| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 13 | The Silence of the Lambs | $18,948,193 | +1,241.1% | 1,497 | - | $12,657 | $18,948,193 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $15,403,149 | -15.9% | 1,467 | +61 | $10,499 | $33,708,796 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | - | King Ralph | $9,710,085 | - | 1,617 | - | $6,005 | $9,710,085 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Home Alone | $8,748,257 | +15.1% | 1,815 | -171 | $4,819 | $231,532,316 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Dances with Wolves | $7,522,086 | +35.9% | 1,554 | +6 | $4,840 | $113,062,206 | 15 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | L.A. Story | $6,157,760 | -28.5% | 1,120 | +29 | $5,498 | $14,775,219 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | $4,836,353 | -17.7% | 1,208 | +20 | $4,003 | $10,711,016 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | - | Nothing But Trouble | $4,610,647 | - | 1,671 | - | $2,759 | $4,610,647 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 9 | 7 | White Fang | $3,715,726 | +5.8% | 1,164 | -95 | $3,192 | $25,464,100 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Awakenings | $3,310,729 | -11% | 1,219 | -99 | $2,715 | $40,746,544 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Green Card | $2,872,848 | -8.6% | 757 | +39 | $3,795 | $22,352,455 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Once Around | $2,127,913 | -35.3% | 735 | +5 | $2,895 | $11,828,365 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Kindergarten Cop | $2,023,775 | -33.7% | 1,102 | -373 | $1,836 | $78,345,575 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Hamlet | $1,787,945 | -29.7% | 546 | -78 | $3,274 | $15,979,189 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | The Godfather Part III | $1,349,857 | +11.6% | 736 | +134 | $1,834 | $64,080,580 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | The Grifters | $1,307,069 | -15.5% | 342 | -198 | $3,821 | $10,294,475 | 11 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | - | Goodfellas | $1,144,867 | - | 606 | +584 | $1,889 | $42,173,619 | 23 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | - | Iron & Silk | $18,312 | - | 1 | - | $18,312 | $18,312 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
