| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | White Men Can't Jump | $18,919,253 | - | 1,923 | - | $9,838 | $18,919,253 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Basic Instinct | $17,485,830 | -18.7% | 1,770 | +203 | $9,879 | $39,000,740 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Wayne's World | $7,417,583 | -27% | 1,878 | - | $3,949 | $88,893,946 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | My Cousin Vinny | $6,945,950 | -27.9% | 1,506 | +6 | $4,612 | $26,790,559 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | - | Ladybugs | $6,190,504 | - | 1,528 | - | $4,051 | $6,190,504 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | The Cutting Edge | $5,677,771 | - | 775 | - | $7,326 | $5,677,771 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $3,689,740 | -9.7% | 1,312 | -17 | $2,812 | $66,245,614 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | The Lawnmower Man | $3,363,710 | -31% | 1,318 | +10 | $2,552 | $25,701,800 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Beauty and the Beast | $2,637,218 | +14.1% | 1,157 | - | $2,279 | $126,170,381 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | American Me | $1,725,005 | -45.1% | 537 | -289 | $3,212 | $9,550,010 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | $1,378,815 | -36.2% | 1,003 | -429 | $1,374 | $24,391,340 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $1,184,635 | -39.5% | 970 | -322 | $1,221 | $79,779,131 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Prince of Tides | $992,145 | - | 602 | -93 | $1,648 | $71,511,901 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Power of One | $881,228 | - | 143 | - | $6,162 | $881,228 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 15 | - | Ruby | $813,737 | - | 764 | - | $1,065 | $813,480 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 16 | - | Bugsy | $525,167 | - | 356 | -75 | $1,475 | $47,863,444 | 16 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | JFK | $524,747 | - | 485 | -76 | $1,081 | $68,487,164 | 15 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Hook | $447,792 | +12% | 456 | +18 | $982 | $116,453,330 | 17 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Howards End | $78,396 | -8.3% | 1 | - | $78,396 | $260,822 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | Proof | $18,585 | +63.5% | 1 | - | $18,585 | $29,954 | 2 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 21 | - | Roadside Prophets | $15,608 | - | 1 | - | $15,608 | $15,608 | 1 | Fine Line Features | true | false |
