| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Basic Instinct | $5,541,216 | -0.6% | 1,884 | +38 | $2,941 | $90,676,794 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | White Men Can't Jump | $3,484,722 | -4.4% | 1,815 | +136 | $1,919 | $62,946,848 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Beethoven | $2,961,215 | -4.6% | 1,892 | -28 | $1,565 | $38,757,165 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 6 | The Player | $2,911,865 | +23.8% | 431 | +133 | $6,756 | $8,212,308 | 5 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 5 | 8 | Wayne's World | $1,976,039 | -5.8% | 1,236 | -21 | $1,598 | $111,053,136 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Folks! | $1,905,615 | -32.6% | 1,402 | - | $1,359 | $4,733,220 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 14 | My Cousin Vinny | $1,804,924 | +16% | 930 | +75 | $1,940 | $44,907,942 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 11 | Deep Cover | $1,785,340 | <0.1% | 902 | +86 | $1,979 | $12,216,675 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Split Second | $1,716,520 | -37.1% | 1,080 | -5 | $1,589 | $4,443,637 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 10 | 12 | City of Joy | $1,608,336 | -8% | 918 | +15 | $1,752 | $10,941,482 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | The Babe | $1,576,510 | -12.3% | 1,433 | -131 | $1,100 | $13,604,345 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 15 | Thunderheart | $1,530,067 | +11.6% | 1,001 | +93 | $1,528 | $18,536,332 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Sleepwalkers | $1,516,652 | -21.5% | 1,291 | -222 | $1,174 | $26,310,639 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 7 | White Sands | $1,464,674 | -33.7% | 971 | -305 | $1,508 | $7,803,971 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | - | CrissCross | $1,392,881 | - | 449 | - | $3,102 | $1,392,881 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 16 | 13 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | $1,390,005 | -17.4% | 1,459 | -60 | $952 | $16,898,674 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 17 | 19 | Howards End | $512,047 | +20.7% | 25 | +3 | $20,481 | $2,278,626 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 18 | - | Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue | $448,560 | - | 266 | - | $1,686 | $448,560 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 19 | 21 | The Playboys | $408,492 | +80% | 68 | +37 | $6,007 | $696,461 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 20 | - | Poison Ivy | $162,700 | - | 20 | - | $8,135 | $162,700 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 21 | 20 | Hook | $146,674 | -36.3% | 226 | -96 | $649 | $118,773,331 | 23 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | - | One False Move | $59,070 | - | 5 | - | $11,814 | $59,070 | 1 | IRS Media | true | false |
| 23 | - | Incident at Oglala | $28,988 | - | 3 | - | $9,662 | $28,988 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
