| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ransom | - | - | - | $126,919,084 | 2,768 | $136,492,681 | Nov 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 2 | 101 Dalmatians | - | - | - | $114,446,158 | 2,901 | $136,189,294 | Nov 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Star Trek: First Contact | - | - | - | $87,368,188 | 2,812 | $92,027,888 | Nov 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Space Jam | - | - | - | $84,043,481 | 2,650 | $90,418,342 | Nov 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Jerry Maguire | - | - | - | $70,976,210 | 2,531 | $153,952,592 | Dec 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 6 | Jingle All the Way | - | - | - | $55,637,358 | 2,404 | $60,592,389 | Nov 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | - | - | - | $48,394,002 | 2,417 | $63,118,386 | Dec 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Romeo + Juliet | - | - | - | $44,194,587 | 1,963 | $46,351,345 | Nov 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | - | - | - | $41,083,864 | 2,489 | $41,083,864 | Nov 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 10 | Michael | - | - | - | $40,588,638 | 2,325 | $95,318,203 | Dec 25 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 11 | Set It Off | - | - | - | $36,461,139 | 1,016 | $36,461,139 | Nov 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 12 | The Preacher's Wife | - | - | - | $33,730,042 | 2,008 | $48,102,795 | Dec 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | Mars Attacks! | - | - | - | $30,346,187 | 1,955 | $37,771,017 | Dec 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Scream | - | - | - | $29,068,642 | 1,994 | $103,046,663 | Dec 20 | Dimension Films | false |
| 15 | Daylight | - | - | - | $27,308,415 | 2,189 | $33,023,469 | Dec 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 16 | One Fine Day | - | - | - | $26,028,038 | 1,975 | $46,151,454 | Dec 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | The English Patient | - | - | - | $25,274,669 | 1,409 | $78,676,425 | Nov 15 | Miramax | false |
| 18 | Sleepers | - | - | - | $23,781,929 | 2,080 | $53,315,285 | Oct 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | The First Wives Club | - | - | - | $15,309,886 | 2,406 | $105,489,203 | Sep 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 20 | My Fellow Americans | - | - | - | $14,674,261 | 1,915 | $22,313,201 | Dec 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | High School High | - | - | - | $13,700,856 | 2,146 | $21,302,121 | Oct 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 22 | The Ghost and the Darkness | - | - | - | $10,500,215 | 2,202 | $38,619,405 | Oct 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 23 | Larger Than Life | - | - | - | $8,315,693 | 2,433 | $8,315,693 | Nov 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 24 | Thinner | - | - | - | $8,020,636 | 2,009 | $15,315,484 | Oct 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Evening Star | - | - | - | $7,852,697 | 1,268 | $12,767,815 | Dec 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Associate | - | - | - | $7,298,238 | 1,781 | $12,844,057 | Oct 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Michael Collins | - | - | - | $7,235,024 | 878 | $11,092,559 | Oct 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | Dear God | - | - | - | $7,138,523 | 1,774 | $7,138,523 | Nov 1 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 29 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | - | - | - | $6,908,031 | 2,404 | $33,447,612 | Oct 11 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 30 | Big Night | - | - | - | $6,511,219 | 336 | $12,008,376 | Sep 20 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 31 | Fly Away Home | - | - | - | $5,385,039 | 1,401 | $25,143,818 | Sep 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 32 | Independence Day | - | - | - | $4,881,489 | 2,977 | $306,169,268 | Jul 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 33 | That Thing You Do! | - | - | - | $4,874,845 | 1,887 | $25,857,416 | Oct 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 34 | Shine | - | - | - | $4,602,557 | 1,050 | $35,892,330 | Nov 22 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 35 | Swingers | - | - | - | $4,229,405 | 160 | $4,555,020 | Oct 18 | Miramax | false |
| 36 | The Crucible | - | - | - | $3,296,096 | 344 | $7,343,114 | Nov 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 37 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | - | - | - | $2,020,428 | 807 | $4,189,233 | Oct 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 38 | Microcosmos | - | - | - | $1,369,765 | 43 | $1,433,210 | Oct 9 | Miramax | false |
| 39 | The Funeral | - | - | - | $1,227,324 | 70 | $1,227,324 | Nov 1 | October Films | false |
| 40 | Evita | - | - | - | $1,161,077 | 1,045 | $50,047,179 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 41 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | - | - | - | $1,146,522 | 1,233 | $20,300,385 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 42 | Bad Moon | - | - | - | $1,055,525 | 825 | $1,055,525 | Nov 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 43 | Surviving Picasso | - | - | - | $625,043 | 49 | $2,021,348 | Sep 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 44 | Ghosts of Mississippi | - | - | - | $605,912 | 1,268 | $13,323,144 | Dec 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 45 | Twelfth Night | - | - | - | $540,494 | 31 | $588,621 | Oct 25 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 46 | American Buffalo | - | - | - | $449,089 | 73 | $665,450 | Sep 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 47 | Bitter Sugar | - | - | - | $409,414 | 12 | $450,060 | Oct 11 | First Look International | false |
| 48 | Mother Night | - | - | - | $403,701 | 30 | $403,701 | Nov 1 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 49 | Jude | - | - | - | $361,349 | 20 | $409,144 | Oct 18 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 50 | Palookaville | - | - | - | $332,283 | 24 | $365,284 | Oct 25 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 51 | Paraíso Perdido | - | - | - | $254,550 | 11 | $272,750 | Sep 20 | - | false |
| 52 | Mother | - | - | - | $228,040 | 735 | $19,145,198 | Dec 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 53 | Santa with Muscles | - | - | - | $220,198 | 98 | $220,198 | Nov 8 | - | false |
| 54 | The Grass Harp | - | - | - | $212,834 | 48 | $559,771 | Oct 11 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 55 | Some Mother's Son | - | - | - | $195,544 | 35 | $671,437 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 56 | The Rock | - | - | - | $162,504 | 2,426 | $134,069,511 | Jun 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 57 | Hamlet | - | - | - | $147,321 | 93 | $4,708,156 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 58 | The Portrait of a Lady | - | - | - | $134,805 | 570 | $3,692,836 | Dec 27 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 59 | Everyone Says I Love You | - | - | - | $131,678 | 276 | $9,759,200 | Dec 6 | Miramax | false |
| 60 | Marvin's Room | - | - | - | $119,671 | 1,158 | $12,803,305 | Dec 20 | Miramax | false |
| 61 | Losing Chase | - | - | - | $64,161 | 10 | $64,161 | Dec 6 | - | false |
| 62 | Mission: Impossible | - | - | - | $52,757 | 3,012 | $180,981,856 | May 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 63 | Unhook the Stars | - | - | - | $50,741 | 20 | $272,542 | Nov 1 | Miramax | false |
| 64 | The War at Home | - | - | - | $44,722 | 6 | $44,722 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 65 | The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story | - | - | - | $43,036 | 7 | $50,605 | Sep 27 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 66 | Citizen Ruth | - | - | - | $39,692 | 23 | $285,112 | Dec 13 | Miramax | false |
| 67 | Sling Blade | - | - | - | $36,644 | 1,020 | $24,444,121 | Nov 29 | Miramax | false |
| 68 | I'm Not Rappaport | - | - | - | $26,011 | 3 | $26,011 | Dec 24 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 69 | The Secret Agent | - | - | - | $25,909 | 7 | $106,606 | Nov 8 | - | false |
| 70 | Normal Life | - | - | - | $18,257 | 2 | $22,891 | Oct 25 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 71 | Breathing Room | - | - | - | $16,299 | 1 | $16,299 | Nov 8 | Arrow Releasing | false |
| 72 | The Whole Wide World | - | - | - | $12,563 | 20 | $375,757 | Dec 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 73 | Zero Kelvin | - | - | - | $10,493 | 1 | $10,493 | Nov 27 | Kino International | false |
| 74 | Blue Juice | - | - | - | $4,535 | 2 | $4,535 | Nov 13 | - | false |
| 75 | In Love and War | - | - | - | $4,112 | 1,612 | $14,481,231 | Dec 18 | New Line Cinema | false |
