| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Silence of the Lambs | $10,616,383 | -11.1% | 1,535 | +20 | $6,916 | $45,454,175 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Doors | $9,151,800 | - | 840 | - | $10,895 | $9,151,800 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $8,133,995 | -11.7% | 1,516 | +28 | $5,365 | $53,510,684 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | King Ralph | $4,353,670 | -13.2% | 1,646 | +14 | $2,645 | $20,022,175 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Home Alone | $4,221,896 | -12.6% | 1,670 | -105 | $2,528 | $241,658,036 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Dances with Wolves | $3,942,518 | -6.7% | 1,608 | +6 | $2,451 | $122,601,476 | 17 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Shipwrecked | $3,871,766 | - | 1,386 | - | $2,793 | $3,871,766 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 8 | L.A. Story | $2,307,948 | -16.5% | 1,068 | -54 | $2,161 | $20,605,125 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Scenes from a Mall | $2,175,330 | -43.1% | 1,039 | - | $2,093 | $7,007,033 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | He Said, She Said | $2,097,740 | -26.6% | 908 | - | $2,310 | $5,743,155 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | $1,361,700 | - | 850 | - | $1,602 | $1,361,700 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 12 | 12 | Awakenings | $1,352,249 | -19.7% | 925 | -244 | $1,461 | $44,323,860 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | White Fang | $1,260,408 | -25.6% | 1,102 | -90 | $1,143 | $28,848,228 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Kindergarten Cop | $1,117,935 | -0.5% | 819 | -145 | $1,365 | $80,892,670 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | $1,111,102 | -40.1% | 1,032 | -176 | $1,076 | $14,034,721 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Green Card | $1,067,851 | -19.3% | 637 | -88 | $1,676 | $25,155,841 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | $822,372 | - | 240 | - | $3,426 | - | 15 | Miramax | false | false |
