| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Home Alone | $12,098,548 | -22.1% | 2,157 | -16 | $5,608 | $183,691,077 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 15 | Awakenings | $10,769,986 | +1,896.1% | 1,282 | +1,270 | $8,400 | $12,550,587 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Lionheart | $8,989,313 | - | 1,462 | - | $6,148 | $8,989,313 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Kindergarten Cop | $8,133,105 | -30.4% | 1,937 | +8 | $4,198 | $55,150,920 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Dances with Wolves | $7,234,933 | -27.8% | 1,285 | +3 | $5,630 | $81,074,605 | 10 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | The Godfather Part III | $5,681,603 | -48.4% | 1,922 | - | $2,956 | $53,150,562 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Not Without My Daughter | $4,962,104 | - | 1,137 | - | $4,364 | $4,962,104 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | Edward Scissorhands | $4,529,341 | -28.9% | 1,372 | +105 | $3,301 | $39,581,119 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Mermaids | $2,889,946 | -40% | 1,111 | +109 | $2,601 | $25,231,590 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Look Who's Talking Too | $2,866,544 | -42.7% | 1,552 | -95 | $1,847 | $37,213,713 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Misery | $2,727,098 | -46.2% | 1,234 | -136 | $2,209 | $48,822,316 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Three Men and a Little Lady | $2,430,453 | -43.5% | 1,286 | -328 | $1,889 | $61,912,189 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 20 | Green Card | $2,135,276 | +1,257.5% | 149 | +147 | $14,330 | $2,556,560 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | The Russia House | $2,099,999 | -47.7% | 738 | -30 | $2,845 | $18,525,879 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Ghost | $1,345,172 | -34% | 754 | -4 | $1,784 | $210,023,834 | 27 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Warlock | $1,002,437 | - | 173 | - | $5,794 | $1,002,437 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | 16 | The Sheltering Sky | $502,204 | +82.7% | 95 | +57 | $5,286 | $1,191,348 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Hamlet | $182,877 | -11% | 5 | - | $36,575 | $844,328 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 19 | Alice | $145,253 | -18.2% | 3 | - | $48,417 | $645,580 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
