| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mrs. Doubtfire | - | - | - | $70,962,457 | 2,354 | $219,195,243 | Nov 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | Philadelphia | - | - | - | $58,798,306 | 1,604 | $77,446,440 | Dec 24 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 3 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | - | - | - | $47,310,449 | 1,963 | $72,217,396 | Feb 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Grumpy Old Men | - | - | - | $44,750,875 | 1,725 | $70,172,621 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Schindler's List | - | - | - | $39,805,393 | 1,389 | $96,065,768 | Dec 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Pelican Brief | - | - | - | $30,189,103 | 2,022 | $100,768,056 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | Tombstone | - | - | - | $30,147,136 | 1,955 | $56,505,065 | Dec 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Shadowlands | - | - | - | $25,658,134 | 1,023 | $25,842,377 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 9 | On Deadly Ground | - | - | - | $23,214,237 | 2,010 | $38,590,458 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Intersection | - | - | - | $21,355,893 | 1,300 | $21,355,893 | Jan 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Air Up There | - | - | - | $21,011,318 | 1,721 | $21,011,318 | Jan 7 | Miramax | false |
| 12 | Iron Will | - | - | - | $21,006,361 | 2,036 | $21,006,361 | Jan 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | My Father the Hero | - | - | - | $19,928,229 | 1,373 | $25,479,558 | Feb 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | House Party 3 | - | - | - | $19,281,235 | 855 | $19,281,235 | Jan 14 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 15 | Blank Check | - | - | - | $18,701,601 | 1,732 | $30,577,969 | Feb 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Blink | - | - | - | $16,696,219 | 1,540 | $16,696,219 | Jan 28 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 17 | Blue Chips | - | - | - | $16,363,612 | 1,980 | $23,070,663 | Feb 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | In the Name of the Father | - | - | - | $15,305,713 | 688 | $25,096,862 | Dec 31 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 19 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | - | - | - | $14,762,104 | 2,178 | $57,319,029 | Dec 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 20 | My Girl 2 | - | - | - | $14,256,171 | 1,853 | $17,359,799 | Feb 11 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 21 | The Getaway | - | - | - | $14,241,135 | 1,659 | $16,094,974 | Feb 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 22 | Beethoven's 2nd | - | - | - | $13,566,414 | 2,048 | $53,443,066 | Dec 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 23 | The Piano | - | - | - | $12,187,866 | 671 | $40,157,856 | Nov 12 | Miramax | false |
| 24 | Reality Bites | - | - | - | $11,521,545 | 1,175 | $20,982,557 | Feb 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 25 | I'll Do Anything | - | - | - | $10,424,645 | 1,205 | $10,424,645 | Feb 4 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 26 | Sugar Hill | - | - | - | $7,107,722 | 859 | $18,225,518 | Feb 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 27 | Wayne's World 2 | - | - | - | $6,915,347 | 2,400 | $48,197,805 | Dec 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 28 | Cool Runnings | - | - | - | $6,701,977 | 1,832 | $68,856,263 | Oct 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 29 | Short Cuts | - | - | - | $5,913,470 | 165 | $6,110,979 | Oct 1 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 30 | Six Degrees of Separation | - | - | - | $5,487,140 | 201 | $6,405,918 | Dec 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 31 | The Three Musketeers | - | - | - | $4,642,672 | 2,128 | $53,898,845 | Nov 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 32 | Jurassic Park | - | - | - | $4,559,105 | 2,566 | $357,067,947 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 33 | 8 Seconds | - | - | - | $4,235,707 | 838 | $19,623,396 | Feb 25 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 34 | Heaven & Earth | - | - | - | $4,214,246 | 781 | $5,864,949 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 35 | The Fugitive | - | - | - | $3,892,599 | 2,425 | $183,875,760 | Aug 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | Cabin Boy | - | - | - | $3,662,459 | 593 | $3,662,459 | Jan 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 37 | Addams Family Values | - | - | - | $3,529,878 | 2,577 | $48,919,043 | Nov 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 38 | Gunmen | - | - | - | $3,411,885 | 802 | $3,411,885 | Feb 4 | Dimension Films | false |
| 39 | Romeo Is Bleeding | - | - | - | $3,275,585 | 247 | $3,275,585 | Feb 4 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 40 | Geronimo: An American Legend | - | - | - | $2,905,148 | 1,636 | $18,635,620 | Dec 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 41 | Ghost in the Machine | - | - | - | $1,880,182 | 1,031 | $5,086,909 | Dec 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 42 | Screen Two: The Clothes in the Wardrobe | - | - | - | $1,734,977 | 63 | $2,106,846 | Dec 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 43 | Death Wish: The Face of Death | - | - | - | $1,702,394 | 248 | $1,702,394 | Jan 14 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 44 | A Perfect World | - | - | - | $1,699,775 | 1,964 | $31,130,999 | Nov 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 45 | Car 54, Where Are You? | - | - | - | $1,238,080 | 608 | $1,238,080 | Jan 28 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 46 | Three Colors: Blue | - | - | - | $1,112,107 | 19 | $1,324,974 | Nov 30 | Miramax | false |
| 47 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | - | - | - | $922,706 | 1,506 | $5,617,391 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 48 | The War Room | - | - | - | $866,004 | 21 | $901,668 | Nov 3 | October Films | false |
| 49 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | - | - | - | $828,234 | 611 | $10,032,765 | Dec 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 50 | Faraway, So Close! | - | - | - | $676,040 | 15 | $810,455 | Dec 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 51 | Where the Rivers Flow North | - | - | - | $595,505 | 14 | $595,505 | Jan 14 | Caledonia Pictures | false |
| 52 | Body Snatchers | - | - | - | $428,868 | 34 | $428,868 | Jan 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 53 | Golden Gate | - | - | - | $395,105 | 390 | $395,105 | Jan 28 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 54 | The Remains of the Day | - | - | - | $314,522 | 517 | $23,237,911 | Nov 5 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 55 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | - | - | - | $255,069 | 47 | $278,720 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 56 | The Saint of Fort Washington | - | - | - | $99,059 | 16 | $134,454 | Nov 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 57 | Silent Tongue | - | - | - | $61,274 | 3 | $61,274 | Feb 25 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 58 | Paris, France | - | - | - | $44,159 | 1 | $44,159 | Feb 4 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false |
| 59 | The Cement Garden | - | - | - | $34,019 | 7 | $322,975 | Feb 11 | October Films | false |
| 60 | American Masters: The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg | - | - | - | $22,692 | 2 | $22,692 | Feb 17 | First Run | false |
| 61 | Red Rock West | - | - | - | $18,333 | 22 | $2,502,551 | Jan 28 | Roxie Releasing | false |
