| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Terms of Endearment | $108,423,489 | 1,259 | $3,498,813 | 260 | Nov 23, 1983 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Steel Magnolias | $83,759,091 | 1,372 | $5,425,440 | 480 | Nov 17, 1989 | TriStar Pictures |
| 3 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $82,418,501 | 1,331 | $105,317 | 5 | Dec 27, 1991 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | $69,599,016 | 2,792 | $16,167,412 | 2,507 | Jun 7, 2002 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Waiting to Exhale | $67,052,156 | 1,402 | $14,126,927 | 1,253 | Dec 22, 1995 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | Hope Floats | $60,053,195 | 2,404 | $14,210,464 | 2,367 | May 29, 1998 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | Beaches | $57,041,866 | 1,122 | $198,361 | 7 | Dec 23, 1988 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $43,610,723 | 1,701 | $9,751,425 | 1,226 | Sep 26, 2003 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | $37,672,941 | 1,399 | $11,318,919 | 1,395 | Aug 14, 1998 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | Where the Heart Is | $33,772,838 | 2,439 | $8,292,939 | 2,437 | Apr 28, 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | How to Make an American Quilt | $23,600,020 | 1,532 | $5,790,445 | 1,504 | Oct 6, 1995 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | Boys on the Side | $23,440,188 | 1,552 | $4,808,873 | 1,322 | Feb 3, 1995 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | Used People | $17,957,265 | 915 | $51,955 | 2 | Dec 18, 1992 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 14 | Living Out Loud | $12,905,901 | 1,087 | $169,747 | 8 | Oct 30, 1998 | New Line Cinema |
| 15 | Moonlight and Valentino | $2,484,226 | 704 | $1,250,912 | 669 | Sep 29, 1995 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
