| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Silence of the Lambs | $10,341,020 | -13.8% | 1,600 | +14 | $6,463 | $71,570,494 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | New Jack City | $7,777,155 | -22.5% | 887 | +25 | $8,767 | $17,808,191 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 5 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $6,283,923 | -20.7% | 1,545 | +23 | $4,067 | $69,930,586 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | Class Action | $5,543,919 | - | 778 | - | $7,125 | $5,543,919 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Hard Way | $5,222,670 | -36.2% | 1,627 | +5 | $3,210 | $13,413,770 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Perfect Weapon | $5,101,332 | - | 1,229 | - | $4,150 | $5,101,332 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | The Doors | $4,510,164 | -43.6% | 1,236 | +32 | $3,649 | $24,585,268 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Dances with Wolves | $4,107,112 | -10.6% | 1,545 | -27 | $2,658 | $132,561,643 | 19 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Home Alone | $3,458,952 | -18.8% | 1,413 | -177 | $2,447 | $250,284,978 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | - | Guilty by Suspicion | $3,140,980 | - | 817 | - | $3,844 | $3,140,980 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 11 | - | If Looks Could Kill | $2,844,190 | - | 838 | - | $3,394 | $2,844,190 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 12 | 9 | King Ralph | $2,406,325 | -35.1% | 1,455 | -178 | $1,653 | $26,940,770 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Shipwrecked | $2,374,444 | -37.5% | 1,311 | -82 | $1,811 | $10,751,149 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Kindergarten Cop | $1,006,483 | -10% | 545 | -96 | $1,846 | $83,285,973 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | True Colors | $88,780 | - | 6 | - | $14,796 | $88,780 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | - | The Comfort of Strangers | $21,723 | - | 1 | - | $21,723 | $21,723 | 1 | Skouras Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | 18 | Shadow of China | $21,206 | +80.5% | 4 | - | $5,301 | $32,952 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
