| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Backdraft | $19,131,160 | $12,686,200 | 66.3% | $6,444,960 | 33.7% | 1,852 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | What About Bob? | $13,195,481 | - | - | - | - | 1,608 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Hudson Hawk | $8,460,035 | - | - | - | - | 2,071 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Thelma & Louise | $7,743,338 | - | - | - | - | 1,179 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | Only the Lonely | $7,214,347 | - | - | - | - | 1,521 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Drop Dead Fred | $4,742,031 | - | - | - | - | 851 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 7 | Madonna: Truth or Dare | $3,193,781 | - | - | - | - | 652 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 8 | Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken | $3,140,157 | - | - | - | - | 1,662 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | F/X2 | $3,137,231 | - | - | - | - | 1,499 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Switch | $2,706,145 | - | - | - | - | 1,004 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Stone Cold | $2,211,318 | - | - | - | - | 1,724 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Silence of the Lambs | $1,610,388 | - | - | - | - | 883 | 16 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Dances with Wolves | $1,574,002 | - | - | - | - | 743 | 29 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Oscar | $1,426,321 | - | - | - | - | 965 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Kindergarten Cop | $432,483 | $209,350 | 48.4% | $223,133 | 51.6% | 395 | 23 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Straight Out of Brooklyn | $74,972 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 17 | An Angel at My Table | $20,534 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | Home Alone | - | - | - | - | - | 912 | 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Goodfellas | - | - | - | - | - | 292 | 37 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Journey of Hope | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Toy Soldiers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | A Kiss Before Dying | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Opening Night | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Castle Hill Productions | - | false |
| - | One Good Cop | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | A Rage in Harlem | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Mannequin: On the Move | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Out for Justice | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Eating | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | Rainbow Releasing | - | false |
