| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Basic Instinct | $21,514,910 | $15,129,385 | 70.3% | $6,385,525 | 29.7% | 1,567 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Wayne's World | $10,156,277 | $7,667,615 | 75.5% | $2,488,662 | 24.5% | 1,878 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | My Cousin Vinny | $9,633,691 | $7,209,788 | 74.8% | $2,423,903 | 25.2% | 1,500 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | The Lawnmower Man | $4,877,250 | $3,685,746 | 75.6% | $1,191,504 | 24.4% | 1,308 | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 5 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $4,086,685 | $2,897,230 | 70.9% | $1,189,455 | 29.1% | 1,329 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | American Me | $3,142,930 | $2,263,240 | 72% | $879,690 | 28% | 826 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Beauty and the Beast | $2,311,201 | $1,700,245 | 73.6% | $610,956 | 26.4% | 1,157 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Article 99 | $2,164,524 | $1,569,658 | 72.5% | $594,866 | 27.5% | 1,263 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | $2,162,050 | $1,653,970 | 76.5% | $508,080 | 23.5% | 1,432 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $1,958,281 | $1,456,259 | 74.4% | $502,022 | 25.6% | 1,292 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Medicine Man | $1,886,901 | $1,405,093 | 74.5% | $481,808 | 25.5% | 1,091 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Shadows and Fog | $1,465,893 | $1,111,314 | 75.8% | $354,579 | 24.2% | 288 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Once Upon a Crime... | $1,429,336 | $1,110,624 | 77.7% | $318,712 | 22.3% | 1,091 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 14 | Gladiator | $1,349,840 | $1,006,025 | 74.5% | $343,815 | 25.5% | 1,170 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Noises Off... | $1,325,165 | $981,452 | 74.1% | $343,713 | 25.9% | 451 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Hook | $399,894 | $304,410 | 76.1% | $95,484 | 23.9% | 438 | 16 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Howards End | $85,468 | $49,288 | 57.7% | $36,180 | 42.3% | 1 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 18 | Edward II | $42,601 | $28,318 | 66.5% | $14,283 | 33.5% | 2 | 1 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 19 | American Dream | $13,915 | $9,291 | 66.8% | $4,624 | 33.2% | 2 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 20 | Proof | $11,369 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| - | The Prince of Tides | - | - | - | - | - | 695 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | JFK | - | - | - | - | - | 561 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Bugsy | - | - | - | - | - | 431 | 15 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Europa Europa | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 39 | Orion Classics | - | false |
| - | 35 Up | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | This Is My Life | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Highway to Hell | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Hemdale | - | false |
| - | The Mambo Kings | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Hear My Song | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
