| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Fire in the Sky | $8,287,820 | $6,116,484 | 73.8% | $2,171,336 | 26.2% | 1,422 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | CB4 | $8,091,015 | $6,122,450 | 75.7% | $1,968,565 | 24.3% | 1,204 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Falling Down | $5,772,311 | $4,072,754 | 70.6% | $1,699,557 | 29.4% | 1,827 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Groundhog Day | $5,061,925 | $3,617,505 | 71.5% | $1,444,420 | 28.5% | 1,742 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | A Far Off Place | $4,946,056 | $3,522,836 | 71.2% | $1,423,220 | 28.8% | 1,610 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | The Crying Game | $4,432,115 | $3,334,743 | 75.2% | $1,097,372 | 24.8% | 1,093 | 16 | Miramax | - | false |
| 7 | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | $3,484,586 | $2,258,588 | 64.8% | $1,225,998 | 35.2% | 1,696 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Aladdin | $2,906,857 | $1,799,183 | 61.9% | $1,107,674 | 38.1% | 1,308 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Mad Dog and Glory | $2,789,415 | $2,012,405 | 72.1% | $777,010 | 27.9% | 1,118 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Amos & Andrew | $2,420,049 | $1,701,566 | 70.3% | $718,483 | 29.7% | 1,233 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Sommersby | $2,136,349 | $1,416,832 | 66.3% | $719,517 | 33.7% | 1,506 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Scent of a Woman | $1,601,075 | $1,110,795 | 69.4% | $490,280 | 30.6% | 892 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Swing Kids | $1,551,787 | $1,051,791 | 67.8% | $499,996 | 32.2% | 544 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Best of the Best II | $1,515,439 | $1,047,410 | 69.1% | $468,029 | 30.9% | 1,247 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | A Few Good Men | $1,073,509 | $803,417 | 74.8% | $270,092 | 25.2% | 715 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Strictly Ballroom | $821,176 | $618,248 | 75.3% | $202,928 | 24.7% | 100 | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Unforgiven | $695,686 | $470,492 | 67.6% | $225,194 | 32.4% | 360 | 32 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | El Mariachi | $250,818 | $168,311 | 67.1% | $82,507 | 32.9% | 88 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Rich in Love | $116,310 | $76,612 | 65.9% | $39,698 | 34.1% | 24 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 20 | Like Water for Chocolate | $111,521 | $73,451 | 65.9% | $38,070 | 34.1% | 9 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 21 | Ethan Frome | $85,248 | $57,623 | 67.6% | $27,625 | 32.4% | 17 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 22 | When the Party's Over | $3,514 | $2,531 | 72% | $983 | 28% | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Shadow of the Wolf | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Army of Darkness | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Untamed Heart | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
