| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | City Slickers | $13,032,121 | - | 1,992 | - | $6,542 | $13,032,121 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Backdraft | $6,425,100 | -29.5% | 1,947 | +88 | $3,300 | $38,513,490 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Jungle Fever | $5,332,860 | - | 636 | - | $8,385 | $5,332,860 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | What About Bob? | $4,858,284 | -24.4% | 1,805 | +143 | $2,691 | $39,518,490 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Soapdish | $4,401,514 | -34.7% | 1,275 | - | $3,452 | $14,081,172 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | $4,233,415 | - | 1,802 | - | $2,349 | $4,233,415 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Thelma & Louise | $3,020,516 | -27.4% | 1,180 | - | $2,559 | $16,995,174 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Only the Lonely | $2,084,839 | -42.4% | 1,548 | -5 | $1,346 | $14,436,798 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Hudson Hawk | $1,471,725 | -53.1% | 1,899 | -173 | $775 | $14,376,200 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Drop Dead Fred | $1,202,689 | -49.4% | 932 | -1 | $1,290 | $8,953,508 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Home Alone | $983,862 | -30.7% | 774 | -99 | $1,271 | $274,935,631 | 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 14 | The Silence of the Lambs | $735,303 | -29.2% | 835 | -152 | $880 | $122,474,498 | 17 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | Kindergarten Cop | $138,653 | -21.9% | 295 | -60 | $470 | $89,907,489 | 25 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Dark Obsession | $15,001 | - | 1 | - | $15,001 | $15,001 | 1 | Circle Films | true | false |
