| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | About Last Night | $38,702,310 | 887 | $3,152,469 | 642 | Jul 4, 1986 | TriStar Pictures |
| 2 | St. Elmo's Fire | $37,803,872 | 1,207 | $6,128,157 | 1,204 | Jun 28, 1985 | Columbia Pictures |
| 3 | Elizabethtown | $26,850,426 | 2,517 | $10,618,711 | 2,517 | Oct 14, 2005 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | Garden State | $26,782,316 | 813 | $201,115 | 9 | Jul 28, 2004 | - |
| 5 | A Lot Like Love | $21,845,719 | 2,502 | $7,576,593 | 2,502 | Apr 22, 2005 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | Reality Bites | $20,982,557 | 1,175 | $5,113,050 | 1,149 | Feb 18, 1994 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | Singles | $18,471,850 | 1,330 | $4,184,875 | 1,073 | Sep 18, 1992 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | Chasing Amy | $12,021,272 | 553 | $52,446 | 3 | Apr 4, 1997 | Miramax |
| 9 | The Last Kiss | $11,614,790 | 1,359 | $4,627,989 | 1,357 | Sep 15, 2006 | DreamWorks |
| 10 | In the Land of Women | $11,052,958 | 2,155 | $4,712,341 | 2,155 | Apr 20, 2007 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | Beautiful Girls | $10,597,759 | 803 | $2,761,790 | 752 | Feb 9, 1996 | Miramax |
| 12 | Barcelona | $7,266,973 | 274 | $102,820 | 4 | Jul 29, 1994 | Fine Line Features |
| 13 | 200 Cigarettes | $6,852,450 | 978 | $3,244,277 | 976 | Feb 26, 1999 | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | Before Sunrise | $5,535,405 | 474 | $1,423,537 | 363 | Jan 27, 1995 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | Clerks | $3,151,130 | 96 | $31,665 | 2 | Oct 19, 1994 | Miramax |
| 16 | Obvious Child | $3,123,963 | 202 | $77,315 | 3 | Jun 6, 2014 | A24 |
| 17 | The Last Days of Disco | $3,020,601 | 168 | $277,601 | 22 | May 29, 1998 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 18 | Metropolitan | $2,938,208 | 5 | $46,663 | 1 | Aug 3, 1990 | New Line Cinema |
| 19 | Slacker | $1,228,108 | 16 | $24,307 | 2 | Jul 5, 1991 | Orion Classics |
| 20 | Bodies, Rest & Motion | $764,724 | 6 | $75,957 | 6 | Apr 9, 1993 | New Line Cinema |
| 21 | Kicking and Screaming | $718,490 | 26 | $19,497 | 1 | Oct 6, 1995 | Trimark Pictures |
| 22 | Love & Human Remains | $542,985 | 17 | $28,280 | 2 | Jun 2, 1995 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 23 | Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire | $278,492 | 15 | $12,994 | 1 | Aug 25, 2000 | - |
| 24 | Twenty-One | $256,521 | 24 | $46,183 | 15 | Oct 4, 1991 | Triton Pictures |
| 25 | Sleep with Me | $200,151 | 67 | $33,004 | 6 | Sep 23, 1994 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 26 | The Puffy Chair | $194,523 | 7 | $26,029 | 7 | Jun 2, 2006 | IDP Distribution |
| 27 | Mutual Appreciation | $103,509 | 5 | $13,141 | 1 | Sep 1, 2006 | Goodbye Cruel Releasing |
| 28 | Funny Ha Ha | $77,070 | 3 | $10,555 | 2 | Apr 29, 2005 | Goodbye Cruel Releasing |
| 29 | Floundering | $20,031 | 2 | $2,604 | 1 | Nov 4, 1994 | Strand Releasing |
| 30 | Glory Daze | $15,134 | - | - | - | Sep 27, 1996 | Seventh Art Releasing |
