| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | - | - | - | $183,122,792 | 2,495 | $204,843,345 | Jul 3 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 2 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | - | - | - | $149,430,237 | 2,369 | $165,493,908 | Jun 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | City Slickers | - | - | - | $111,952,816 | 2,171 | $124,033,791 | Jun 7 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | - | - | - | $86,930,411 | 2,378 | $86,930,411 | Jun 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Backdraft | - | - | - | $77,868,585 | 1,983 | $77,868,585 | May 24 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 6 | What About Bob? | - | - | - | $63,707,829 | 1,805 | $63,707,829 | May 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1991 Re-release | - | - | - | $55,021,149 | 1,825 | $60,830,285 | Jul 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Hot Shots! | - | - | - | $53,403,114 | 1,999 | $69,467,617 | Jul 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | Boyz n the Hood | - | - | - | $48,796,650 | 931 | $57,504,069 | Jul 12 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Rocketeer | - | - | - | $46,704,056 | 1,903 | $46,704,056 | Jun 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Thelma & Louise | - | - | - | $45,360,915 | 1,180 | $45,360,915 | May 24 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 12 | Point Break | - | - | - | $43,218,387 | 1,625 | $43,218,387 | Jul 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | Doc Hollywood | - | - | - | $38,177,412 | 1,694 | $54,830,779 | Aug 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | - | - | - | $38,037,513 | 1,649 | $38,037,513 | Jul 19 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Regarding Henry | - | - | - | $37,996,754 | 1,090 | $43,001,500 | Jul 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | Soapdish | - | - | - | $36,489,888 | 1,275 | $36,489,888 | May 31 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | Dying Young | - | - | - | $33,669,178 | 1,552 | $33,669,178 | Jun 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | Jungle Fever | - | - | - | $32,482,682 | 844 | $32,482,682 | Jun 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 19 | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | - | - | - | $25,196,249 | 1,817 | $25,196,249 | Jun 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | Problem Child 2 | - | - | - | $25,104,700 | 1,500 | $25,104,700 | Jul 5 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 21 | The Doctor | - | - | - | $24,025,983 | 958 | $38,120,905 | Jul 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 22 | Double Impact | - | - | - | $22,889,998 | 1,747 | $30,102,717 | Aug 9 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 23 | Only the Lonely | - | - | - | $21,830,957 | 1,553 | $21,830,957 | May 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | F/X2 | - | - | - | $21,082,165 | 1,502 | $21,082,165 | May 10 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 25 | Mobsters | - | - | - | $20,246,790 | 1,449 | $20,246,790 | Jul 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Silence of the Lambs | - | - | - | $18,028,563 | 1,642 | $130,742,922 | Feb 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Hudson Hawk | - | - | - | $17,218,080 | 2,072 | $17,218,080 | May 24 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 28 | Oscar | - | - | - | $16,986,285 | 1,391 | $23,562,716 | Apr 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 29 | Pure Luck | - | - | - | $16,825,575 | 1,569 | $22,641,969 | Aug 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 30 | Dances with Wolves | - | - | - | $15,863,646 | 1,636 | $184,208,848 | Nov 9 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 31 | Home Alone | - | - | - | $15,717,115 | 2,173 | $285,761,243 | Nov 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 32 | Switch | - | - | - | $15,545,943 | 1,013 | $15,545,943 | May 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | Madonna: Truth or Dare | - | - | - | $15,012,935 | 652 | $15,012,935 | May 10 | Miramax | false |
| 34 | Drop Dead Fred | - | - | - | $13,878,334 | 933 | $13,878,334 | May 24 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 35 | One Good Cop | - | - | - | $11,276,846 | 1,454 | $11,276,846 | May 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 36 | V.I. Warshawski | - | - | - | $11,128,309 | 1,133 | $11,128,309 | Jul 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 37 | Out for Justice | - | - | - | $10,806,920 | 2,010 | $39,673,161 | Apr 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 38 | A Rage in Harlem | - | - | - | $10,438,504 | 545 | $10,438,504 | May 3 | Miramax | false |
| 39 | Toy Soldiers | - | - | - | $9,717,142 | 1,358 | $15,073,942 | Apr 26 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 40 | Dead Again | - | - | - | $9,689,595 | 940 | $38,016,380 | Aug 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 41 | A Kiss Before Dying | - | - | - | $9,681,692 | 1,546 | $15,429,177 | Apr 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 42 | Body Parts | - | - | - | $9,188,150 | 1,315 | $9,188,150 | Aug 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 43 | Stone Cold | - | - | - | $9,151,887 | 1,729 | $9,151,887 | May 17 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 44 | Bingo | - | - | - | $8,667,684 | 933 | $8,667,684 | Aug 9 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 45 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | - | - | - | $7,641,394 | 2,868 | $78,656,813 | Mar 22 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 46 | Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken | - | - | - | $7,294,835 | 1,662 | $7,294,835 | May 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 47 | New Jack City | - | - | - | $7,293,192 | 905 | $47,624,353 | Mar 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 48 | Mortal Thoughts | - | - | - | $6,808,163 | 1,196 | $18,784,957 | Apr 19 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 49 | Mystery Date | - | - | - | $6,166,819 | 1,371 | $6,166,819 | Aug 16 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 50 | Delirious | - | - | - | $5,546,827 | 1,142 | $5,546,827 | Aug 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 51 | Dutch | - | - | - | $4,603,929 | 1,232 | $4,603,929 | Jul 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 52 | Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | - | - | - | $4,277,681 | 1,196 | $7,434,726 | Aug 23 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 53 | Life Stinks | - | - | - | $4,102,526 | 865 | $4,102,526 | Jul 26 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 54 | Impromptu | - | - | - | $3,999,491 | 166 | $4,076,211 | Apr 12 | Hemdale | false |
| 55 | Child's Play 3 | - | - | - | $3,811,308 | 2,130 | $14,960,255 | Aug 30 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 56 | Mannequin: On the Move | - | - | - | $3,752,428 | 1,540 | $3,752,428 | May 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 57 | Kindergarten Cop | - | - | - | $3,505,225 | 1,937 | $91,457,688 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 58 | Defenseless | - | - | - | $3,155,908 | 668 | $6,413,375 | Aug 23 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 59 | Defending Your Life | - | - | - | $3,115,854 | 715 | $16,371,128 | Mar 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 60 | True Identity | - | - | - | $2,915,807 | 824 | $4,693,236 | Aug 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 61 | Another You | - | - | - | $2,865,916 | 1,287 | $2,865,916 | Jul 26 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 62 | Goodfellas | - | - | - | $2,844,443 | 1,328 | $46,836,214 | Sep 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 63 | Return to the Blue Lagoon | - | - | - | $2,807,854 | 1,246 | $2,807,854 | Aug 2 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 64 | Straight Out of Brooklyn | - | - | - | $2,712,293 | 75 | $2,712,293 | May 22 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 65 | Sleeping with the Enemy | - | - | - | $2,562,723 | 1,545 | $101,599,005 | Feb 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 66 | Showdown in Little Tokyo | - | - | - | $2,275,557 | 140 | $2,275,557 | Aug 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 67 | Eating | - | - | - | $2,081,718 | 19 | $2,100,538 | Nov 16 | Rainbow Releasing | false |
| 68 | Ju Dou | - | - | - | $1,967,488 | 39 | $1,986,433 | Mar 6 | Miramax | false |
| 69 | The Commitments | - | - | - | $1,895,380 | 588 | $14,919,570 | Aug 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 70 | Everybody's Fine | - | - | - | $1,745,470 | 48 | $1,745,470 | May 31 | Miramax | false |
| 71 | Spartacus 1991 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,683,697 | 52 | $1,830,650 | Apr 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 72 | Truly Madly Deeply | - | - | - | $1,554,742 | 48 | $1,554,742 | May 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 73 | Mister Johnson | - | - | - | $1,448,537 | 43 | $1,464,242 | Mar 22 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 74 | Kickboxer 2: The Road Back | - | - | - | $1,250,712 | 184 | $1,250,712 | Jun 14 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 75 | The Comfort of Strangers | - | - | - | $1,222,658 | 17 | $1,244,381 | Mar 15 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 76 | Daddy Nostalgia | - | - | - | $1,085,235 | 29 | $1,108,429 | Apr 12 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 77 | Barton Fink | - | - | - | $768,131 | 189 | $6,153,939 | Aug 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 78 | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | - | - | - | $705,286 | 18 | $739,104 | Feb 8 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 79 | Thousand Pieces of Gold | - | - | - | $694,125 | 10 | $717,772 | Apr 26 | - | false |
| 80 | Auntie Danielle | - | - | - | $604,624 | 17 | $604,624 | May 17 | Miramax | false |
| 81 | Rich Girl | - | - | - | $561,000 | 1,058 | $561,000 | May 3 | - | false |
| 82 | Paris Is Burning | - | - | - | $496,356 | 91 | $3,779,620 | Aug 9 | Miramax | false |
| 83 | Sweet Talker | - | - | - | $382,510 | 409 | $382,510 | May 10 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 84 | Diamond Skulls | - | - | - | $336,811 | 10 | $336,811 | Jun 7 | Circle Films | false |
| 85 | The Godfather Part III | - | - | - | $279,124 | 1,922 | $66,666,062 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 86 | Pastime | - | - | - | $267,265 | 42 | $267,265 | Aug 23 | Miramax | false |
| 87 | Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time | - | - | - | $251,148 | 227 | $869,325 | Aug 30 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 88 | Journey of Hope | - | - | - | $241,995 | 18 | $261,718 | Apr 26 | Miramax | false |
| 89 | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe | - | - | - | $184,890 | 1 | $184,890 | May 3 | - | false |
| 90 | The Pope Must Diet | - | - | - | $183,248 | 169 | $582,510 | Aug 30 | Miramax | false |
| 91 | Bright Angel | - | - | - | $158,243 | 7 | $158,243 | Jun 14 | Hemdale | false |
| 92 | Open Doors | - | - | - | $102,178 | 6 | $123,470 | Mar 8 | Orion Classics | false |
| 93 | True Colors | - | - | - | $84,631 | 9 | $418,807 | Mar 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 94 | Europa Europa | - | - | - | $66,242 | 34 | $5,575,738 | Jun 28 | Orion Classics | false |
| 95 | Crossing the Line | - | - | - | $59,227 | 2 | $59,227 | Aug 9 | Miramax | false |
| 96 | Blood Oath | - | - | - | $52,654 | 6 | $52,654 | Jul 19 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 97 | Slacker | - | - | - | $37,222 | 16 | $1,228,108 | Jul 5 | Orion Classics | false |
| 98 | Naked Tango | - | - | - | $30,685 | 2 | $81,777 | Aug 23 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 99 | An Angel at My Table | - | - | - | $28,692 | 20 | $1,054,638 | May 17 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 100 | The Dark Backward | - | - | - | $28,654 | 1 | $28,654 | Jul 26 | - | false |
| 101 | The Miracle | - | - | - | $27,427 | 41 | $835,519 | Jul 3 | Miramax | false |
| 102 | Opening Night | - | - | - | $23,488 | 1 | $23,488 | May 17 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 103 | The Reflecting Skin | - | - | - | $17,042 | 2 | $17,042 | Jun 28 | Miramax | false |
