| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Silence of the Lambs | $14,394,372 | -9.4% | 1,535 | +20 | $9,377 | $49,232,164 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Doors | $12,073,320 | - | 840 | - | $14,373 | $12,073,320 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $10,350,632 | -11.3% | 1,516 | +28 | $6,827 | $55,727,321 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Dances with Wolves | $5,203,021 | -7% | 1,608 | +6 | $3,235 | $123,861,979 | 17 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | King Ralph | $5,160,210 | -13.4% | 1,646 | +14 | $3,135 | $20,828,715 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Home Alone | $5,129,113 | -13.1% | 1,670 | -105 | $3,071 | $242,565,253 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | - | Shipwrecked | $4,578,626 | - | 1,386 | - | $3,303 | $4,578,626 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 8 | L.A. Story | $2,913,504 | -17.3% | 1,068 | -54 | $2,728 | $21,210,681 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Scenes from a Mall | $2,749,867 | -43.1% | 1,039 | - | $2,646 | $7,581,570 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | He Said, She Said | $2,685,918 | -26.3% | 908 | - | $2,958 | $6,331,333 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Awakenings | $1,762,071 | -20.8% | 925 | -244 | $1,904 | $44,733,682 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | $1,730,534 | - | 850 | - | $2,035 | $1,730,534 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 13 | 12 | White Fang | $1,587,816 | -25.2% | 1,102 | -90 | $1,440 | $29,175,636 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Green Card | $1,412,744 | -18.6% | 637 | -88 | $2,217 | $25,500,734 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Kindergarten Cop | $1,386,595 | -3% | 718 | -166 | $1,931 | $81,161,330 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 11 | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | $1,320,709 | -40.3% | 1,032 | -176 | $1,279 | $14,244,328 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | - | Closet Land | $16,336 | - | - | - | - | $16,336 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 18 | - | Ju Dou | $2,597 | - | 1 | - | $2,597 | $2,597 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
