| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Silence of the Lambs | $18,948,193 | - | - | - | - | 1,497 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $15,403,149 | - | - | - | - | 1,467 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | King Ralph | $9,710,085 | - | - | - | - | 1,617 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Home Alone | $8,748,257 | - | - | - | - | 1,815 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Dances with Wolves | $7,522,086 | - | - | - | - | 1,554 | 15 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | L.A. Story | $6,157,760 | - | - | - | - | 1,120 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | $4,836,353 | - | - | - | - | 1,208 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Nothing But Trouble | $4,610,647 | - | - | - | - | 1,671 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | White Fang | $3,715,726 | - | - | - | - | 1,164 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Awakenings | $3,310,729 | - | - | - | - | 1,219 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Green Card | $2,872,848 | - | - | - | - | 757 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Once Around | $2,127,913 | - | - | - | - | 735 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Kindergarten Cop | $2,023,775 | $1,435,000 | 70.9% | $588,775 | 29.1% | 1,102 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Hamlet | $1,787,945 | - | - | - | - | 546 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | The Godfather Part III | $1,349,857 | - | - | - | - | 736 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | The Grifters | $1,307,069 | - | - | - | - | 342 | 11 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Goodfellas | $1,144,867 | - | - | - | - | 606 | 23 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | Iron & Silk | $18,312 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Edward Scissorhands | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Warlock | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
