| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | City Slickers | $19,362,020 | - | 1,992 | - | $9,719 | $19,362,020 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Backdraft | $9,345,600 | -27.9% | 1,947 | +88 | $4,800 | $41,433,990 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Jungle Fever | $7,953,180 | - | 636 | - | $12,505 | $7,953,180 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | What About Bob? | $6,952,718 | -22.4% | 1,805 | +143 | $3,851 | $41,612,924 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Soapdish | $6,460,745 | -33.3% | 1,275 | - | $5,067 | $16,140,403 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | $6,353,963 | - | 1,802 | - | $3,526 | $6,353,963 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Thelma & Louise | $4,666,717 | -25.1% | 1,180 | - | $3,954 | $18,641,375 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Only the Lonely | $3,038,996 | -40.8% | 1,548 | -5 | $1,963 | $15,390,955 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Hudson Hawk | $2,259,761 | -49.2% | 1,899 | -173 | $1,189 | $15,164,236 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Drop Dead Fred | $1,775,147 | -41% | 932 | -1 | $1,904 | $9,525,966 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Home Alone | $1,449,196 | -26.3% | 774 | -99 | $1,872 | $275,400,965 | 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 14 | The Silence of the Lambs | $1,222,931 | -23.2% | 835 | -152 | $1,464 | $122,962,126 | 18 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | Kindergarten Cop | $392,561 | -11.9% | 295 | -60 | $1,330 | $89,931,089 | 25 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Diamond Skulls | $22,892 | - | 1 | - | $22,892 | $22,892 | 1 | Circle Films | true | false |
