| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Silence of the Lambs | $7,656,361 | -13.9% | 1,600 | +14 | $4,785 | $68,885,835 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | New Jack City | $5,840,035 | -17% | 887 | +25 | $6,584 | $15,871,071 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $4,711,855 | -22.5% | 1,545 | +23 | $3,049 | $68,358,518 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | Class Action | $4,207,923 | - | 778 | - | $5,408 | $4,207,923 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Hard Way | $4,010,555 | -36.4% | 1,627 | +5 | $2,465 | $12,201,655 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Perfect Weapon | $3,934,572 | - | 1,229 | - | $3,201 | $3,934,572 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | The Doors | $3,265,512 | -45.7% | 1,236 | +32 | $2,642 | $23,340,616 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Dances with Wolves | $2,816,640 | -16.7% | 1,545 | -27 | $1,823 | $131,271,171 | 19 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Home Alone | $2,731,894 | -17.6% | 1,413 | -177 | $1,933 | $249,557,920 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | - | Guilty by Suspicion | $2,278,290 | - | 817 | - | $2,788 | $2,278,290 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 11 | - | If Looks Could Kill | $2,246,819 | - | 838 | - | $2,681 | $2,246,819 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 12 | 9 | King Ralph | $1,920,600 | -35.4% | 1,455 | -178 | $1,320 | $26,455,045 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Shipwrecked | $1,919,066 | -36.9% | 1,311 | -82 | $1,463 | $10,295,771 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Kindergarten Cop | $810,028 | -10.5% | 600 | -107 | $1,350 | $83,089,518 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | True Colors | $59,517 | - | 6 | - | $9,919 | $59,517 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | - | Shadow of China | $15,719 | - | 4 | - | $3,929 | $27,465 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 17 | - | The Comfort of Strangers | $14,537 | - | 1 | - | $14,537 | $14,537 | 1 | Skouras Pictures | true | false |
| 18 | - | Robot Carnival | $10,642 | - | 2 | - | $5,321 | $10,642 | 1 | - | true | false |
