| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | - | - | - | $26,589,512 | 1,489 | $36,474,193 | Sep 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | Mortal Kombat | - | - | - | $23,646,210 | 2,630 | $70,454,098 | Aug 18 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 3 | Dangerous Minds | - | - | - | $23,296,228 | 1,783 | $84,919,401 | Aug 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Seven | - | - | - | $23,184,720 | 2,528 | $100,125,643 | Sep 22 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 5 | A Walk in the Clouds | - | - | - | $16,883,092 | 1,755 | $50,008,143 | Aug 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | The Prophecy | - | - | - | $16,115,878 | 1,663 | $16,115,878 | Sep 1 | Dimension Films | false |
| 7 | The Usual Suspects | - | - | - | $14,744,574 | 876 | $23,341,568 | Aug 18 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 8 | Desperado | - | - | - | $14,374,782 | 2,027 | $25,405,445 | Aug 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | Showgirls | - | - | - | $12,489,215 | 1,388 | $20,350,754 | Sep 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 10 | Babe | - | - | - | $11,674,865 | 1,790 | $63,658,910 | Aug 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Clockers | - | - | - | $10,799,841 | 1,234 | $13,071,518 | Sep 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 12 | Waterworld | - | - | - | $10,466,685 | 2,420 | $88,246,220 | Jul 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | Something to Talk About | - | - | - | $9,285,754 | 1,787 | $50,865,589 | Aug 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Apollo 13 | - | - | - | $8,229,940 | 2,347 | $172,071,312 | Jun 30 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | Hackers | - | - | - | $7,563,728 | 1,812 | $7,563,728 | Sep 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 16 | Last of the Dogmen | - | - | - | $7,024,389 | 931 | $7,024,389 | Sep 8 | - | false |
| 17 | Lord of Illusions | - | - | - | $6,607,568 | 1,533 | $13,294,422 | Aug 25 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 18 | Nine Months | - | - | - | $5,947,562 | 1,795 | $69,684,532 | Jul 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 19 | The Tie That Binds | - | - | - | $5,772,529 | 1,783 | $5,772,529 | Sep 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 20 | Braveheart | - | - | - | $5,354,976 | 2,037 | $75,609,945 | May 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 21 | Angus | - | - | - | $4,821,759 | 1,156 | $4,821,759 | Sep 15 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 22 | Clueless | - | - | - | $4,732,865 | 1,922 | $56,631,572 | Jul 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 23 | National Lampoon's Senior Trip | - | - | - | $4,686,937 | 1,397 | $4,686,937 | Sep 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 24 | The Brothers McMullen | - | - | - | $4,380,780 | 367 | $10,426,506 | Aug 11 | - | false |
| 25 | Unstrung Heroes | - | - | - | $3,958,262 | 576 | $7,929,434 | Sep 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Amazing Panda Adventure | - | - | - | $3,926,090 | 1,692 | $7,506,759 | Aug 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | The Net | - | - | - | $3,734,223 | 2,027 | $50,727,965 | Jul 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | Jeffrey | - | - | - | $3,191,622 | 63 | $3,487,767 | Aug 4 | Orion Classics | false |
| 29 | Batman Forever | - | - | - | $3,142,331 | 2,893 | $184,031,112 | Jun 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | Beyond Rangoon | - | - | - | $2,959,178 | 802 | $5,750,110 | Aug 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 31 | Unzipped | - | - | - | $2,756,761 | 119 | $2,875,086 | Aug 4 | Miramax | false |
| 32 | Magic in the Water | - | - | - | $2,680,717 | 890 | $2,680,717 | Sep 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 33 | Kids | - | - | - | $2,643,430 | 187 | $7,412,216 | Jul 21 | Miramax | false |
| 34 | Casper | - | - | - | $2,523,124 | 2,757 | $100,439,549 | May 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 35 | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | - | - | - | $2,451,866 | 1,679 | $15,116,634 | Sep 29 | Dimension Films | false |
| 36 | A Month by the Lake | - | - | - | $2,101,087 | 10 | $2,101,087 | Sep 22 | Miramax | false |
| 37 | Devil in a Blue Dress | - | - | - | $2,000,410 | 1,432 | $16,140,822 | Sep 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 38 | The Baby-Sitters Club | - | - | - | $1,947,278 | 1,709 | $9,685,976 | Aug 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 39 | The Big Green | - | - | - | $1,612,048 | 2,072 | $17,736,619 | Sep 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 40 | Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde | - | - | - | $1,534,372 | 514 | $2,763,020 | Aug 25 | - | false |
| 41 | Mute Witness | - | - | - | $1,125,910 | 284 | $1,125,910 | Sep 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 42 | The Show | - | - | - | $953,460 | 336 | $2,702,578 | Aug 25 | - | false |
| 43 | Steal Big Steal Little | - | - | - | $650,278 | 1,080 | $3,150,170 | Sep 29 | - | false |
| 44 | The Innocent | - | - | - | $525,955 | 80 | $525,955 | Sep 1 | Miramax | false |
| 45 | Safe | - | - | - | $486,548 | 16 | $512,245 | Jun 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 46 | Moonlight and Valentino | - | - | - | $479,442 | 704 | $2,484,226 | Sep 29 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 47 | Nico Icon | - | - | - | $306,691 | 4 | $306,691 | Sep 8 | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 48 | Empire Records | - | - | - | $206,828 | 87 | $273,188 | Sep 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 49 | The Thief and the Cobbler | - | - | - | $202,615 | 510 | $669,276 | Aug 25 | Miramax | false |
| 50 | To Die For | - | - | - | $200,010 | 954 | $21,284,514 | Sep 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 51 | An Awfully Big Adventure | - | - | - | $185,959 | 12 | $259,724 | Jul 21 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 52 | Canadian Bacon | - | - | - | $163,971 | 14 | $163,971 | Sep 22 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 53 | Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation | - | - | - | $44,272 | 27 | $44,272 | Sep 22 | Lionsgate | false |
| 54 | The Stars Fell on Henrietta | - | - | - | $23,180 | 17 | $99,318 | Sep 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 55 | Coldblooded | - | - | - | $16,198 | 5 | $16,198 | Sep 15 | IRS Media | false |
| 56 | Persuasion | - | - | - | $13,972 | 1 | $5,269,757 | Sep 29 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 57 | Jupiter's Wife | - | - | - | $4,573 | 1 | $10,622 | Aug 18 | Artistic License | false |
| 58 | War of the Buttons | - | - | - | $2,074 | 2 | $12,712 | Sep 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
