| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Basic Instinct | $21,514,910 | - | 1,567 | - | $13,730 | $21,514,910 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Wayne's World | $10,156,277 | -11.8% | 1,878 | - | $5,408 | $81,476,363 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | My Cousin Vinny | $9,633,691 | -5.7% | 1,500 | +273 | $6,422 | $19,844,609 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Lawnmower Man | $4,877,250 | -31.5% | 1,308 | +10 | $3,728 | $22,338,090 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $4,086,685 | -12.4% | 1,329 | +2 | $3,075 | $62,555,874 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | American Me | $3,142,930 | -32.9% | 826 | -4 | $3,805 | $7,825,005 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 12 | Beauty and the Beast | $2,311,201 | +1.2% | 1,157 | -14 | $1,997 | $123,533,163 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Article 99 | $2,164,524 | -33.3% | 1,263 | +1 | $1,713 | $5,410,965 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | $2,162,050 | -20.3% | 1,432 | -353 | $1,509 | $23,012,525 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $1,958,281 | -23.4% | 1,292 | -137 | $1,515 | $78,594,496 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Medicine Man | $1,886,901 | -28% | 1,091 | -99 | $1,729 | $39,810,483 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Shadows and Fog | $1,465,893 | - | 288 | - | $5,089 | $1,465,893 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | 11 | Once Upon a Crime... | $1,429,336 | -38.2% | 1,091 | -10 | $1,310 | $7,980,834 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Gladiator | $1,349,840 | -43.1% | 1,170 | -186 | $1,153 | $7,797,184 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Noises Off... | $1,325,165 | - | 451 | - | $2,938 | $1,325,165 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | 16 | Hook | $399,894 | -11.7% | 438 | +12 | $913 | $116,005,538 | 16 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 17 | Howards End | $85,468 | -11.9% | 1 | - | $85,468 | $182,426 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 18 | - | Edward II | $42,601 | - | 2 | - | $21,300 | $42,601 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
| 19 | 20 | American Dream | $13,915 | +523.4% | 2 | - | $6,957 | $16,147 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 20 | - | Proof | $11,369 | - | 1 | - | $11,369 | $11,369 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
