| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | $31,765,506 | - | 2,274 | - | $13,969 | $52,306,548 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | $11,628,880 | -44.1% | 2,378 | - | $4,890 | $43,172,501 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | $10,343,849 | -20.8% | 2,369 | - | $4,366 | $97,689,104 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | City Slickers | $8,200,660 | -8.2% | 2,171 | +63 | $3,777 | $74,615,421 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Problem Child 2 | $5,372,880 | - | 1,464 | - | $3,670 | $5,372,880 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Rocketeer | $5,284,370 | -26.7% | 1,886 | -17 | $2,801 | $31,212,002 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Dying Young | $3,177,101 | -32.2% | 1,522 | -30 | $2,087 | $24,548,393 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Backdraft | $2,810,610 | -22.6% | 1,503 | -326 | $1,870 | $64,545,270 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Soapdish | $2,637,759 | +30.4% | 1,080 | -149 | $2,442 | $31,001,079 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Thelma & Louise | $2,045,721 | -7.9% | 907 | -174 | $2,255 | $32,506,805 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Jungle Fever | $2,023,200 | -21.3% | 720 | -105 | $2,810 | $27,131,525 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | What About Bob? | $1,427,486 | -24.7% | 1,471 | - | $970 | $55,694,661 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | The Silence of the Lambs | $496,158 | -7.8% | 460 | -119 | $1,078 | $126,748,453 | 21 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Slacker | $24,307 | - | 2 | - | $12,153 | $24,307 | 1 | Orion Classics | true | false |
| 15 | - | The Miracle | $12,076 | - | 1 | - | $12,076 | $20,236 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
