| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Silence of the Lambs | $8,893,306 | -16.2% | 1,586 | +51 | $5,607 | $58,125,470 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | New Jack City | $7,039,622 | - | 862 | - | $8,166 | $7,039,622 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | - | The Hard Way | $6,301,470 | - | 1,622 | - | $3,885 | $6,301,470 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $6,080,682 | -25.2% | 1,522 | +6 | $3,995 | $61,808,003 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | The Doors | $6,013,980 | -34.3% | 1,204 | +364 | $4,995 | $18,087,300 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Dances with Wolves | $3,381,254 | -14.2% | 1,572 | -36 | $2,150 | $127,243,233 | 18 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Home Alone | $3,315,651 | -21.5% | 1,590 | -80 | $2,085 | $245,880,904 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Shipwrecked | $3,042,659 | -21.4% | 1,393 | +7 | $2,184 | $7,621,285 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 4 | King Ralph | $2,972,060 | -31.7% | 1,633 | -13 | $1,820 | $23,800,775 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | L.A. Story | $1,567,223 | -32.1% | 929 | -139 | $1,687 | $22,777,904 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | He Said, She Said | $1,387,285 | -33.9% | 870 | -38 | $1,594 | $7,718,618 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Awakenings | $986,300 | -27.1% | 725 | -200 | $1,360 | $45,719,982 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Kindergarten Cop | $904,960 | -19.1% | 707 | -112 | $1,280 | $82,066,290 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | American Ninja 4: The Annihilation | $277,462 | - | 171 | - | $1,622 | $277,462 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 15 | - | Closet Land | $121,635 | - | 153 | - | $795 | $137,971 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | - | La Femme Nikita | $44,047 | - | 2 | - | $22,023 | $44,047 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 17 | - | Open Doors | $15,726 | - | 2 | - | $7,863 | $15,726 | 1 | Orion Classics | true | false |
| 18 | - | Ju Dou | $10,300 | - | 1 | - | $10,300 | $12,897 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
