| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Basic Instinct | $6,653,950 | -15.2% | 1,823 | -2 | $3,650 | $70,005,019 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | White Men Can't Jump | $6,139,636 | -16.6% | 1,882 | -47 | $3,262 | $48,108,305 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Beethoven | $5,929,085 | -2.8% | 1,925 | +223 | $3,080 | $23,730,695 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Sleepwalkers | $5,184,162 | -48.2% | 1,914 | +50 | $2,708 | $17,587,869 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Babe | $5,011,205 | - | 1,566 | - | $3,200 | $5,011,205 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | Deep Cover | $3,451,356 | - | 901 | - | $3,830 | $3,451,356 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 7 | - | City of Joy | $3,405,890 | - | 842 | - | $4,045 | $3,405,890 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | $3,291,597 | -7.3% | 1,663 | +263 | $1,979 | $8,438,813 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Wayne's World | $3,142,707 | -8.5% | 1,565 | -150 | $2,008 | $102,764,505 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Thunderheart | $2,303,700 | -30.7% | 1,097 | +7 | $2,100 | $12,720,575 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | My Cousin Vinny | $2,241,086 | -25.6% | 1,084 | -245 | $2,067 | $38,298,788 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 6 | Straight Talk | $2,128,499 | -39.9% | 1,325 | -152 | $1,606 | $12,840,942 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | The Cutting Edge | $1,834,364 | -41.4% | 1,121 | +8 | $1,636 | $16,043,797 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Rock-A-Doodle | $1,012,148 | -28.2% | 1,168 | -121 | $866 | $6,263,126 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Newsies | $520,925 | -57.7% | 1,259 | +36 | $413 | $2,303,142 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Brain Donors | $504,057 | - | 525 | - | $960 | $504,057 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | 15 | Hook | $418,080 | -2.4% | 536 | -2 | $780 | $117,806,250 | 19 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | The Player | $277,096 | -8.3% | 24 | +1 | $11,545 | $750,124 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 19 | 19 | Howards End | $270,635 | +521.3% | 12 | +11 | $22,552 | $703,798 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 20 | - | Brenda Starr | $30,035 | - | 48 | - | $625 | $30,035 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | true | false |
