| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Oscar | $4,164,218 | -18.2% | 1,391 | +3 | $2,993 | $10,740,649 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | One Good Cop | $3,360,277 | - | 1,353 | - | $2,483 | $3,360,277 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | A Kiss Before Dying | $3,068,580 | -29.4% | 1,542 | +19 | $1,990 | $8,816,065 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Toy Soldiers | $3,005,880 | -28.1% | 1,354 | +4 | $2,220 | $8,362,680 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Out for Justice | $2,768,639 | -31% | 1,791 | -213 | $1,545 | $31,634,880 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Silence of the Lambs | $2,540,581 | -1.9% | 1,619 | -8 | $1,569 | $112,193,973 | 12 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | A Rage in Harlem | $2,458,080 | - | 540 | - | $4,552 | $2,458,080 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | Mortal Thoughts | $2,020,049 | -37.3% | 1,190 | - | $1,697 | $13,996,843 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Dances with Wolves | $1,838,329 | -11% | 1,478 | -119 | $1,243 | $165,361,941 | 26 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $1,672,384 | -30.3% | 1,850 | -407 | $903 | $72,687,803 | 7 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $1,101,281 | -20.8% | 1,079 | -200 | $1,020 | $92,658,009 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | New Jack City | $1,041,307 | -18.5% | 631 | -108 | $1,650 | $41,372,468 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Defending Your Life | $1,037,092 | -27.2% | 632 | -69 | $1,640 | $14,292,366 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | - | Rich Girl | $368,056 | - | 1,058 | - | $347 | $368,056 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 15 | 13 | Kindergarten Cop | $238,700 | -23.8% | 385 | -19 | $620 | $88,191,163 | 20 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Truly Madly Deeply | $4,009 | - | 1 | - | $4,009 | $4,009 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 17 | - | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe | $2,343 | - | 1 | - | $2,343 | $2,343 | 1 | Angelika Films | true | false |
