - | $19,758,779 | 1,401 | $25,143,818 | Sep 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 12 | Independence Day | - | - | - | $19,340,159 | 2,977 | $306,169,268 | Jul 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | A Time to Kill | - | - | - | $19,168,709 | 2,313 | $108,766,007 | Jul 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Last Man Standing | - | - | - | $18,115,927 | 2,579 | $18,115,927 | Sep 20 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 15 | Extreme Measures | - | - | - | $17,380,126 | 2,298 | $17,380,126 | Sep 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 16 | Jack | - | - | - | $14,911,358 | 2,232 | $58,620,973 | Aug 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | The Chamber | - | - | - | $14,551,359 | 2,032 | $14,551,359 | Oct 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Maximum Risk | - | - | - | $14,502,483 | 2,358 | $14,502,483 | Sep 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 19 | The Spitfire Grill | - | - | - | $12,508,437 | 1,247 | $12,658,486 | Aug 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 20 | The Crow: City of Angels | - | - | - | $11,473,605 | 2,423 | $17,917,287 | Aug 30 | Miramax | false |
| 21 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | - | - | - | $11,220,780 | 2,039 | $27,663,982 | Aug 23 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 22 | 2 Days in the Valley | - | - | - | $11,132,210 | 855 | $11,132,210 | Sep 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 23 | The Nutty Professor | - | - | - | $10,843,389 | 2,239 | $128,814,019 | Jun 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 24 | Emma | - | - | - | $9,716,754 | 848 | $22,231,658 | Aug 2 | Miramax | false |
| 25 | The Rich Man's Wife | - | - | - | $8,543,587 | 1,009 | $8,543,587 | Sep 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 26 | A Very Brady Sequel | - | - | - | $8,400,250 | 2,147 | $21,440,752 | Aug 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 27 | High School High | - | - | - | $7,601,265 | 2,146 | $21,302,121 | Oct 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | Thinner | - | - | - | $7,294,848 | 2,009 | $15,315,484 | Oct 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 29 | Get on the Bus | - | - | - | $5,754,249 | 1,207 | $5,754,249 | Oct 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 30 | Trainspotting | - | - | - | $5,575,099 | 357 | $16,491,080 | Jul 19 | Miramax | false |
| 31 | The Associate | - | - | - | $5,545,819 | 1,781 | $12,844,057 | Oct 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 32 | Fargo | - | - | - | $5,374,506 | 716 | $24,611,975 | Mar 8 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 33 | She's the One | - | - | - | $5,172,013 | 464 | $9,538,948 | Aug 23 | - | false |
| 34 | Big Night | - | - | - | $5,140,424 | 336 | $12,008,376 | Sep 20 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 35 | Bogus | - | - | - | $4,357,406 | 1,209 | $4,357,406 | Sep 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | Bound | - | - | - | $3,802,260 | 262 | $3,802,260 | Oct 4 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 37 | Michael Collins | - | - | - | $3,766,456 | 878 | $11,092,559 | Oct 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 38 | Mission: Impossible | - | - | - | $3,651,480 | 3,012 | $180,981,856 | May 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 39 | The Rock | - | - | - | $3,561,647 | 2,426 | $134,069,511 | Jun 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 40 | Feeling Minnesota | - | - | - | $3,124,440 | 869 | $3,124,440 | Sep 13 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 41 | Basquiat | - | - | - | $2,857,749 | 109 | $3,011,195 | Aug 9 | Miramax | false |
| 42 | Matilda | - | - | - | $2,845,602 | 2,006 | $33,459,416 | Aug 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 43 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | - | - | - | $2,168,805 | 807 | $4,189,233 | Oct 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 44 | The Fan | - | - | - | $1,978,992 | 2,016 | $18,626,419 | Aug 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 45 | Alaska | - | - | - | $1,805,996 | 1,566 | $11,829,959 | Aug 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 46 | Escape from L.A. | - | - | - | $1,781,424 | 2,312 | $25,477,365 | Aug 9 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 47 | The Trigger Effect | - | - | - | $1,735,188 | 524 | $3,622,979 | Aug 30 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 48 | Beautiful Thing | - | - | - | $1,548,120 | 2 | $1,548,120 | Oct 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 49 | Surviving Picasso | - | - | - | $1,396,305 | 49 | $2,021,348 | Sep 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 50 | The Stupids | - | - | - | $898,060 | 1,292 | $2,491,989 | Aug 30 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 51 | Solo | - | - | - | $826,407 | 1,230 | $5,107,669 | Aug 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 52 | Trees Lounge | - | - | - | $749,741 | 2 | $749,741 | Oct 11 | Orion Classics | false |
| 53 | Crash | - | - | - | $738,339 | 339 | $2,664,812 | Oct 4 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 54 | Grace of My Heart | - | - | - | $660,313 | 93 | $660,313 | Sep 13 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 55 | Manny & Lo | - | - | - | $468,196 | 27 | $502,313 | Jul 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 56 | The Grass Harp | - | - | - | $346,937 | 48 | $559,771 | Oct 11 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 57 | Secrets & Lies | - | - | - | $332,118 | 296 | $13,417,292 | Sep 28 | October Films | false |
| 58 | Freeway | - | - | - | $272,625 | 9 | $295,493 | Aug 23 | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 59 | Flirt | - | - | - | $230,229 | 7 | $263,192 | Aug 7 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 60 | Swingers | - | - | - | $219,545 | 160 | $4,555,020 | Oct 18 | Miramax | false |
| 61 | American Buffalo | - | - | - | $216,361 | 73 | $665,450 | Sep 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 62 | Infinity | - | - | - | $195,170 | 46 | $195,170 | Oct 4 | First Look International | false |
| 63 | Carpool | - | - | - | $194,884 | 1,487 | $3,325,651 | Aug 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 64 | Small Faces | - | - | - | $131,430 | 12 | $155,239 | Aug 14 | October Films | false |
| 65 | Sweet Nothing | - | - | - | $102,350 | 2 | $102,350 | Sep 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 66 | Killer: A Journal of Murder | - | - | - | $82,029 | 10 | $82,029 | Sep 6 | - | false |
| 67 | Microcosmos | - | - | - | $63,445 | 43 | $1,433,210 | Oct 9 | Miramax | false |
| 68 | Love Is All There Is | - | - | - | $61,875 | 26 | $61,875 | Oct 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 69 | Curdled | - | - | - | $49,620 | 18 | $49,620 | Sep 27 | - | false |
| 70 | Twelfth Night | - | - | - | $48,127 | 31 | $588,621 | Oct 25 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 71 | Jude | - | - | - | $47,795 | 20 | $409,144 | Oct 18 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 72 | Bitter Sugar | - | - | - | $40,646 | 12 | $450,060 | Oct 11 | First Look International | false |
| 73 | Dadetown | - | - | - | $37,092 | 1 | $37,092 | Sep 18 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 74 | Looking for Richard | - | - | - | $33,843 | 81 | $1,408,575 | Oct 11 | - | false |
| 75 | Palookaville | - | - | - | $33,001 | 24 | $365,284 | Oct 25 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 76 | When We Were Kings | - | - | - | $25,682 | 92 | $2,789,985 | Oct 25 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 77 | Toy Story | - | - | - | $23,184 | 2,574 | $191,796,233 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 78 | The Sunchaser | - | - | - | $21,508 | 23 | $21,508 | Oct 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 79 | Small Wonders | - | - | - | $20,819 | 7 | $20,819 | Oct 4 | Miramax | false |
| 80 | Paraíso Perdido | - | - | - | $18,200 | 11 | $272,750 | Sep 20 | - | false |
| 81 | Somebody to Love | - | - | - | $18,112 | 10 | $18,112 | Sep 27 | - | false |
| 82 | Ed's Next Move | - | - | - | $16,042 | 13 | $106,791 | Sep 27 | Orion Classics | false |
| 83 | A Modern Affair | - | - | - | $11,005 | 2 | $14,286 | May 24 | Tara Releasing | false |
| 84 | The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story | - | - | - | $7,569 | 7 | $50,605 | Sep 27 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 85 | Normal Life | - | - | - | $4,634 | 2 | $22,891 | Oct 25 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 86 | Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press | - | - | - | $3,204 | 1 | $3,204 | Oct 11 | - | false |
| 87 | American Strays | - | - | - | $1,910 | 1 | $1,910 | Sep 13 | - | false |
