| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Home Alone | - | - | - | $61,743,771 | 2,173 | $285,761,243 | Nov 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | Kindergarten Cop | - | - | - | $39,116,405 | 1,937 | $91,457,688 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Dances with Wolves | - | - | - | $36,112,613 | 1,636 | $184,208,848 | Nov 9 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Godfather Part III | - | - | - | $32,739,973 | 1,922 | $66,666,062 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Awakenings | - | - | - | $27,105,491 | 1,330 | $52,096,475 | Dec 22 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 6 | Edward Scissorhands | - | - | - | $21,883,815 | 1,372 | $56,362,352 | Dec 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | Three Men and a Little Lady | - | - | - | $20,020,700 | 1,614 | $71,609,321 | Nov 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Lionheart | - | - | - | $17,952,803 | 1,485 | $24,078,196 | Jan 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | Look Who's Talking Too | - | - | - | $15,459,953 | 1,647 | $47,789,074 | Dec 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 10 | Mermaids | - | - | - | $15,324,084 | 1,154 | $35,419,397 | Dec 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Misery | - | - | - | $14,202,147 | 1,370 | $61,276,872 | Nov 30 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Russia House | - | - | - | $13,320,947 | 768 | $22,997,992 | Dec 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 13 | White Fang | - | - | - | $12,506,655 | 1,259 | $34,793,160 | Jan 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Not Without My Daughter | - | - | - | $11,109,368 | 1,141 | $14,789,113 | Jan 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 15 | Green Card | - | - | - | $11,003,824 | 757 | $29,888,235 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Flight of the Intruder | - | - | - | $10,354,739 | 1,489 | $14,587,732 | Jan 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | Hamlet | - | - | - | $8,115,558 | 624 | $20,710,451 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | The Rescuers Down Under | - | - | - | $7,491,310 | 1,487 | $27,931,461 | Nov 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | - | - | - | $6,680,959 | 1,395 | $15,691,192 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | Ghost | - | - | - | $5,913,121 | 1,766 | $217,631,306 | Jul 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 21 | The Rookie | - | - | - | $4,500,222 | 1,862 | $21,633,874 | Dec 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | The Grifters | - | - | - | $4,203,085 | 780 | $13,446,769 | Dec 7 | Miramax | false |
| 23 | Eve of Destruction | - | - | - | $4,000,790 | 987 | $5,451,119 | Jan 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 24 | Almost an Angel | - | - | - | $2,844,297 | 1,373 | $6,939,946 | Dec 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 25 | Havana | - | - | - | $2,731,977 | 835 | $9,243,140 | Dec 14 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 26 | Vincent & Theo | - | - | - | $2,195,027 | 59 | $2,231,274 | Nov 2 | Hemdale | false |
| 27 | Alice | - | - | - | $2,121,692 | 325 | $7,331,647 | Dec 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Cadence | - | - | - | $2,070,871 | 31 | $2,070,871 | Jan 18 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 29 | Warlock | - | - | - | $2,002,110 | 261 | $9,094,451 | Jan 11 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 30 | The Sheltering Sky | - | - | - | $1,717,009 | 95 | $2,075,084 | Dec 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 31 | Once Around | - | - | - | $1,156,022 | 735 | $14,851,083 | Jan 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 32 | Hidden Agenda | - | - | - | $944,212 | 114 | $1,030,938 | Nov 21 | Hemdale | false |
| 33 | Come See the Paradise | - | - | - | $780,523 | 97 | $947,306 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 34 | Men of Respect | - | - | - | $139,155 | 33 | $139,155 | Jan 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 35 | The Field | - | - | - | $23,778 | 40 | $1,494,399 | Dec 22 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 36 | The Long Walk Home | - | - | - | $18,831 | 272 | $4,873,620 | Dec 22 | Miramax | false |
