| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Basic Instinct | $15,129,385 | - | 1,567 | - | $9,655 | $15,129,385 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Wayne's World | $7,667,615 | -9% | 1,878 | - | $4,082 | $78,987,701 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | My Cousin Vinny | $7,209,788 | -2.8% | 1,500 | +273 | $4,806 | $17,420,706 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Lawnmower Man | $3,685,746 | -31.2% | 1,308 | +10 | $2,817 | $21,146,586 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $2,897,230 | -13.4% | 1,329 | +2 | $2,180 | $61,366,419 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | American Me | $2,263,240 | -33% | 826 | -4 | $2,740 | $6,945,315 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 12 | Beauty and the Beast | $1,700,245 | +8.9% | 1,157 | -14 | $1,469 | $122,922,207 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | $1,653,970 | -20.1% | 1,432 | -353 | $1,155 | $22,504,445 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Article 99 | $1,569,658 | -36.2% | 1,263 | +1 | $1,242 | $4,816,099 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $1,456,259 | -22.4% | 1,292 | -137 | $1,127 | $78,092,474 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Medicine Man | $1,405,093 | -27% | 1,091 | -99 | $1,287 | $39,328,675 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Shadows and Fog | $1,111,314 | - | 288 | - | $3,858 | $1,111,314 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | 11 | Once Upon a Crime... | $1,110,624 | -38.1% | 1,091 | -10 | $1,017 | $7,662,122 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Gladiator | $1,006,025 | -44.8% | 1,170 | -186 | $859 | $7,453,369 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Noises Off... | $981,452 | - | 451 | - | $2,176 | $981,452 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | 16 | Hook | $304,410 | -5.4% | 438 | +12 | $695 | $115,910,054 | 15 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 17 | Howards End | $49,288 | -6.2% | 1 | - | $49,288 | $146,246 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 18 | - | Edward II | $28,318 | - | 2 | - | $14,159 | $28,318 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 19 | - | American Dream | $9,291 | - | 2 | - | $4,645 | $11,523 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
