| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Cape Fear | $14,217,817 | - | 924 | - | $15,387 | $14,217,817 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Curly Sue | $4,884,736 | -23.2% | 1,634 | - | $2,989 | $23,457,944 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | All I Want for Christmas | $3,876,314 | -20.5% | 1,507 | - | $2,572 | $8,754,399 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | The People Under the Stairs | $3,731,140 | -33.1% | 1,838 | -12 | $2,030 | $16,274,388 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Little Man Tate | $2,682,941 | -32.9% | 1,012 | +11 | $2,651 | $17,800,232 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Billy Bathgate | $2,434,442 | -50.3% | 1,177 | +3 | $2,068 | $12,746,483 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Other People's Money | $2,322,708 | -32.3% | 1,249 | - | $1,859 | $21,603,298 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Highlander II: The Quickening | $2,092,743 | -46.3% | 1,009 | +15 | $2,074 | $12,194,488 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Strictly Business | $1,913,993 | -39.3% | 881 | - | $2,172 | $5,067,936 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | House Party 2 | $1,540,167 | -40.3% | 1,082 | -103 | $1,423 | $16,751,719 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Frankie and Johnny | $1,463,080 | -35.6% | 944 | -148 | $1,549 | $20,145,139 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The Fisher King | $1,412,190 | -32.6% | 923 | -127 | $1,530 | $37,574,255 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Beauty and the Beast | $293,373 | - | 2 | - | $146,686 | $293,373 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | - | Meeting Venus | $99,428 | - | 3 | - | $33,142 | $99,428 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 15 | - | Prospero's Books | $52,648 | - | 2 | - | $26,324 | $52,648 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 16 | - | Cheap Shots | $2,083 | - | 2 | - | $1,041 | $2,083 | 1 | Hemdale | true | false |
| 17 | - | Young Soul Rebels | $712 | - | 1 | - | $712 | $712 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
