Domestic Box Office For May 1, 1992
Data as of May 4, 17:38 PDT
Key:New This Day
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Passed Away | $2,141,371 | - | - | - | - | $4,030,793 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Basic Instinct | $1,162,980 | +246.2% | -28.4% | 1,846 | $630 | $80,725,484 | 43 | TriStar Pictures |
| 3 | - | White Men Can't Jump | $520,961 | - | - | 1,679 | $310 | $56,336,360 | 36 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | - | Beethoven | $443,483 | - | - | 1,920 | $230 | $33,135,049 | 29 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | - | Folks! | $403,943 | - | - | 1,402 | $288 | $403,944 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | - | Split Second | $389,588 | - | - | 1,085 | $359 | $389,589 | 1 | - |
| 7 | - | The Player | $336,030 | - | - | 298 | $1,127 | $3,284,260 | 22 | New Line Cinema |
| 8 | - | Edward II | $331,952 | - | - | - | - | $694,438 | 43 | Fine Line Features |
| 9 | - | White Sands | $315,498 | - | - | 1,276 | $247 | $4,446,305 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | - | Wayne's World | $299,613 | - | - | 1,257 | $238 | $107,279,415 | 78 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | - | Sleepwalkers | $275,920 | - | - | 1,513 | $182 | $23,138,463 | 22 | Columbia Pictures |
| 12 | - | The Babe | $256,761 | - | - | 1,564 | $164 | $10,487,267 | 15 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | - | Deep Cover | $255,109 | - | - | 816 | $312 | $8,900,681 | 15 | New Line Cinema |
| 14 | - | City of Joy | $249,615 | - | - | 903 | $276 | $7,835,456 | 15 | TriStar Pictures |
| 15 | - | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | $240,528 | - | - | 1,519 | $158 | $14,065,499 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | - | My Cousin Vinny | $222,340 | - | - | 855 | $260 | $41,768,978 | 50 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | - | Thunderheart | $195,868 | - | - | 908 | $215 | $15,831,054 | 29 | TriStar Pictures |
| 18 | - | K2 | $185,898 | - | - | 350 | $531 | $185,899 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 19 | - | Leaving Normal | $99,854 | - | - | 362 | $275 | $99,855 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 20 | - | Turtle Beach | $73,826 | - | - | 727 | $101 | $73,827 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | - | Howards End | $60,584 | - | - | 22 | $2,753 | $1,403,074 | 50 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 22 | - | Hook | $32,918 | - | - | 322 | $102 | $118,429,149 | 143 | TriStar Pictures |
| 23 | - | The Playboys | $32,424 | - | - | 31 | $1,045 | $93,425 | 8 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 24 | - | Night on Earth | $8,728 | - | - | 2 | $4,364 | $8,729 | 1 | Fine Line Features |
| 25 | - | Diary of a Hitman | $4,545 | - | - | 18 | $252 | $4,545 | 1 | - |
