Week Domestic Box Office May 1, 1992
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Basic Instinct | $5,573,074 | -20% | 1,846 | $3,019 | $85,135,578 | 49 | |
| 2 | (3) | White Men Can't Jump | $3,646,727 | -34% | 1,679 | $2,172 | $59,462,126 | 42 | |
| 3 | (2) | Beethoven | $3,104,385 | -46% | 1,920 | $1,617 | $35,795,950 | 35 | |
| 4 | (new) | Folks! | $2,827,605 | 1,402 | $2,017 | $2,827,605 | 7 | ||
| 5 | (new) | Split Second | $2,727,117 | 1,085 | $2,513 | $2,727,117 | 7 | ||
| 6 | (-) | The Player | $2,372,214 | 298 | $7,960 | $5,300,443 | 28 | ||
| 7 | (7) | Wayne's World | $2,097,296 | -27% | 1,257 | $1,668 | $109,077,097 | 84 | |
| 8 | (5) | Sleepwalkers | $1,914,091 | -49% | 1,513 | $1,265 | $25,293,987 | 28 | |
| 9 | (8) | My Cousin Vinny | $1,556,381 | -31% | 855 | $1,820 | $43,103,018 | 56 | |
| 10 | (10) | Howards End | $424,090 | -15% | 22 | $19,277 | $1,766,579 | 56 | |
| 11 | (9) | Beauty and the Beast | $399,931 | -43% | 469 | $853 | $132,365,878 | 177 | |
| 12 | (11) | Hook | $230,427 | -37% | 322 | $716 | $118,626,657 | 149 | |
| 13 | (12) | Daughters of the Dust | $46,565 | +3% | 15 | $3,104 | $1,075,673 | 126 | |
| 14 | (new) | Diary of a Hitman | $31,815 | 18 | $1,768 | $31,815 | 7 | ||
| 15 | (13) | 35 Up | $20,914 | -23% | 5 | $4,183 | $772,916 | 112 | |
| 16 | (14) | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | $8,666 | -43% | 11 | $788 | $1,275,534 | 163 | |
| 17 | (15) | The Money Tree | $2,868 | -71% | 2 | $1,434 | $12,600 | 14 | |
| Reporting movies: 17 | $26,984,166 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basic Instinct | $5,573,074 | 1,846 | $85,135,578 |
| 2 | White Men Can't Jump | $3,646,727 | 1,679 | $59,462,126 |
| 3 | Beethoven | $3,104,385 | 1,920 | $35,795,950 |
| 4 | Folks! | $2,827,605 | 1,402 | $2,827,605 |
| 5 | Split Second | $2,727,117 | 1,085 | $2,727,117 |
| 6 | The Player | $2,372,214 | 298 | $5,300,443 |
| 7 | Wayne's World | $2,097,296 | 1,257 | $109,077,097 |
| 8 | Sleepwalkers | $1,914,091 | 1,513 | $25,293,987 |
| 9 | My Cousin Vinny | $1,556,381 | 855 | $43,103,018 |
| 10 | Howards End | $424,090 | 22 | $1,766,579 |
| 11 | Beauty and the Beast | $399,931 | 469 | $132,365,878 |
| 12 | Hook | $230,427 | 322 | $118,626,657 |
| 13 | Daughters of the Dust | $46,565 | 15 | $1,075,673 |
| 14 | Diary of a Hitman | $31,815 | 18 | $31,815 |
| 15 | 35 Up | $20,914 | 5 | $772,916 |
| 16 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | $8,666 | 11 | $1,275,534 |
| 17 | The Money Tree | $2,868 | 2 | $12,600 |
| Reporting: 17 | $26,984,166 | total | ||