Top Grossing Films
| Rank | Title | Studio | Actors | Director | Gross | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Independence Day | Fox | Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, Mary McDonnell, Margaret Colin, James Rebhorn, and Judd Hirsch | Roland Emmerich | $817,400,891 | $75 million |
| 2. | Twister | Warner Bros./Universal | Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, and Cary Elwes | Jan de Bont | $494,471,524 | $92 million |
| 3. | Mission: Impossible | Paramount | Tom Cruise, Emmanuelle Béart, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Vanessa Redgrave, and Jon Voight | Brian De Palma | $457,696,359 | $80 million |
| 4. | The Rock | Hollywood | Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, and Ed Harris | Michael Bay | $335,062,621 | $75 million |
| 5. | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Disney | Voices of Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Kevin Kline, Jason Alexander, Mary Wickes, and Tony Jay | Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale | $325,338,851 | $100 million |
| 6. | 101 Dalmatians | Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson and Joan Plowright | Stephen Herek | $320,689,294 | $54 million | |
| 7. | Ransom | Touchstone | Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise and Delroy Lindo | Ron Howard | $309,492,681 | $80 million |
| 8. | The Nutty Professor | Universal | Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, and James Coburn | Tom Shadyac | $273,961,019 | $54 million |
| 9. | Jerry Maguire | TriStar | Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jonathan Lipnicki, Kelly Preston, Jay Mohr, Bonnie Hunt and Jerry O'Connell | Cameron Crowe | $273,552,592 | $50 million |
| 10. | Eraser | Warner Bros. | Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan and Vanessa Williams | Chuck Russell | $242,295,562 | $100 million |
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