| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Patriot Games | $16,094,509 | $11,208,134 | 69.6% | $4,886,375 | 30.4% | 2,396 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Sister Act | $14,522,748 | $9,540,844 | 65.7% | $4,981,904 | 34.3% | 2,033 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | HouseSitter | $13,452,305 | $9,106,950 | 67.7% | $4,345,355 | 32.3% | 1,671 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Lethal Weapon 3 | $9,373,361 | $6,332,667 | 67.6% | $3,040,694 | 32.4% | 2,482 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Far and Away | $5,664,440 | $3,722,890 | 65.7% | $1,941,550 | 34.3% | 1,885 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Encino Man | $4,524,037 | $2,877,104 | 63.6% | $1,646,933 | 36.4% | 1,984 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Alien³ | $4,097,673 | $2,734,370 | 66.7% | $1,363,303 | 33.3% | 1,975 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Class Act | $3,197,753 | $2,139,740 | 66.9% | $1,058,013 | 33.1% | 1,145 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Batman Returns | $2,033,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Basic Instinct | $1,736,388 | $1,108,665 | 63.8% | $627,723 | 36.2% | 1,041 | 13 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Aces: Iron Eagle III | $1,384,538 | $942,814 | 68.1% | $441,724 | 31.9% | 1,051 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 12 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $1,056,995 | $616,560 | 58.3% | $440,435 | 41.7% | 734 | 25 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Howards End | $740,911 | $470,156 | 63.5% | $270,755 | 36.5% | 104 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Wayne's World | - | $1,053,065 | - | - | - | 952 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Beauty and the Beast | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
