| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Patriot Games | $11,208,134 | -39.5% | 2,396 | +31 | $4,677 | $36,505,513 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Sister Act | $9,540,844 | -15.1% | 2,033 | +291 | $4,692 | $42,600,803 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | HouseSitter | $9,106,950 | - | 1,671 | - | $5,450 | $9,106,950 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Lethal Weapon 3 | $6,332,667 | -29.9% | 2,482 | -86 | $2,551 | $114,169,372 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Far and Away | $3,722,890 | -33.6% | 1,885 | +65 | $1,975 | $37,374,435 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Encino Man | $2,877,104 | -30.1% | 1,984 | -106 | $1,450 | $29,194,409 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Alien³ | $2,734,370 | -31.8% | 1,975 | -65 | $1,384 | $46,605,194 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Class Act | $2,139,740 | -37.5% | 1,145 | -3 | $1,868 | $6,767,048 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Basic Instinct | $1,108,665 | -26.6% | 1,041 | -272 | $1,065 | $105,695,021 | 13 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Wayne's World | $1,053,065 | - | 952 | - | $1,106 | - | 18 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Aces: Iron Eagle III | $942,814 | - | 1,051 | - | $897 | $942,814 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 12 | 10 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $616,560 | -33.1% | 734 | -144 | $840 | $77,932,324 | 25 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Howards End | $470,156 | +12.2% | 104 | +36 | $4,520 | $6,119,245 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
