| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | What About Bob? | $12,500,629 | $9,216,334 | 73.7% | $3,284,295 | 26.3% | 1,463 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | F/X2 | $5,108,026 | $3,829,221 | 75% | $1,278,805 | 25% | 1,502 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Madonna: Truth or Dare | $4,924,892 | $3,380,277 | 68.6% | $1,544,615 | 31.4% | 538 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 4 | Switch | $4,153,844 | $3,049,328 | 73.4% | $1,104,516 | 26.6% | 1,013 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Stone Cold | $3,908,983 | $2,811,154 | 71.9% | $1,097,829 | 28.1% | 1,729 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Oscar | $2,673,572 | $2,067,738 | 77.3% | $605,834 | 22.7% | 1,373 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Dances with Wolves | $2,637,999 | $1,396,192 | 52.9% | $1,241,807 | 47.1% | 1,107 | 28 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Silence of the Lambs | $2,592,699 | $1,871,178 | 72.2% | $721,521 | 27.8% | 1,444 | 15 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | One Good Cop | $2,141,512 | $1,567,225 | 73.2% | $574,287 | 26.8% | 1,327 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Mannequin: On the Move | $2,081,163 | $1,692,817 | 81.3% | $388,346 | 18.7% | 1,540 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | A Kiss Before Dying | $2,050,055 | $1,579,905 | 77.1% | $470,150 | 22.9% | 1,269 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Toy Soldiers | $1,661,512 | $1,247,420 | 75.1% | $414,092 | 24.9% | 1,286 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | A Rage in Harlem | $1,525,309 | $1,163,428 | 76.3% | $361,881 | 23.7% | 518 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 14 | Out for Justice | $1,511,845 | $1,107,556 | 73.3% | $404,289 | 26.7% | 981 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | Kindergarten Cop | $446,593 | $146,520 | 32.8% | $300,073 | 67.2% | 296 | 22 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Auntie Danielle | $32,485 | $20,730 | 63.8% | $11,755 | 36.2% | 2 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Opening Night | $16,602 | $10,491 | 63.2% | $6,111 | 36.8% | 1 | 1 | Castle Hill Productions | - | false |
| 18 | Straight Out of Brooklyn | $13,914 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 19 | An Angel at My Table | $8,158 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | Eating | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 27 | Rainbow Releasing | - | false |
| - | Journey of Hope | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Mortal Thoughts | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Spartacus 1991 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Wizard of Oz 1989 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Open Doors | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Orion Classics | - | false |
| - | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | Sweet Talker | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
