| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | $18,289,665 | -28.6% | 2,369 | - | $7,720 | $57,480,318 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | City Slickers | $10,755,126 | -4.6% | 2,065 | +64 | $5,208 | $47,318,564 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Dying Young | $9,725,885 | - | 1,552 | - | $6,266 | $9,725,885 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 4 | - | The Rocketeer | $9,600,754 | - | 1,616 | - | $5,941 | $9,600,754 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Backdraft | $4,514,250 | -13.3% | 1,950 | -33 | $2,315 | $53,900,070 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Jungle Fever | $4,076,520 | -21.5% | 844 | +71 | $4,830 | $19,581,910 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | What About Bob? | $2,917,871 | -13.9% | 1,707 | -88 | $1,709 | $49,838,866 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | $2,799,143 | -17.6% | 1,699 | -118 | $1,647 | $14,676,336 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Soapdish | $2,715,641 | -16% | 1,275 | - | $2,129 | $23,917,151 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Thelma & Louise | $2,627,712 | +5.6% | 1,166 | -14 | $2,253 | $25,417,359 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Only the Lonely | $789,492 | -37.8% | 798 | -514 | $989 | $18,163,046 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Home Alone | $740,449 | -14.8% | 713 | -1 | $1,038 | $277,504,025 | 32 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | The Silence of the Lambs | $722,362 | -0.6% | 672 | -131 | $1,074 | $124,925,088 | 19 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 16 | Kindergarten Cop | $86,100 | -22.8% | 210 | -35 | $410 | $90,551,795 | 27 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
