| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $16,589,862 | -15.3% | 24% | 2 | The Silence of the Lambs | $11,997,310 | 72.3% | 5 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 5 | $13,190,005 | +101% | 19.1% | 4 | The Hard Way | $8,191,100 | 62.1% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $12,180,115 | -21.3% | 17.6% | 2 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $7,919,342 | 65% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 3 | $10,058,001 | -32.9% | 14.5% | 2 | The Doors | $8,001,784 | 79.6% | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 5 | 9 | $10,031,036 | +659.5% | 14.5% | 2 | New Jack City | $10,031,036 | 100% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 4 | $3,798,079 | -63.2% | 5.5% | 4 | Shipwrecked | $3,798,079 | 100% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,833,252 | -31.7% | 2.7% | 1 | He Said, She Said | $1,833,252 | 100% | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,330,865 | -24.5% | 1.9% | 1 | Awakenings | $1,330,865 | 100% | 12 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $71,720 | -95.9% | 0.1% | 2 | La Femme Nikita | $71,720 | 100% | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 11 | 10 | $16,348 | +529.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Ju Dou | $16,348 | 100% | 2 | Miramax | - |
