| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Home Alone | $9,117,068 | -27.2% | 2,106 | -6 | $4,329 | $205,336,298 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Awakenings | $6,435,604 | -29.2% | 1,325 | +14 | $4,857 | $28,075,200 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 6 | White Fang | $5,984,168 | -8.3% | 1,167 | +59 | $5,127 | $12,506,655 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Dances with Wolves | $5,783,004 | -17.5% | 1,302 | +1 | $4,441 | $93,864,937 | 12 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Kindergarten Cop | $5,517,050 | -30.5% | 1,901 | +30 | $2,902 | $68,611,210 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Grifters | $4,077,890 | - | 766 | +760 | $5,323 | $4,376,218 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | Green Card | $4,002,391 | -13.6% | 381 | +40 | $10,504 | $11,190,271 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Flight of the Intruder | $3,635,912 | -45.9% | 1,489 | - | $2,441 | $10,354,739 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Hamlet | $3,437,338 | -17.9% | 525 | +3 | $6,547 | $8,466,356 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Lionheart | $3,300,364 | -41.7% | 1,465 | -20 | $2,252 | $17,952,803 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Edward Scissorhands | $2,595,223 | -31.9% | 1,368 | +49 | $1,897 | $45,985,241 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Godfather Part III | $2,462,341 | -37.9% | 1,104 | -254 | $2,230 | $59,577,615 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Not Without My Daughter | $2,393,169 | -36.3% | 1,054 | -87 | $2,270 | $11,109,368 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Mermaids | $1,887,216 | -26.8% | 1,092 | -62 | $1,728 | $29,697,330 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 23 | Alice | $1,547,986 | +912.1% | 261 | +258 | $5,930 | $2,346,513 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | Misery | $1,429,988 | -24.7% | 871 | -20 | $1,641 | $52,152,073 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Eve of Destruction | $1,410,210 | -45.6% | 987 | +2 | $1,428 | $4,000,790 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | Look Who's Talking Too | $1,323,913 | -32.8% | 1,060 | -107 | $1,248 | $40,507,014 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 21 | Once Around | $769,234 | +98.9% | 52 | +36 | $14,792 | $1,156,022 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | Warlock | $364,300 | -42.7% | 154 | -14 | $2,365 | $2,002,110 | 3 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
