| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Sleeping with the Enemy | $18,305,647 | - | 1,406 | - | $13,019 | $18,305,647 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | - | L.A. Story | $8,617,459 | - | 1,091 | - | $7,898 | $8,617,459 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Home Alone | $7,603,382 | -22.8% | 1,986 | -23 | $3,828 | $222,784,059 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | $5,874,663 | - | 1,188 | - | $4,945 | $5,874,663 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Dances with Wolves | $5,533,238 | -9.9% | 1,548 | +205 | $3,574 | $105,540,120 | 14 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Awakenings | $3,721,904 | -34% | 1,318 | -12 | $2,823 | $37,435,815 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | White Fang | $3,512,144 | -38.7% | 1,259 | - | $2,789 | $21,748,374 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Once Around | $3,288,130 | -37.4% | 730 | +5 | $4,504 | $9,700,452 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Green Card | $3,141,481 | -39% | 718 | +15 | $4,375 | $19,479,607 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Kindergarten Cop | $3,050,920 | -34.5% | 1,475 | -234 | $2,068 | $76,321,800 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Hamlet | $2,545,062 | -20% | 624 | +99 | $4,078 | $14,191,244 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Grifters | $1,546,898 | -49.5% | 540 | -240 | $2,864 | $8,987,406 | 10 | Miramax | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Silence of the Lambs | $1,412,862 | - | 1,497 | - | $943 | $1,412,862 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 14 | Edward Scissorhands | $1,221,808 | -38.7% | 784 | -212 | $1,558 | $49,199,930 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | The Godfather Part III | $1,210,008 | -37.7% | 602 | -173 | $2,009 | $62,730,723 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 23 | Warlock | $1,057,893 | +413% | 261 | +187 | $4,053 | $3,266,230 | 5 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Ghost | $709,867 | - | 461 | -28 | $1,539 | $213,704,210 | 31 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | $33,818 | - | 2 | - | $16,909 | $33,818 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | true | false |
