| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lethal Weapon 3 | $32,315,513 | -24.7% | 2,510 | - | $12,874 | $75,257,779 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Alien³ | $26,841,474 | - | 2,227 | - | $12,052 | $26,841,474 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 3 | - | Far and Away | $15,624,210 | - | 1,583 | - | $9,870 | $15,624,210 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | - | Encino Man | $11,701,945 | - | 2,050 | - | $5,708 | $11,701,945 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Basic Instinct | $4,025,232 | -7.1% | 1,600 | -251 | $2,515 | $99,033,366 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Beethoven | $2,684,610 | -2.8% | 1,581 | -244 | $1,698 | $44,203,100 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | The Player | $2,357,731 | +10.4% | 445 | +6 | $5,298 | $12,706,549 | 7 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | White Men Can't Jump | $1,977,063 | -20.9% | 1,280 | -403 | $1,544 | $67,422,786 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Wayne's World | $1,421,438 | -14.9% | 927 | -206 | $1,533 | $114,144,313 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | My Cousin Vinny | $1,365,466 | -1.2% | 717 | -171 | $1,904 | $47,654,994 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | $1,136,658 | -0.8% | 1,059 | -268 | $1,073 | $19,180,774 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Howards End | $911,432 | +112.5% | 65 | +40 | $14,022 | $3,618,901 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | The Waterdance | $315,667 | +37.7% | 55 | +22 | $5,739 | $544,904 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Hook | $77,731 | -40.7% | 100 | -71 | $777 | $118,982,161 | 25 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Europa | $28,087 | - | 1 | - | $28,087 | $28,087 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 16 | 18 | Rubin and Ed | $7,249 | +24.7% | 2 | +1 | $3,624 | $13,064 | 2 | IRS Media | false | false |
