| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Silence of the Lambs | $15,889,599 | $11,947,765 | 75.2% | $3,941,834 | 24.8% | 1,515 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $11,667,893 | $9,216,223 | 79% | $2,451,670 | 21% | 1,488 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | King Ralph | $5,958,420 | $5,018,400 | 84.2% | $940,020 | 15.8% | 1,632 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Home Alone | $5,903,824 | $4,831,317 | 81.8% | $1,072,507 | 18.2% | 1,775 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Dances with Wolves | $5,596,752 | $4,225,329 | 75.5% | $1,371,423 | 24.5% | 1,602 | 16 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Scenes from a Mall | $4,831,703 | $3,825,068 | 79.2% | $1,006,635 | 20.8% | 1,039 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | He Said, She Said | $3,645,415 | $2,857,164 | 78.4% | $788,251 | 21.6% | 908 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | L.A. Story | $3,521,958 | $2,762,364 | 78.4% | $759,594 | 21.6% | 1,122 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Nothing But Trouble | $2,282,433 | $1,854,835 | 81.3% | $427,598 | 18.7% | 1,671 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Awakenings | $2,225,067 | $1,683,902 | 75.7% | $541,165 | 24.3% | 1,169 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | $2,212,603 | $1,855,707 | 83.9% | $356,896 | 16.1% | 1,208 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | White Fang | $2,123,720 | $1,693,425 | 79.7% | $430,295 | 20.3% | 1,192 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Green Card | $1,735,535 | $1,323,801 | 76.3% | $411,734 | 23.7% | 725 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Kindergarten Cop | $1,429,160 | $1,123,060 | 78.6% | $306,100 | 21.4% | 884 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Once Around | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Grifters | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Hamlet | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
