| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Home Alone | $15,521,742 | -46.7% | 2,173 | +32 | $7,143 | $171,592,529 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Kindergarten Cop | $11,689,740 | -39.1% | 1,929 | +7 | $6,060 | $47,017,815 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Godfather Part III | $11,021,075 | -50.9% | 1,922 | +21 | $5,734 | $47,468,959 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Dances with Wolves | $10,020,961 | -29.2% | 1,282 | +13 | $7,816 | $73,839,672 | 9 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Edward Scissorhands | $6,366,613 | -40.5% | 1,267 | +158 | $5,024 | $35,051,778 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 9 | Misery | $5,067,496 | -29.4% | 1,370 | +41 | $3,698 | $46,095,218 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Look Who's Talking Too | $5,005,233 | -50.1% | 1,647 | +22 | $3,039 | $34,347,169 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Mermaids | $4,814,366 | -34.6% | 1,002 | +25 | $4,804 | $22,341,644 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Three Men and a Little Lady | $4,300,642 | -48.7% | 1,614 | +36 | $2,664 | $59,481,736 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | The Russia House | $4,016,021 | -37% | 768 | +43 | $5,229 | $16,425,880 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | $2,919,218 | -49.6% | 1,333 | -62 | $2,189 | $14,414,186 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Ghost | $2,038,653 | -32.6% | 758 | -253 | $2,689 | $208,678,662 | 26 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | The Rookie | $1,649,172 | -39.7% | 1,016 | -190 | $1,623 | $19,955,254 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | The Rescuers Down Under | $1,602,166 | -63.7% | 1,424 | -63 | $1,125 | $23,932,506 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 17 | Awakenings | $539,563 | -14.8% | 12 | - | $44,963 | $1,780,601 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 21 | The Sheltering Sky | $274,942 | +109.9% | 38 | +32 | $7,235 | $689,144 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | Hamlet | $205,479 | -16.3% | 5 | - | $41,095 | $661,451 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 22 | Come See the Paradise | $185,791 | +43.5% | 25 | +20 | $7,431 | $408,077 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 19 | 19 | Alice | $177,571 | -22.3% | 3 | - | $59,190 | $500,327 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | Green Card | $157,299 | -13.1% | 2 | - | $78,649 | $421,284 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
