| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Backdraft | $12,957,230 | $9,118,395 | 70.4% | $3,838,835 | 29.6% | 1,859 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Soapdish | $9,679,658 | $6,736,380 | 69.6% | $2,943,278 | 30.4% | 1,275 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | What About Bob? | $8,964,096 | $6,423,630 | 71.7% | $2,540,466 | 28.3% | 1,662 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Thelma & Louise | $6,231,320 | $4,160,599 | 66.8% | $2,070,721 | 33.2% | 1,180 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | Only the Lonely | $5,137,612 | $3,619,273 | 70.4% | $1,518,339 | 29.6% | 1,553 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Hudson Hawk | $4,444,440 | $3,139,080 | 70.6% | $1,305,360 | 29.4% | 2,072 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Drop Dead Fred | $3,008,788 | $2,378,267 | 79% | $630,521 | 21% | 933 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 8 | F/X2 | $2,133,269 | $1,494,985 | 70.1% | $638,284 | 29.9% | 1,447 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Madonna: Truth or Dare | $2,012,949 | $1,326,556 | 65.9% | $686,393 | 34.1% | 649 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 10 | Home Alone | $1,965,449 | $1,419,727 | 72.2% | $545,722 | 27.8% | 873 | 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Stone Cold | $1,852,673 | $1,415,558 | 76.4% | $437,115 | 23.6% | 1,184 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken | $1,826,278 | $1,266,444 | 69.4% | $559,834 | 30.6% | 1,662 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Switch | $1,603,360 | $1,145,935 | 71.5% | $457,425 | 28.5% | 890 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | The Silence of the Lambs | $1,592,569 | $1,039,120 | 65.2% | $553,449 | 34.8% | 987 | 17 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Kindergarten Cop | $445,417 | $177,500 | 39.8% | $267,917 | 60.2% | 355 | 24 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Everybody's Fine | $29,818 | $18,367 | 61.6% | $11,451 | 38.4% | 1 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Goodfellas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Oscar | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
