| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Oscar | $5,335,050 | -18.9% | 1,391 | +3 | $3,835 | $11,911,481 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | One Good Cop | $4,547,945 | - | 1,353 | - | $3,361 | $4,547,945 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | A Kiss Before Dying | $4,060,590 | -29.4% | 1,542 | +19 | $2,633 | $9,808,075 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Toy Soldiers | $3,825,050 | -28.6% | 1,354 | +4 | $2,825 | $9,181,850 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Out for Justice | $3,693,455 | -31.3% | 1,791 | -213 | $2,062 | $32,559,696 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Silence of the Lambs | $3,475,360 | -3% | 1,619 | -8 | $2,146 | $113,128,752 | 13 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | A Rage in Harlem | $3,127,956 | - | 540 | - | $5,792 | $3,127,956 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | Mortal Thoughts | $2,687,956 | -35.8% | 1,190 | - | $2,258 | $14,664,750 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Dances with Wolves | $2,515,938 | -11.3% | 1,478 | -119 | $1,702 | $166,039,550 | 26 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $1,960,540 | -31.3% | 1,850 | -407 | $1,059 | $72,975,959 | 7 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $1,453,932 | -22% | 1,079 | -200 | $1,347 | $93,010,660 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | New Jack City | $1,407,996 | -18.4% | 631 | -108 | $2,231 | $41,739,157 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Defending Your Life | $1,331,289 | -26.1% | 632 | -69 | $2,106 | $14,586,563 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | - | Rich Girl | $541,893 | - | 1,058 | - | $512 | $541,893 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 15 | 13 | Kindergarten Cop | $288,750 | -24.4% | 385 | -19 | $750 | $88,241,213 | 20 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Truly Madly Deeply | $11,233 | - | 1 | - | $11,233 | $11,233 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
