This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1995.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Weekend end date Film Total weekend gross Notes 1 Dumb and Dumber $9,177,151 2 4-day weekend Legends of the Fall $14,038,128 Legends of the Fall reached number one in its first weekend of wide release and fourth overall week. It was the highest-grossing wide debut in January beating Philadelphias $13.8 million. 3 $9,006,330 4 $6,309,990 5 $5,111,888 Legends of the Fall and Dumb and Dumber became the first two films to consecutively top the box office for four consecutive weekends each since Stakeout and Fatal Attraction in 1987. 6 Billy Madison $6,639,080 7 4-day weekend The Brady Bunch Movie $14,827,066 8 $8,379,037 9 Man of the House $9,473,317 10 Outbreak $13,420,387 11 $10,808,607 12 $8,006,220 13 Tommy Boy $8,027,843 14 Bad Boys $15,523,358 15 $11,016,040 16 While You Were Sleeping $9,288,915 17 $10,491,714 18 French Kiss $9,018,022 19 Crimson Tide $18,612,190 20 Die Hard with a Vengeance $22,162,245 21 Casper $16,840,385 22 $13,409,610 23 Congo $24,642,539 Congo broke Alien 3s record ($23.1 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. 24 Batman Forever † $52,784,433 Batman Forever broke Jurassic Park's records ($47 million) for the highest weekend debut in June, for a summer release, a PG-13 rated film, and of all-time. It also broke Batman Returns records ($45.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for a superhero film and a Warner Bros. film. Batman Forever was the first film ever to gross more than $50 million in one weekend (3 days) and had the highest weekend debut of 1995. 25 Pocahontas $29,531,619 Pocahontas broke Congos record ($24.1 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist (which was set 2 weeks ago). 26 Apollo 13 $25,353,380 27 $19,635,095 28 $15,630,650 29 $12,457,260 30 Waterworld $21,171,780 31 $13,452,035 32 Dangerous Minds $14,931,503 33 Mortal Kombat $23,283,887 Mortal Kombat broke Street Fighters record ($9 million) for the highest weekend debut of a video game adaptation. 34 $10,309,925 35 4-day weekend $8,288,323 36 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar $9,019,180 37 $6,544,960 38 Seven $13,949,807 Seven broke Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmares record ($12.9 million) for the highest weekend debut in September. 39 $12,378,647 40 $10,421,517 41 $8,645,354 42 Get Shorty $12,700,007 43 $10,202,007 44 $9,700,007 45 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls $37,804,076 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls broke Home Alone 2: Lost in New Yorks record ($31.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a comedy film and Interview with the Vampires record ($36.4 million) for the highest weekend debut in November. 46 GoldenEye $26,205,007 GoldenEye broke Clear and Present Dangers record ($20.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spy film. 47 Toy Story $29,140,617 Toy Story broke Back to the Future Part IIs record ($27.8 million) for the highest Thanksgiving weekend debut. 48 $20,164,662 49 $13,879,803 50 Jumanji $11,084,370 51 4-day weekend Waiting to Exhale $14,126,927 52 4-day weekend Toy Story $19,395,010 Toy Story reclaimed #1 in its sixth weekend of release.
Highest-grossing films
Calendar Gross Highest-grossing films of 1995 by Calendar Gross Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross 1. Batman Forever Warner Bros. Pictures Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell, Michael Gough and Pat Hingle Joel Schumacher $184,031,112 2. Apollo 13 Universal Pictures Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan Ron Howard $172,071,312 3. Toy StoryWalt Disney Studios voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, R. Lee Ermey, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf and Erik von Detten John Lasseter $146,198,683 4. Pocahontas voices of Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, John Kassir, Russell Means, Christian Bale, Linda Hunt, Danny Mann, Billy Connolly, Frank Welker, Judy Kuhn, Michelle St. John and Gordon Tootoosis Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg $139,213,552 5. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Warner Bros. Pictures Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi and Bob Gunton Steve Oedekerk $103,970,943 6. Casper Universal Pictures Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty and Eric Idle Brad Silberling $100,328,194 7. Die Hard with a Vengeance 20th Century Fox Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene, Colleen Camp, Larry Bryggman and Sam Phillips John McTiernan $92,731,700 8. Crimson Tide Walt Disney Studios Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, George Dzundza, Viggo Mortensen, James Gandolfini and Matt Craven Tony Scott $91,387,195 9. GoldenEye MGM/UA Distribution Co. Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen and Joe Don Baker Martin Campbell $91,349,839 10. Waterworld Universal Pictures Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino and Michael Jeter Kevin Reynolds $88,246,220
In-Year Release + Highest-grossing films of 1995 by In-year release Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1. Toy Story Disney $191,796,233 2. Batman Forever Warner Bros. $184,031,112 3. Apollo 13 Universal $172,071,312 4. Pocahontas Disney $141,579,773 5. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Warner Bros. $108,385,533 6. GoldenEye Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $106,429,941 7. Jumanji TriStar $100,475,249 8. Casper Universal $100,328,194 9. Seven New Line Cinema $100,125,643 10. Die Hard with a Vengeance 20th Century Fox $100,012,499
+ Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1995 G Toy Story PG Apollo 13 PG-13 Batman Forever R Seven
See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films
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