Weekend Domestic Box Office May 1, 1992
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Basic Instinct | $4,042,740 | -25% | 1,846 | $2,190 | $83,605,244 | 45 | |
| 2 | (3) | White Men Can't Jump | $2,794,422 | -38% | 1,679 | $1,664 | $58,609,821 | 38 | |
| 3 | (2) | Beethoven | $2,582,400 | -49% | 1,920 | $1,345 | $35,273,965 | 31 | |
| 4 | (new) | Split Second | $2,224,485 | 1,085 | $2,050 | $2,224,485 | 3 | ||
| 5 | (new) | Folks! | $2,177,518 | 1,402 | $1,553 | $2,177,518 | 3 | ||
| 6 | (-) | The Player | $1,716,586 | 298 | $5,760 | $4,644,815 | 24 | ||
| 7 | (9) | Wayne's World | $1,612,350 | -31% | 1,257 | $1,283 | $108,592,151 | 80 | |
| 8 | (5) | Sleepwalkers | $1,578,691 | -50% | 1,513 | $1,043 | $24,958,587 | 24 | |
| 9 | (4) | White Sands | $1,530,435 | -51% | 1,276 | $1,199 | $5,661,241 | 10 | |
| 10 | (6) | The Babe | $1,352,860 | -55% | 1,564 | $865 | $11,583,365 | 17 | |
| 11 | (12) | Beauty and the Beast | $295,476 | -49% | 469 | $630 | $132,261,423 | 173 | |
| 12 | (13) | Howards End | $291,530 | -18% | 22 | $13,251 | $1,634,019 | 52 | |
| 13 | (14) | Daughters of the Dust | $30,029 | -13% | 15 | $2,002 | $1,059,137 | 122 | |
| 14 | (15) | 35 Up | $15,301 | -20% | 5 | $3,060 | $767,303 | 108 | |
| 15 | (16) | Mindwalk | $5,529 | -66% | 10 | $553 | $692,557 | 206 | |
| 16 | (17) | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | $5,022 | -55% | 11 | $457 | $1,271,670 | 159 | |
| 17 | (18) | The Money Tree | $924 | -88% | 2 | $462 | $10,656 | 10 | |
| Reporting movies: 17 | $22,256,298 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basic Instinct | $4,042,740 | 1,846 | $83,605,244 |
| 2 | White Men Can't Jump | $2,794,422 | 1,679 | $58,609,821 |
| 3 | Beethoven | $2,582,400 | 1,920 | $35,273,965 |
| 4 | Split Second | $2,224,485 | 1,085 | $2,224,485 |
| 5 | Folks! | $2,177,518 | 1,402 | $2,177,518 |
| 6 | The Player | $1,716,586 | 298 | $4,644,815 |
| 7 | Wayne's World | $1,612,350 | 1,257 | $108,592,151 |
| 8 | Sleepwalkers | $1,578,691 | 1,513 | $24,958,587 |
| 9 | White Sands | $1,530,435 | 1,276 | $5,661,241 |
| 10 | The Babe | $1,352,860 | 1,564 | $11,583,365 |
| 11 | Beauty and the Beast | $295,476 | 469 | $132,261,423 |
| 12 | Howards End | $291,530 | 22 | $1,634,019 |
| 13 | Daughters of the Dust | $30,029 | 15 | $1,059,137 |
| 14 | 35 Up | $15,301 | 5 | $767,303 |
| 15 | Mindwalk | $5,529 | 10 | $692,557 |
| 16 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | $5,022 | 11 | $1,271,670 |
| 17 | The Money Tree | $924 | 2 | $10,656 |
| Reporting: 17 | $22,256,298 | total | ||