| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $9,369,035 | -52% | 2,820 | -48 | $3,322 | $55,620,787 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Silence of the Lambs | $6,276,994 | -24.6% | 1,627 | +11 | $3,858 | $95,941,607 | 9 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Dances with Wolves | $5,310,493 | -32.3% | 1,636 | +15 | $3,246 | $152,261,920 | 22 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Marrying Man | $5,237,877 | - | 1,340 | - | $3,908 | $5,237,877 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 18 | Defending Your Life | $4,223,797 | +2,726.9% | 689 | +686 | $6,130 | $4,510,965 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | New Jack City | $3,775,351 | -30.9% | 872 | -33 | $4,329 | $33,384,065 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $3,372,218 | -28.8% | 1,510 | +32 | $2,233 | $83,729,386 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Class Action | $2,641,303 | -37.6% | 1,109 | -23 | $2,381 | $18,116,941 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Home Alone | $2,503,251 | -33.8% | 1,588 | -174 | $1,576 | $260,626,700 | 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 4 | Career Opportunities | $2,350,015 | -57.7% | 1,434 | -6 | $1,638 | $7,906,690 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | The Five Heartbeats | $1,678,822 | -29.9% | 846 | -16 | $1,984 | $4,074,198 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Hard Way | $1,610,660 | -44% | 1,102 | -408 | $1,461 | $22,034,865 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Kindergarten Cop | $810,870 | -31.7% | 537 | -15 | $1,510 | $86,259,718 | 16 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
