| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Patriot Games | $25,297,379 | - | 2,365 | - | $10,696 | $25,297,379 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 2 | Sister Act | $16,292,301 | -2.8% | 1,742 | +312 | $9,352 | $33,059,959 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Lethal Weapon 3 | $12,552,654 | -37.3% | 2,568 | +58 | $4,888 | $107,836,705 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Far and Away | $7,862,430 | -22.7% | 1,820 | +223 | $4,320 | $33,651,545 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Encino Man | $6,015,600 | -30% | 2,090 | +19 | $2,878 | $26,317,305 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Alien³ | $5,774,440 | -48.7% | 2,040 | -187 | $2,830 | $43,870,824 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | - | Class Act | $4,627,308 | - | 1,148 | - | $4,030 | $4,627,308 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 8 | 6 | Basic Instinct | $2,250,482 | -31.9% | 1,313 | -211 | $1,714 | $104,586,356 | 12 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Beauty and the Beast | $1,472,768 | -20% | 901 | -102 | $1,634 | $139,374,800 | 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Beethoven | $1,390,705 | -22.4% | 1,140 | -280 | $1,219 | $47,385,345 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 14 | Howards End | $1,330,740 | +90.3% | 68 | +1 | $19,569 | $5,649,089 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Player | $1,134,078 | -30.1% | 446 | -6 | $2,542 | $15,462,840 | 9 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
