| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Home Alone | $23,396,819 | +47.4% | 2,108 | +91 | $11,099 | $126,954,843 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | - | Kindergarten Cop | $16,136,905 | - | 1,916 | - | $8,422 | $16,136,905 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | The Godfather Part III | $14,023,983 | - | 1,820 | - | $7,705 | $14,023,983 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 4 | Dances with Wolves | $9,301,126 | +44.1% | 1,254 | +58 | $7,417 | $49,663,807 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Look Who's Talking Too | $9,170,801 | -9.6% | 1,616 | +40 | $5,675 | $19,320,561 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Edward Scissorhands | $9,080,794 | +4.9% | 1,087 | +64 | $8,353 | $17,989,769 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Misery | $6,085,473 | +7.6% | 1,320 | +18 | $4,610 | $33,846,198 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Russia House | $6,033,291 | - | 717 | - | $8,414 | $6,033,291 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 9 | 8 | Three Men and a Little Lady | $5,888,885 | +54.6% | 1,578 | +292 | $3,731 | $46,798,655 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | The Bonfire of the Vanities | $5,697,250 | - | 1,373 | - | $4,149 | $5,697,250 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 11 | 6 | Mermaids | $5,141,742 | +2.3% | 968 | +48 | $5,311 | $10,167,864 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | The Rookie | $3,327,941 | -30.8% | 1,565 | -297 | $2,126 | $15,570,409 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | - | Almost an Angel | $2,722,696 | - | 1,373 | - | $1,983 | $2,722,696 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 12 | The Rescuers Down Under | $2,675,623 | +105.8% | 1,487 | +271 | $1,799 | $17,919,894 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | Havana | $2,139,825 | -31.6% | 831 | +7 | $2,575 | $5,268,569 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Ghost | $2,038,628 | +70.7% | 988 | -124 | $2,063 | $203,616,313 | 24 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Awakenings | $607,933 | - | 12 | - | $50,661 | $607,933 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 18 | - | Hamlet | $210,566 | - | 4 | - | $52,641 | $210,566 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 19 | 14 | The Sheltering Sky | $114,002 | -32.6% | 6 | +3 | $19,000 | $283,237 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | - | Alice | $94,238 | - | 3 | - | $31,412 | $94,238 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 21 | - | Come See the Paradise | $92,773 | - | 5 | - | $18,554 | $92,773 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 22 | - | Green Card | $83,058 | - | 2 | - | $41,529 | $83,058 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 23 | - | The Long Walk Home | $33,074 | - | 4 | - | $8,268 | $33,074 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 24 | - | The Field | $32,632 | - | 2 | - | $16,316 | $32,632 | 1 | Avenue Pictures Productions | true | false |
