| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | White Men Can't Jump | $14,711,124 | - | 1,923 | - | $7,650 | $14,711,124 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Basic Instinct | $13,204,200 | -12.7% | 1,770 | +203 | $7,460 | $34,719,110 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Wayne's World | $5,712,736 | -25.5% | 1,878 | - | $3,041 | $87,189,099 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | My Cousin Vinny | $5,315,543 | -26.3% | 1,506 | +6 | $3,529 | $25,160,152 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | - | Ladybugs | $5,180,414 | - | 1,528 | - | $3,390 | $5,180,414 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | The Cutting Edge | $4,478,919 | - | 775 | - | $5,779 | $4,478,919 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $2,814,240 | -2.9% | 1,312 | -17 | $2,145 | $65,370,114 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | The Lawnmower Man | $2,525,736 | -31.5% | 1,318 | +10 | $1,916 | $24,863,826 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Beauty and the Beast | $1,782,762 | +4.9% | 1,157 | - | $1,540 | $125,315,925 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | American Me | $1,283,430 | -43.3% | 537 | -289 | $2,390 | $9,108,435 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | $1,113,330 | -32.7% | 1,003 | -429 | $1,110 | $24,125,855 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $881,301 | -39.5% | 970 | -322 | $908 | $79,475,797 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Prince of Tides | $721,173 | - | 602 | - | $1,197 | $71,240,929 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Power of One | $684,358 | - | 143 | - | $4,785 | $684,358 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 15 | - | Ruby | $614,327 | - | 764 | - | $804 | $614,327 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 16 | - | Bugsy | $398,720 | - | 356 | - | $1,120 | $47,736,997 | 16 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | JFK | $385,043 | - | 485 | - | $793 | $68,347,460 | 15 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Hook | $342,000 | +12.3% | 456 | +18 | $750 | $116,347,538 | 16 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Howards End | $48,813 | -1% | 1 | - | $48,813 | $231,239 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 20 | - | Proof | $13,221 | - | 1 | - | $13,221 | $24,590 | 2 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 21 | - | Roadside Prophets | $11,066 | - | 1 | - | $11,066 | $11,066 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
