Weekend Domestic Box Office March 20, 1992
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Basic Instinct | $15,129,385 | 1,567 | $9,655 | $15,129,385 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Wayne's World | $7,667,615 | -9% | 1,878 | $4,083 | $78,987,701 | 38 | |
| 3 | (2) | My Cousin Vinny | $7,209,788 | -3% | 1,500 | $4,807 | $17,420,706 | 10 | |
| 4 | (3) | The Lawnmower Man | $3,685,746 | -31% | 1,308 | $2,818 | $20,864,264 | 17 | |
| 5 | (5) | Fried Green Tomatoes | $2,897,230 | -13% | 1,329 | $2,180 | $61,366,419 | 87 | |
| 6 | (4) | American Me | $2,263,240 | -33% | 826 | $2,740 | $6,945,315 | 10 | |
| 7 | (12) | Beauty and the Beast | $1,700,245 | +9% | 1,157 | $1,470 | $122,922,207 | 131 | |
| 8 | (7) | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | $1,653,970 | -20% | 1,432 | $1,155 | $22,504,445 | 51 | |
| 9 | (6) | Article 99 | $1,569,658 | -36% | 1,263 | $1,243 | $4,876,099 | 10 | |
| 10 | (9) | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $1,456,259 | -22% | 1,292 | $1,127 | $78,092,474 | 73 | |
| 11 | (13) | Daughters of the Dust | $79,400 | +15% | 13 | $6,108 | $552,762 | 80 | |
| 12 | (15) | Howards End | $49,288 | -6% | 1 | $49,288 | $146,246 | 10 | |
| 13 | (14) | 35 Up | $45,186 | -14% | 21 | $2,152 | $529,776 | 66 | |
| 14 | (16) | Shakes the Clown | $21,057 | -41% | 7 | $3,008 | $70,378 | 22 | |
| 15 | (18) | Mindwalk | $17,904 | +8% | 7 | $2,558 | $570,584 | 164 | |
| 16 | (17) | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | $16,356 | -5% | 20 | $818 | $1,155,610 | 117 | |
| Reporting movies: 16 | $45,462,327 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basic Instinct | $15,129,385 | 1,567 | $15,129,385 |
| 2 | Wayne's World | $7,667,615 | 1,878 | $78,987,701 |
| 3 | My Cousin Vinny | $7,209,788 | 1,500 | $17,420,706 |
| 4 | The Lawnmower Man | $3,685,746 | 1,308 | $20,864,264 |
| 5 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $2,897,230 | 1,329 | $61,366,419 |
| 6 | American Me | $2,263,240 | 826 | $6,945,315 |
| 7 | Beauty and the Beast | $1,700,245 | 1,157 | $122,922,207 |
| 8 | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | $1,653,970 | 1,432 | $22,504,445 |
| 9 | Article 99 | $1,569,658 | 1,263 | $4,876,099 |
| 10 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $1,456,259 | 1,292 | $78,092,474 |
| 11 | Daughters of the Dust | $79,400 | 13 | $552,762 |
| 12 | Howards End | $49,288 | 1 | $146,246 |
| 13 | 35 Up | $45,186 | 21 | $529,776 |
| 14 | Shakes the Clown | $21,057 | 7 | $70,378 |
| 15 | Mindwalk | $17,904 | 7 | $570,584 |
| 16 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | $16,356 | 20 | $1,155,610 |
| Reporting: 16 | $45,462,327 | total | ||