| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Basic Instinct | $6,941,480 | -25.1% | 1,866 | +43 | $3,719 | $79,562,504 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Beethoven | $5,736,495 | -37.3% | 1,938 | +13 | $2,960 | $32,691,565 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | White Men Can't Jump | $5,511,571 | -33.9% | 1,835 | -47 | $3,003 | $55,815,399 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | White Sands | $4,130,806 | - | 1,275 | - | $3,239 | $4,130,806 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Sleepwalkers | $3,737,140 | -44.4% | 1,853 | -61 | $2,016 | $22,862,542 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | The Babe | $3,543,680 | -47% | 1,568 | +2 | $2,260 | $10,230,505 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | $3,313,208 | -38.2% | 1,568 | -95 | $2,113 | $13,824,970 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Deep Cover | $3,060,209 | -45.2% | 901 | - | $3,396 | $8,645,572 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Wayne's World | $2,890,897 | -35.3% | 1,402 | -163 | $2,061 | $106,979,801 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | City of Joy | $2,815,540 | -41% | 884 | +42 | $3,185 | $7,585,841 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | My Cousin Vinny | $2,248,501 | -30.6% | 1,021 | -63 | $2,202 | $41,546,637 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Thunderheart | $2,080,890 | -33.7% | 1,101 | +4 | $1,890 | $15,635,185 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 17 | The Player | $2,045,312 | +375.8% | 175 | +151 | $11,687 | $2,948,229 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 14 | - | Passed Away | $1,889,422 | - | 582 | - | $3,246 | $1,889,422 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | 12 | Straight Talk | $1,743,622 | -40.5% | 1,119 | -206 | $1,558 | $15,385,660 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Year of the Comet | $1,711,511 | - | 1,001 | - | $1,709 | $1,711,511 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | 13 | The Cutting Edge | $1,677,420 | -38.5% | 1,064 | -57 | $1,576 | $18,615,730 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 18 | 18 | Howards End | $497,850 | +21% | 20 | +8 | $24,892 | $1,342,489 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | Hook | $363,252 | -43.7% | 414 | -122 | $877 | $118,396,230 | 21 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | - | The Playboys | $61,001 | - | 2 | - | $30,500 | $61,001 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
