| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Backdraft | $15,723,480 | - | 1,852 | - | $8,490 | $15,723,480 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | What About Bob? | $11,231,738 | - | 1,608 | - | $6,984 | $23,732,367 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | - | Hudson Hawk | $7,082,820 | - | 2,071 | - | $3,420 | $7,082,820 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | - | Thelma & Louise | $6,101,297 | - | 1,179 | - | $5,174 | $6,101,297 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | - | Only the Lonely | $5,997,993 | - | 1,521 | - | $3,943 | $5,997,993 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | - | Drop Dead Fred | $3,625,648 | - | 851 | - | $4,260 | $3,625,648 | - | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 7 | - | Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken | $2,710,416 | - | 1,662 | - | $1,630 | $2,710,416 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | - | F/X2 | $2,605,620 | - | 1,499 | - | $1,738 | $15,065,131 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | Madonna: Truth or Dare | $2,521,171 | - | 652 | - | $3,866 | $8,412,276 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 10 | - | Switch | $2,227,981 | - | 1,004 | - | $2,219 | $11,661,221 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | - | Home Alone | $1,942,192 | - | 912 | - | $2,129 | - | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | - | Stone Cold | $1,784,736 | - | 1,724 | - | $1,035 | $5,693,719 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | - | The Silence of the Lambs | $1,292,143 | - | 883 | - | $1,463 | $119,828,381 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | - | Oscar | $1,215,622 | - | 965 | - | $1,259 | $19,889,505 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | - | Dances with Wolves | $1,209,017 | - | 743 | - | $1,627 | $171,221,399 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | - | Mannequin: On the Move | $808,586 | - | 1,515 | - | $533 | $2,889,749 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 17 | - | Kindergarten Cop | $233,050 | - | 395 | - | $590 | $89,123,986 | 23 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Straight Out of Brooklyn | $58,918 | - | 5 | - | $11,783 | $72,832 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 19 | - | An Angel at My Table | $12,905 | - | 2 | - | $6,452 | $21,063 | - | Fine Line Features | - | false |
