| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Out for Justice | $10,524,026 | - | 2,010 | - | $5,235 | $10,524,026 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $5,862,113 | -25% | 2,783 | -37 | $2,106 | $61,482,900 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Silence of the Lambs | $4,146,846 | -12.9% | 1,635 | +8 | $2,536 | $100,088,453 | 9 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Dances with Wolves | $3,467,181 | -13.6% | 1,612 | -24 | $2,150 | $155,729,101 | 23 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Defending Your Life | $3,058,664 | -7% | 715 | +26 | $4,277 | $7,569,629 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | The Marrying Man | $2,578,739 | -36% | 1,343 | +3 | $1,920 | $7,816,616 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $2,366,517 | -6.5% | 1,443 | -67 | $1,639 | $86,095,903 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | New Jack City | $2,056,730 | -27.9% | 865 | -7 | $2,377 | $35,440,795 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Home Alone | $1,835,299 | -6.1% | 1,465 | -123 | $1,252 | $262,461,999 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Class Action | $1,665,641 | -18.4% | 1,051 | -58 | $1,584 | $19,782,582 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Career Opportunities | $1,203,425 | -36.4% | 1,301 | -133 | $925 | $9,110,115 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The Five Heartbeats | $825,414 | -35% | 408 | -438 | $2,023 | $4,899,612 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Kindergarten Cop | $609,700 | -5.8% | 469 | -68 | $1,300 | $86,869,418 | 17 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Object of Beauty | $208,119 | - | 18 | - | $11,562 | $208,119 | 1 | Avenue Pictures Productions | true | false |
| 15 | - | Impromptu | $51,176 | - | 3 | - | $17,058 | $51,176 | 1 | Hemdale | true | false |
| 16 | - | Daddy Nostalgia | $14,252 | - | 1 | - | $14,252 | $14,252 | 1 | Avenue Pictures Productions | true | false |
