| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Silence of the Lambs | $11,997,310 | -16.7% | 1,586 | +51 | $7,564 | $61,229,474 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | New Jack City | $10,031,036 | - | 862 | - | $11,636 | $10,031,036 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | - | The Hard Way | $8,191,100 | - | 1,622 | - | $5,050 | $8,191,100 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | The Doors | $8,001,784 | -33.7% | 1,204 | +364 | $6,646 | $20,075,104 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $7,919,342 | -23.5% | 1,522 | +6 | $5,203 | $63,646,663 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Dances with Wolves | $4,592,552 | -11.7% | 1,572 | -36 | $2,921 | $128,454,531 | 18 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Home Alone | $4,260,773 | -16.9% | 1,590 | -80 | $2,679 | $246,826,026 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Shipwrecked | $3,798,079 | -17% | 1,393 | +7 | $2,726 | $8,376,705 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | King Ralph | $3,705,730 | -28.2% | 1,633 | -13 | $2,269 | $24,534,445 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | L.A. Story | $2,056,217 | -29.4% | 929 | -139 | $2,213 | $23,266,898 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | He Said, She Said | $1,833,252 | -31.7% | 870 | -38 | $2,107 | $8,164,585 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Awakenings | $1,330,865 | -24.5% | 725 | -200 | $1,835 | $46,064,547 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | Kindergarten Cop | $1,118,160 | -19.4% | 641 | -77 | $1,744 | $82,279,490 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 17 | Closet Land | $175,015 | +971.3% | 153 | - | $1,143 | $191,351 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | La Femme Nikita | $71,720 | - | 2 | - | $35,860 | $71,720 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 16 | - | Open Doors | $21,292 | - | 2 | - | $10,646 | $21,292 | 1 | Orion Classics | true | false |
| 17 | 18 | Ju Dou | $16,348 | +529.5% | 1 | - | $16,348 | $18,945 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 18 | - | Shadow of China | $11,746 | - | - | - | - | $11,746 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
