| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Wayne's World | $8,371,600 | -13.2% | 1,878 | - | $4,457 | $57,188,221 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Lawnmower Man | $7,751,971 | - | 1,276 | - | $6,075 | $7,751,971 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 3 | 4 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $3,933,105 | -9.8% | 1,331 | +2 | $2,955 | $52,433,849 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Gladiator | $3,305,189 | - | 1,295 | - | $2,552 | $3,305,189 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | - | Once Upon a Crime... | $3,249,740 | - | 1,101 | - | $2,951 | $3,249,740 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 6 | 3 | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | $3,218,000 | -28.1% | 1,958 | - | $1,643 | $17,310,805 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 2 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | $2,807,994 | -39% | 1,753 | - | $1,601 | $8,746,325 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Medicine Man | $2,702,923 | -23.4% | 1,282 | -81 | $2,108 | $34,513,624 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $2,609,995 | -25.9% | 1,590 | -89 | $1,641 | $73,301,447 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Beauty and the Beast | $1,902,842 | -10.4% | 1,253 | -93 | $1,518 | $118,460,773 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Final Analysis | $1,528,192 | -33.6% | 1,010 | -373 | $1,513 | $25,060,922 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | - | Blame It on the Bellboy | $1,326,472 | - | 462 | - | $2,871 | $1,326,472 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | 10 | The Prince of Tides | $1,169,539 | -19.7% | 914 | -249 | $1,279 | $68,001,463 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | Mississippi Masala | $1,151,193 | -23.4% | 335 | +10 | $3,436 | $4,196,809 | 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 15 | 20 | This Is My Life | $649,393 | +106.8% | 125 | +94 | $5,195 | $1,156,924 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | 18 | Hook | $388,080 | -39.4% | 504 | -215 | $770 | $115,070,592 | 13 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 19 | The Mambo Kings | $299,418 | -6.4% | 31 | -1 | $9,658 | $754,674 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | - | Terminal Bliss | $215,500 | - | 356 | - | $605 | $215,500 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
