| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Home Alone | $29,115,944 | +24.4% | 2,141 | +33 | $13,599 | $156,070,787 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | The Godfather Part III | $22,423,901 | +59.9% | 1,901 | +81 | $11,795 | $36,447,884 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Kindergarten Cop | $19,191,170 | +18.9% | 1,922 | +6 | $9,985 | $35,328,075 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Dances with Wolves | $14,154,904 | +52.2% | 1,269 | +15 | $11,154 | $63,818,711 | 8 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Edward Scissorhands | $10,695,396 | +17.8% | 1,109 | +22 | $9,644 | $28,685,165 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Look Who's Talking Too | $10,021,375 | +9.3% | 1,625 | +9 | $6,167 | $29,341,936 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 9 | Three Men and a Little Lady | $8,382,439 | +42.3% | 1,578 | - | $5,312 | $55,181,094 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 11 | Mermaids | $7,359,414 | +43.1% | 977 | +9 | $7,532 | $17,527,278 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Misery | $7,181,524 | +18% | 1,329 | +9 | $5,403 | $41,027,722 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | The Russia House | $6,376,568 | +5.7% | 725 | +8 | $8,795 | $12,409,859 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | $5,797,718 | +1.8% | 1,395 | +22 | $4,156 | $11,494,968 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 14 | The Rescuers Down Under | $4,410,446 | +64.8% | 1,487 | - | $2,966 | $22,330,340 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 16 | Ghost | $3,023,696 | +48.3% | 1,011 | +23 | $2,990 | $206,640,009 | 25 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | The Rookie | $2,735,673 | -17.8% | 1,206 | -359 | $2,268 | $18,306,082 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Almost an Angel | $2,402,664 | -11.8% | 1,373 | - | $1,749 | $5,125,360 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Havana | $2,174,535 | +1.6% | 835 | +4 | $2,604 | $7,443,104 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 17 | Awakenings | $633,105 | +4.1% | 12 | - | $52,758 | $1,241,038 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 18 | Hamlet | $245,406 | +16.5% | 5 | +1 | $49,081 | $455,972 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 20 | Alice | $228,518 | +142.5% | 3 | - | $76,172 | $322,756 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 22 | Green Card | $180,927 | +117.8% | 2 | - | $90,463 | $263,985 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | The Sheltering Sky | $130,965 | +14.9% | 6 | - | $21,827 | $414,202 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | 21 | Come See the Paradise | $129,513 | +39.6% | 5 | - | $25,902 | $222,286 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 23 | 24 | The Field | $55,482 | +70% | 2 | - | $27,741 | $88,114 | 2 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | The Long Walk Home | $43,942 | +32.9% | 4 | - | $10,985 | $77,016 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
