| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Silence of the Lambs | $11,997,310 | $8,893,306 | 74.1% | $3,104,004 | 25.9% | 1,586 | 5 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | New Jack City | $10,031,036 | $7,039,622 | 70.2% | $2,991,414 | 29.8% | 862 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | The Hard Way | $8,191,100 | $6,301,470 | 76.9% | $1,889,630 | 23.1% | 1,622 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Doors | $8,001,784 | $6,013,980 | 75.2% | $1,987,804 | 24.8% | 1,204 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $7,919,342 | $6,080,682 | 76.8% | $1,838,660 | 23.2% | 1,522 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Dances with Wolves | $4,592,552 | $3,381,254 | 73.6% | $1,211,298 | 26.4% | 1,572 | 18 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Home Alone | $4,260,773 | $3,315,651 | 77.8% | $945,122 | 22.2% | 1,590 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Shipwrecked | $3,798,079 | $3,042,659 | 80.1% | $755,420 | 19.9% | 1,393 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | King Ralph | $3,705,730 | $2,972,060 | 80.2% | $733,670 | 19.8% | 1,633 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | L.A. Story | $2,056,217 | $1,567,223 | 76.2% | $488,994 | 23.8% | 929 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | He Said, She Said | $1,833,252 | $1,387,285 | 75.7% | $445,967 | 24.3% | 870 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Awakenings | $1,330,865 | $986,300 | 74.1% | $344,565 | 25.9% | 725 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Kindergarten Cop | $1,118,160 | $904,960 | 80.9% | $213,200 | 19.1% | 641 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Closet Land | $175,015 | $121,635 | 69.5% | $53,380 | 30.5% | 153 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | La Femme Nikita | $71,720 | $44,047 | 61.4% | $27,673 | 38.6% | 2 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 16 | Open Doors | $21,292 | $15,726 | 73.9% | $5,566 | 26.1% | 2 | 1 | Orion Classics | - | false |
| 17 | Ju Dou | $16,348 | $10,300 | 63% | $6,048 | 37% | 1 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 18 | Shadow of China | $11,746 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | American Ninja 4: The Annihilation | - | $277,462 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | Green Card | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Scenes from a Mall | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Echoes of Paradise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Quartet Films | - | false |
| - | White Fang | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
