| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Basic Instinct | $4,012,920 | -0.7% | 1,884 | +38 | $2,130 | $89,148,498 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | White Men Can't Jump | $2,692,398 | -3.7% | 1,815 | +136 | $1,483 | $62,154,524 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Beethoven | $2,440,695 | -5.5% | 1,892 | -28 | $1,290 | $38,236,645 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 6 | The Player | $2,177,801 | +26.9% | 431 | +133 | $5,052 | $7,478,244 | 5 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Folks! | $1,507,898 | -30.8% | 1,402 | - | $1,075 | $4,335,503 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Wayne's World | $1,480,980 | -8.1% | 1,236 | -21 | $1,198 | $110,558,077 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Split Second | $1,423,670 | -36.7% | 1,080 | -5 | $1,318 | $4,150,787 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 8 | 14 | My Cousin Vinny | $1,354,199 | +17.1% | 930 | +75 | $1,456 | $44,457,217 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 12 | Deep Cover | $1,328,923 | +2.3% | 902 | +86 | $1,473 | $11,760,258 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Sleepwalkers | $1,259,607 | -20.2% | 1,291 | -222 | $975 | $26,053,594 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | The Babe | $1,232,395 | -8.9% | 1,433 | -131 | $860 | $13,260,230 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | City of Joy | $1,193,400 | -5.6% | 918 | +15 | $1,300 | $10,526,546 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | $1,114,146 | -15.7% | 1,459 | -60 | $763 | $16,622,815 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Thunderheart | $1,111,110 | +15.4% | 1,001 | +93 | $1,110 | $18,117,375 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | CrissCross | $1,041,264 | - | 449 | - | $2,319 | $1,041,264 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 16 | 9 | White Sands | $1,009,757 | -32.1% | 971 | -305 | $1,039 | $7,349,054 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 20 | Howards End | $372,576 | +27.8% | 25 | +3 | $14,903 | $2,139,155 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 18 | - | Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue | $323,288 | - | 266 | - | $1,215 | $323,288 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 19 | 22 | The Playboys | $288,864 | +96.4% | 68 | +37 | $4,248 | $576,833 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 20 | 19 | Turtle Beach | $191,657 | -45.4% | 662 | -65 | $289 | $708,444 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 21 | - | Poison Ivy | $119,840 | - | 20 | - | $5,992 | $119,840 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 22 | 21 | Hook | $111,870 | -38.9% | 226 | -96 | $495 | $118,738,527 | 22 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | - | One False Move | $44,545 | - | 5 | - | $8,909 | $44,545 | 1 | IRS Media | true | false |
| 24 | - | Incident at Oglala | $19,070 | - | 3 | - | $6,356 | $19,070 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
