| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Cape Fear | $10,261,025 | - | 924 | - | $11,105 | $10,261,025 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Curly Sue | $4,203,421 | -15.2% | 1,634 | - | $2,572 | $22,776,629 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | All I Want for Christmas | $3,336,175 | -8.5% | 1,507 | - | $2,213 | $8,214,260 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | The People Under the Stairs | $3,014,320 | -31.5% | 1,838 | -12 | $1,640 | $15,557,568 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Little Man Tate | $2,155,044 | -30% | 1,012 | +11 | $2,129 | $17,272,335 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Billy Bathgate | $1,885,771 | -49.7% | 1,177 | +3 | $1,602 | $12,197,812 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Other People's Money | $1,837,765 | -30.4% | 1,249 | - | $1,471 | $21,118,355 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Highlander II: The Quickening | $1,581,527 | -42.7% | 1,009 | +15 | $1,567 | $11,683,272 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Strictly Business | $1,570,201 | -36.1% | 881 | - | $1,782 | $4,724,144 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | House Party 2 | $1,281,205 | -39% | 1,082 | -103 | $1,184 | $16,492,757 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Frankie and Johnny | $1,136,923 | -34% | 944 | -148 | $1,204 | $19,818,982 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The Fisher King | $1,092,832 | -30.8% | 923 | -127 | $1,184 | $37,254,897 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Beauty and the Beast | $162,146 | - | 2 | - | $81,073 | $162,146 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | - | Meeting Venus | $65,715 | - | 3 | - | $21,905 | $65,715 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 15 | - | Prospero's Books | $34,728 | - | 2 | - | $17,364 | $34,728 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
