| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Sleeping with the Enemy | $13,777,943 | - | 1,406 | - | $9,799 | $13,777,943 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | - | L.A. Story | $6,616,915 | - | 1,091 | - | $6,065 | $6,616,915 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Home Alone | $6,001,085 | -27% | 1,986 | -23 | $3,021 | $221,181,762 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | $4,912,124 | - | 1,188 | - | $4,134 | $4,912,124 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Dances with Wolves | $3,905,835 | -18.4% | 1,548 | +205 | $2,523 | $103,912,717 | 14 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Awakenings | $2,830,551 | -36.8% | 1,318 | -12 | $2,147 | $36,544,462 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | White Fang | $2,715,120 | -42.8% | 1,259 | - | $2,156 | $20,951,350 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Once Around | $2,569,620 | -37.9% | 730 | +5 | $3,520 | $8,981,942 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Kindergarten Cop | $2,437,825 | -37.2% | 1,583 | -161 | $1,540 | $75,708,705 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Green Card | $2,391,658 | -41% | 718 | +15 | $3,331 | $18,729,784 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Hamlet | $1,812,050 | -22.6% | 624 | +99 | $2,903 | $13,458,232 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Grifters | $1,291,290 | -48% | 540 | -240 | $2,391 | $8,731,798 | 10 | Miramax | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Edward Scissorhands | $923,514 | -42.4% | 784 | -212 | $1,177 | $48,901,636 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | The Godfather Part III | $900,595 | -40% | 602 | -173 | $1,496 | $62,421,310 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Run | $882,516 | -60.3% | 1,175 | +2 | $751 | $3,759,925 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 24 | Warlock | $823,801 | +589.2% | 261 | +187 | $3,156 | $3,032,138 | 5 | Trimark Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 8 | Popcorn | $736,505 | -71.3% | 935 | -120 | $787 | $3,751,629 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 18 | - | Ghost | $520,145 | - | 461 | - | $1,128 | $213,514,488 | 31 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | Goodfellas | $44,283 | - | 22 | - | $2,012 | $41,003,565 | 21 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | - | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | $24,004 | - | 2 | - | $12,002 | $24,004 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | true | false |
