| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Lethal Weapon 3 | $42,942,266 | $33,243,086 | 77.4% | $9,699,180 | 22.6% | 2,510 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Basic Instinct | $4,331,340 | $3,044,895 | 70.3% | $1,286,445 | 29.7% | 1,851 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Beethoven | $2,761,325 | $2,308,625 | 83.6% | $452,700 | 16.4% | 1,825 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | White Men Can't Jump | $2,498,875 | $1,936,021 | 77.5% | $562,854 | 22.5% | 1,683 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | The Player | $2,136,510 | $1,539,745 | 72.1% | $596,765 | 27.9% | 439 | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 6 | Wayne's World | $1,669,739 | $1,302,069 | 78% | $367,670 | 22% | 1,133 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | My Cousin Vinny | $1,381,586 | $1,052,375 | 76.2% | $329,211 | 23.8% | 888 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | The Babe | $1,244,985 | $1,046,685 | 84.1% | $198,300 | 15.9% | 1,068 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | $1,145,442 | $908,112 | 79.3% | $237,330 | 20.7% | 1,327 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | City of Joy | $1,127,613 | $808,720 | 71.7% | $318,893 | 28.3% | 919 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Deep Cover | $1,012,332 | $723,538 | 71.5% | $288,794 | 28.5% | 758 | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 12 | Sleepwalkers | $942,595 | $717,392 | 76.1% | $225,203 | 23.9% | 1,000 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Howards End | $428,843 | $299,864 | 69.9% | $128,979 | 30.1% | 25 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 14 | The Waterdance | $229,237 | $138,313 | 60.3% | $90,924 | 39.7% | 33 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 15 | Hook | $131,099 | $103,458 | 78.9% | $27,641 | 21.1% | 171 | 24 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Cabeza de Vaca | $8,596 | $5,960 | 69.3% | $2,636 | 30.7% | 1 | 1 | Concorde Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | The Vagrant | $5,900 | $4,300 | 72.9% | $1,600 | 27.1% | 8 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 18 | Rubin and Ed | $5,815 | $4,131 | 71% | $1,684 | 29% | 1 | 1 | IRS Media | - | false |
| - | CrissCross | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Strapless | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Folks! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Thunderheart | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Playboys | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | White Sands | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Split Second | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | InterStar Releasing | - | false |
| - | Poison Ivy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
