| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | $20,817,139 | - | 2,378 | - | $8,754 | $20,817,139 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | $13,054,762 | -28.6% | 2,369 | - | $5,510 | $79,298,776 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | City Slickers | $8,937,449 | -16.9% | 2,108 | +43 | $4,239 | $61,162,886 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | The Rocketeer | $7,209,752 | -24.9% | 1,903 | +287 | $3,788 | $21,626,859 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Dying Young | $4,685,751 | -51.8% | 1,552 | - | $3,019 | $18,634,549 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Backdraft | $3,630,565 | -19.6% | 1,829 | -121 | $1,985 | $59,743,885 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Jungle Fever | $2,569,880 | -37% | 825 | -19 | $3,115 | $23,687,870 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 10 | Thelma & Louise | $2,220,944 | -15.5% | 1,081 | -85 | $2,054 | $29,125,014 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Soapdish | $2,022,494 | -25.5% | 1,229 | -46 | $1,645 | $27,343,833 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | What About Bob? | $1,895,621 | -35% | 1,471 | -236 | $1,288 | $53,219,595 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | $1,713,381 | -38.8% | 1,442 | -257 | $1,188 | $18,046,299 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | - | Dances with Wolves | $638,104 | - | 569 | - | $1,121 | - | 34 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | The Silence of the Lambs | $538,161 | -25.5% | 579 | -93 | $929 | $125,890,892 | 20 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Kindergarten Cop | $72,200 | -16.1% | 190 | -20 | $380 | $90,845,286 | 28 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Europa Europa | $31,433 | - | 2 | - | $15,716 | $31,433 | 1 | Orion Classics | true | false |
| 16 | - | The Reflecting Skin | $5,958 | - | 2 | - | $2,979 | $5,958 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
