| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | $27,053,361 | -31% | 2,369 | - | $11,419 | $66,244,014 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | City Slickers | $15,661,999 | -8.9% | 2,065 | +64 | $7,584 | $52,225,437 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Rocketeer | $14,417,107 | - | 1,616 | - | $8,921 | $14,417,107 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | - | Dying Young | $13,948,798 | - | 1,552 | - | $8,987 | $13,948,798 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Backdraft | $6,727,500 | -15.4% | 1,950 | -33 | $3,450 | $56,113,320 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Jungle Fever | $5,612,600 | -25.7% | 844 | +71 | $6,650 | $21,117,990 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | $4,455,725 | -19.3% | 1,699 | -118 | $2,622 | $16,332,918 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | What About Bob? | $4,402,979 | -17.1% | 1,707 | -88 | $2,579 | $51,323,974 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Soapdish | $4,119,829 | -18.6% | 1,275 | - | $3,231 | $25,321,339 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Thelma & Louise | $4,114,423 | -0.8% | 1,166 | -14 | $3,528 | $26,904,070 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Only the Lonely | $1,215,053 | -38.7% | 798 | -514 | $1,522 | $18,588,607 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Home Alone | $1,142,048 | -16.2% | 713 | -1 | $1,601 | $277,905,624 | 32 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | Kindergarten Cop | $307,391 | +1% | 210 | -35 | $1,463 | $90,567,545 | 27 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
