| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 4 | $26,470,279 | +281.1% | 27.7% | 2 | The Silence of the Lambs | $18,948,193 | 71.6% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $24,151,406 | -11% | 25.3% | 3 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $15,403,149 | 63.8% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 6 | $13,861,773 | +118.7% | 14.5% | 3 | King Ralph | $9,710,085 | 70% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $12,379,812 | +47% | 13% | 4 | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | $4,836,353 | 39.1% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 5 | $6,588,574 | -1% | 6.9% | 2 | White Fang | $3,715,726 | 56.4% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 2 | $6,157,760 | -28.5% | 6.4% | 1 | L.A. Story | $6,157,760 | 100% | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $3,310,729 | -11% | 3.5% | 1 | Awakenings | $3,310,729 | 100% | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,349,857 | -29.7% | 1.4% | 1 | The Godfather Part III | $1,349,857 | 100% | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | $1,325,381 | -14.3% | 1.4% | 2 | The Grifters | $1,307,069 | 98.6% | 11 | Miramax | - |
