| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | - | - | - | $137,964,404 | 2,495 | $204,843,345 | Jul 3 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 2 | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | - | - | - | $60,248,414 | 2,378 | $86,930,411 | Jun 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | - | - | - | $54,341,224 | 2,369 | $165,493,908 | Jun 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | City Slickers | - | - | - | $40,533,413 | 2,171 | $124,033,791 | Jun 7 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 5 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1991 Re-release | - | - | - | $37,359,818 | 1,825 | $60,830,285 | Jul 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Boyz n the Hood | - | - | - | $32,394,103 | 931 | $57,504,069 | Jul 12 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 7 | Point Break | - | - | - | $27,125,283 | 1,625 | $43,218,387 | Jul 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | Regarding Henry | - | - | - | $25,345,550 | 1,090 | $43,001,500 | Jul 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | - | - | - | $23,027,090 | 1,649 | $38,037,513 | Jul 19 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Rocketeer | - | - | - | $20,776,424 | 1,903 | $46,704,056 | Jun 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Problem Child 2 | - | - | - | $19,759,532 | 1,500 | $25,104,700 | Jul 5 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 12 | Dying Young | - | - | - | $16,539,310 | 1,552 | $33,669,178 | Jun 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | Backdraft | - | - | - | $16,133,925 | 1,983 | $77,868,585 | May 24 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Thelma & Louise | - | - | - | $14,899,831 | 1,180 | $45,360,915 | May 24 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 15 | What About Bob? | - | - | - | $11,122,482 | 1,805 | $63,707,829 | May 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Soapdish | - | - | - | $9,864,840 | 1,275 | $36,489,888 | May 31 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | Jungle Fever | - | - | - | $9,654,545 | 844 | $32,482,682 | Jun 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | - | - | - | $7,715,200 | 1,817 | $25,196,249 | Jun 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Mobsters | - | - | - | $7,645,536 | 1,449 | $20,246,790 | Jul 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 20 | Dances with Wolves | - | - | - | $6,378,424 | 1,636 | $184,208,848 | Nov 9 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 21 | V.I. Warshawski | - | - | - | $4,517,586 | 1,133 | $11,128,309 | Jul 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 22 | Dutch | - | - | - | $3,933,256 | 1,232 | $4,603,929 | Jul 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | Straight Out of Brooklyn | - | - | - | $2,623,407 | 75 | $2,712,293 | May 22 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 24 | Life Stinks | - | - | - | $2,331,252 | 865 | $4,102,526 | Jul 26 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 25 | Another You | - | - | - | $1,869,822 | 1,287 | $2,865,916 | Jul 26 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 26 | Everybody's Fine | - | - | - | $1,715,652 | 48 | $1,745,470 | May 31 | Miramax | false |
| 27 | Mister Johnson | - | - | - | $1,448,537 | 43 | $1,464,242 | Mar 22 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 28 | The Silence of the Lambs | - | - | - | $1,172,493 | 1,642 | $130,742,922 | Feb 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 29 | Daddy Nostalgia | - | - | - | $1,085,235 | 29 | $1,108,429 | Apr 12 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 30 | Thousand Pieces of Gold | - | - | - | $694,125 | 10 | $717,772 | Apr 26 | - | false |
| 31 | Kindergarten Cop | - | - | - | $612,402 | 1,937 | $91,457,688 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 32 | The Doctor | - | - | - | $307,230 | 958 | $38,120,905 | Jul 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 33 | Bright Angel | - | - | - | $128,008 | 7 | $158,243 | Jun 14 | Hemdale | false |
| 34 | Europa Europa | - | - | - | $37,852 | 34 | $5,575,738 | Jun 28 | Orion Classics | false |
| 35 | Slacker | - | - | - | $37,222 | 16 | $1,228,108 | Jul 5 | Orion Classics | false |
| 36 | The Miracle | - | - | - | $23,927 | 41 | $835,519 | Jul 3 | Miramax | false |
| 37 | Blood Oath | - | - | - | $21,567 | 6 | $52,654 | Jul 19 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 38 | The Reflecting Skin | - | - | - | $13,320 | 2 | $17,042 | Jun 28 | Miramax | false |
| 39 | The Dark Backward | - | - | - | $9,198 | 1 | $28,654 | Jul 26 | - | false |
