| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Out for Justice | $14,304,802 | - | 2,010 | - | $7,116 | $14,304,802 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $7,282,057 | -22.3% | 2,783 | -37 | $2,616 | $62,902,844 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Silence of the Lambs | $5,510,892 | -12.2% | 1,635 | +8 | $3,370 | $101,452,499 | 10 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Dances with Wolves | $4,507,713 | -15.1% | 1,612 | -24 | $2,796 | $156,769,633 | 23 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Defending Your Life | $3,896,253 | -7.8% | 715 | +26 | $5,449 | $8,407,218 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Marrying Man | $3,391,229 | -35.3% | 1,343 | +3 | $2,525 | $8,629,106 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $3,148,258 | -6.6% | 1,443 | -67 | $2,181 | $86,877,644 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | New Jack City | $2,800,173 | -25.8% | 865 | -7 | $3,237 | $36,184,238 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Home Alone | $2,375,393 | -5.1% | 1,465 | -123 | $1,621 | $263,002,093 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Class Action | $2,170,414 | -17.8% | 1,051 | -58 | $2,065 | $20,287,355 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Career Opportunities | $1,513,555 | -35.6% | 1,301 | -133 | $1,163 | $9,420,245 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The Five Heartbeats | $1,113,478 | -33.7% | 408 | -438 | $2,729 | $5,187,676 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Kindergarten Cop | $743,365 | -8.3% | 469 | -68 | $1,585 | $87,003,083 | 17 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Object of Beauty | $286,186 | - | 18 | - | $15,899 | $286,186 | 1 | Avenue Pictures Productions | true | false |
| 15 | - | Impromptu | $76,720 | - | 3 | - | $25,573 | $76,720 | 1 | Hemdale | true | false |
| 16 | - | Daddy Nostalgia | $23,194 | - | 1 | - | $23,194 | $23,194 | 1 | Avenue Pictures Productions | true | false |
