| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Backdraft | $9,118,395 | -28.1% | 1,859 | +7 | $4,905 | $28,249,555 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Soapdish | $6,736,380 | - | 1,275 | - | $5,283 | $6,736,380 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | What About Bob? | $6,423,630 | - | 1,662 | - | $3,865 | $32,119,740 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Thelma & Louise | $4,160,599 | - | 1,180 | - | $3,525 | $11,903,937 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | - | Only the Lonely | $3,619,273 | - | 1,553 | - | $2,330 | $10,833,620 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | - | Hudson Hawk | $3,139,080 | - | 2,072 | - | $1,515 | $11,599,115 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Drop Dead Fred | $2,378,267 | - | 933 | - | $2,549 | $7,120,298 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 8 | - | F/X2 | $1,494,985 | - | 1,447 | - | $1,033 | $17,091,727 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Home Alone | $1,419,727 | - | 873 | - | $1,626 | $273,406,047 | 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | - | Stone Cold | $1,415,558 | - | 1,184 | - | $1,195 | $7,535,859 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Madonna: Truth or Dare | $1,326,556 | - | 649 | - | $2,044 | $10,411,442 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 12 | - | Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken | $1,266,444 | - | 1,662 | - | $762 | $4,406,601 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Switch | $1,145,935 | - | 890 | - | $1,287 | $13,285,320 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Silence of the Lambs | $1,039,120 | - | 987 | - | $1,052 | $121,185,746 | 16 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 2 | Kindergarten Cop | $177,500 | -15.2% | 355 | -40 | $500 | $89,500,919 | 24 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Everybody's Fine | $18,367 | - | 1 | - | $18,367 | $18,367 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
