| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | $39,190,653 | $25,625,602 | 65.4% | $13,565,051 | 34.6% | 2,369 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | City Slickers | $17,201,418 | $11,274,010 | 65.5% | $5,927,408 | 34.5% | 2,001 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Backdraft | $7,951,830 | $5,205,375 | 65.5% | $2,746,455 | 34.5% | 1,983 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Jungle Fever | $7,552,210 | $5,194,560 | 68.8% | $2,357,650 | 31.2% | 773 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | $5,523,230 | $3,398,810 | 61.5% | $2,124,420 | 38.5% | 1,817 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | What About Bob? | $5,308,071 | $3,388,518 | 63.8% | $1,919,553 | 36.2% | 1,795 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Soapdish | $5,061,107 | $3,231,800 | 63.9% | $1,829,307 | 36.1% | 1,275 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Thelma & Louise | $4,148,272 | $2,488,637 | 60% | $1,659,635 | 40% | 1,180 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | Only the Lonely | $1,982,599 | $1,269,503 | 64% | $713,096 | 36% | 1,312 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | Drop Dead Fred | $1,373,635 | $809,406 | 58.9% | $564,229 | 41.1% | 927 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 11 | Home Alone | $1,362,611 | $868,774 | 63.8% | $493,837 | 36.2% | 714 | 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | The Silence of the Lambs | $1,240,600 | $726,501 | 58.6% | $514,099 | 41.4% | 803 | 19 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Hudson Hawk | $961,461 | $603,885 | 62.8% | $357,576 | 37.2% | 951 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Kickboxer 2: The Road Back | $671,992 | $444,239 | 66.1% | $227,753 | 33.9% | 184 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Kindergarten Cop | $304,298 | $111,475 | 36.6% | $192,823 | 63.4% | 245 | 26 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Bright Angel | $30,235 | $17,410 | 57.6% | $12,825 | 42.4% | 4 | 1 | Hemdale | - | false |
| - | Dances with Wolves | - | $784,346 | - | - | - | 716 | 32 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Impromptu | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Hemdale | - | false |
