| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Home Alone | $7,268,334 | - | 2,106 | - | $3,451 | $203,487,564 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | - | Awakenings | $4,885,543 | - | 1,325 | - | $3,687 | $26,525,139 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | White Fang | $4,762,521 | - | 1,167 | - | $4,080 | $11,285,008 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Kindergarten Cop | $4,414,415 | -26% | 1,911 | +25 | $2,310 | $67,508,575 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Dances with Wolves | $4,306,517 | - | 1,302 | - | $3,307 | $92,388,450 | 12 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Grifters | $3,311,000 | - | 766 | - | $4,322 | $3,609,328 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 7 | - | Green Card | $3,002,164 | - | 381 | - | $7,879 | $10,190,044 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Flight of the Intruder | $2,759,650 | - | 1,489 | - | $1,853 | $9,478,477 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Lionheart | $2,534,375 | - | 1,465 | - | $1,729 | $17,186,814 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Hamlet | $2,415,838 | - | 525 | - | $4,601 | $7,444,856 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | - | Edward Scissorhands | $2,015,937 | - | 1,368 | - | $1,473 | $45,405,955 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | - | The Godfather Part III | $1,792,120 | - | 1,104 | - | $1,623 | $58,907,394 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Not Without My Daughter | $1,753,420 | - | 1,054 | - | $1,663 | $10,469,619 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | - | Mermaids | $1,405,758 | - | 1,092 | - | $1,287 | $29,215,872 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Alice | $1,107,609 | - | 261 | - | $4,243 | $1,906,136 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Look Who's Talking Too | $1,091,800 | - | 1,060 | - | $1,030 | $40,274,901 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Eve of Destruction | $1,038,323 | - | 987 | - | $1,051 | $3,628,903 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Misery | $1,031,983 | - | 871 | - | $1,184 | $51,754,068 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | Once Around | $544,102 | - | 52 | - | $10,463 | $930,890 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | - | Warlock | $264,144 | - | 154 | - | $1,715 | $1,901,954 | 3 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
