| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Oscar | $5,335,050 | $4,164,218 | 78% | $1,170,832 | 22% | 1,391 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | One Good Cop | $4,547,945 | $3,360,277 | 73.9% | $1,187,668 | 26.1% | 1,353 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | A Kiss Before Dying | $4,060,590 | $3,068,580 | 75.6% | $992,010 | 24.4% | 1,542 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Toy Soldiers | $3,825,050 | $3,005,880 | 78.6% | $819,170 | 21.4% | 1,354 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Out for Justice | $3,693,455 | $2,768,639 | 75% | $924,816 | 25% | 1,791 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | The Silence of the Lambs | $3,475,360 | $2,540,581 | 73.1% | $934,779 | 26.9% | 1,619 | 13 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | A Rage in Harlem | $3,127,956 | $2,458,080 | 78.6% | $669,876 | 21.4% | 540 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 8 | Mortal Thoughts | $2,687,956 | $2,020,049 | 75.2% | $667,907 | 24.8% | 1,190 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Dances with Wolves | $2,515,938 | $1,838,329 | 73.1% | $677,609 | 26.9% | 1,478 | 26 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $1,960,540 | $1,672,384 | 85.3% | $288,156 | 14.7% | 1,850 | 7 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 11 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $1,453,932 | $1,101,281 | 75.8% | $352,651 | 24.2% | 1,079 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | New Jack City | $1,407,996 | $1,041,307 | 74% | $366,689 | 26% | 631 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | Defending Your Life | $1,331,289 | $1,037,092 | 77.9% | $294,197 | 22.1% | 632 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Rich Girl | $541,893 | $368,056 | 67.9% | $173,837 | 32.1% | 1,058 | 1 | Studio Three Film Corporation | - | false |
| 15 | Kindergarten Cop | $288,750 | $238,700 | 82.7% | $50,050 | 17.3% | 385 | 20 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Truly Madly Deeply | $11,233 | $4,009 | 35.7% | $7,224 | 64.3% | 1 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Ju Dou | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 10 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe | - | $2,343 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Angelika Films | - | false |
| - | The Godfather Part III | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Signs of Life | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Avenue Pictures Productions | - | false |
| - | True Colors | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
