| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Home Alone | - | - | - | $88,720,547 | 2,173 | $285,761,243 | Nov 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | Dances with Wolves | - | - | - | $39,044,541 | 1,636 | $184,208,848 | Nov 9 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Misery | - | - | - | $36,092,297 | 1,370 | $61,276,872 | Nov 30 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 4 | Kindergarten Cop | - | - | - | $29,494,805 | 1,937 | $91,457,688 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | Three Men and a Little Lady | - | - | - | $28,485,264 | 1,614 | $71,609,321 | Nov 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Godfather Part III | - | - | - | $26,837,639 | 1,922 | $66,666,062 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Look Who's Talking Too | - | - | - | $25,047,061 | 1,647 | $47,789,074 | Dec 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 8 | Edward Scissorhands | - | - | - | $24,101,421 | 1,372 | $56,362,352 | Dec 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | The Rookie | - | - | - | $17,133,649 | 1,862 | $21,633,874 | Dec 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Mermaids | - | - | - | $14,373,240 | 1,154 | $35,419,397 | Dec 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Predator 2 | - | - | - | $14,326,791 | 1,978 | $30,669,413 | Nov 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Rocky V | - | - | - | $11,558,718 | 2,106 | $40,946,358 | Nov 16 | United Artists | false |
| 13 | The Rescuers Down Under | - | - | - | $10,323,628 | 1,487 | $27,931,461 | Nov 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Russia House | - | - | - | $9,677,043 | 768 | $22,997,992 | Dec 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 15 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | - | - | - | $9,010,230 | 1,395 | $15,691,192 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | Ghost | - | - | - | $8,899,269 | 1,766 | $217,631,306 | Jul 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | Havana | - | - | - | $6,511,157 | 835 | $9,243,140 | Dec 14 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Reversal of Fortune | - | - | - | $6,301,866 | 661 | $15,445,131 | Oct 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Child's Play 2 | - | - | - | $5,121,864 | 2,017 | $28,501,605 | Nov 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 20 | Almost an Angel | - | - | - | $4,095,644 | 1,373 | $6,939,946 | Dec 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 21 | Quigley Down Under | - | - | - | $3,791,048 | 1,094 | $21,413,105 | Oct 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 22 | Jacob's Ladder | - | - | - | $3,070,914 | 1,264 | $26,118,851 | Nov 2 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 23 | Awakenings | - | - | - | $969,705 | 1,330 | $52,096,475 | Dec 22 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 24 | The Sheltering Sky | - | - | - | $358,073 | 95 | $2,075,084 | Dec 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | Hamlet | - | - | - | $350,798 | 624 | $20,710,451 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | The Nutcracker Prince | - | - | - | $347,342 | 906 | $1,781,694 | Nov 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | Alice | - | - | - | $224,818 | 325 | $7,331,647 | Dec 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Green Card | - | - | - | $186,442 | 757 | $29,888,235 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 29 | Come See the Paradise | - | - | - | $166,777 | 97 | $947,306 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 30 | The Grifters | - | - | - | $103,832 | 780 | $13,446,769 | Dec 7 | Miramax | false |
| 31 | The Field | - | - | - | $64,336 | 40 | $1,494,399 | Dec 22 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 32 | The Long Walk Home | - | - | - | $58,182 | 272 | $4,873,620 | Dec 22 | Miramax | false |
| 33 | Just Ask for Diamond | - | - | - | $10,926 | 30 | $12,751 | Nov 30 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
