| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Home Alone | $12,528,153 | +3.6% | 2,112 | -45 | $5,931 | $196,219,230 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Awakenings | $9,089,009 | -15.6% | 1,311 | +29 | $6,932 | $21,639,596 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Kindergarten Cop | $7,943,240 | -2.3% | 1,871 | -66 | $4,245 | $63,094,160 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Dances with Wolves | $7,007,328 | -3.1% | 1,301 | +16 | $5,386 | $88,081,933 | 11 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Flight of the Intruder | $6,718,827 | - | 1,489 | - | $4,512 | $6,718,827 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | White Fang | $6,522,487 | - | 1,108 | - | $5,886 | $6,522,487 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 3 | Lionheart | $5,663,126 | -37% | 1,485 | +23 | $3,813 | $14,652,439 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 13 | Green Card | $4,631,320 | +116.9% | 341 | +192 | $13,581 | $7,187,880 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 18 | Hamlet | $4,184,690 | +2,188.3% | 522 | +517 | $8,016 | $5,029,018 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | The Godfather Part III | $3,964,712 | -30.2% | 1,358 | -564 | $2,919 | $57,115,274 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Edward Scissorhands | $3,808,899 | -15.9% | 1,319 | -53 | $2,887 | $43,390,018 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Not Without My Daughter | $3,754,095 | -24.3% | 1,141 | +4 | $3,290 | $8,716,199 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 13 | - | Eve of Destruction | $2,590,580 | - | 985 | - | $2,630 | $2,590,580 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 9 | Mermaids | $2,578,524 | -10.8% | 1,154 | +43 | $2,234 | $27,810,114 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Look Who's Talking Too | $1,969,388 | -31.3% | 1,167 | -385 | $1,687 | $39,183,101 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 11 | Misery | $1,899,769 | -30.3% | 891 | -343 | $2,132 | $50,722,085 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | Three Men and a Little Lady | $1,503,313 | -38.1% | 828 | -458 | $1,815 | $63,415,502 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | The Russia House | $1,325,227 | -36.9% | 537 | -201 | $2,467 | $19,851,106 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 19 | 15 | Ghost | $1,233,428 | -8.3% | 648 | -106 | $1,903 | $211,257,262 | 28 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 16 | Warlock | $635,373 | -36.6% | 168 | -5 | $3,781 | $1,637,810 | 2 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | - | Once Around | $386,788 | - | 16 | - | $24,174 | $386,788 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 22 | - | Cadence | $173,601 | - | 31 | - | $5,600 | $173,601 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 23 | 19 | Alice | $152,947 | +5.3% | 3 | - | $50,982 | $798,527 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | - | Men of Respect | $104,498 | - | 33 | - | $3,166 | $104,498 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
