List of 1992 box office number-one films in the United States explained

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1992.^[1]

Number-one films

	Weekend end date	Film	Box office	Notes
1		Hook	$11,472,860		^[2]
2		The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	$7,675,016		^[3]
3	^4-day weekend		$11,839,246		^[4]
4			$8,007,691		^[5]
5			$8,120,455		^[6]
6		Medicine Man	$8,494,271		^[7]
7	^4-day weekend	Wayne's World	$18,122,710	Wayne's World broke Sleeping with the Enemys record ($13.7 million) for the highest weekend debut in the month of February. It remained number one for five weeks, the joint most (with Basic Instinct) in 1992.	^[8]
8			$11,812,944		^[9]
9			$9,641,720		^[10]
10			$8,371,600		^[11]
11			$8,430,398		^[12]
12		Basic Instinct	$15,129,385		^[13]
13		White Men Can't Jump	$14,711,124		^[14]
14			$10,188,583		^[15]
15		Sleepwalkers	$10,017,354		^[16]
16		Basic Instinct	$6,653,950	Basic Instinct reclaimed #1 in fifth weekend of release.	^[17]
17			$5,355,420		^[18]
18			$4,042,740		^[19]
19			$4,012,920	Basic Instinct was number one for the fifth weekend, joint most weeks with Wayne World in 1992.	^[20]
20		Lethal Weapon 3	$33,243,086	Lethal Weapon 3 broke s record ($31.7 million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film.	^[21]
21	^4-day weekend		$27,567,462	In second place, Alien 3s opening ($23.1 million) broke Sleeping with the Enemys record ($13.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist.	^[22]
22			$15,420,806		^[23]
23		Patriot Games	$18,511,191	Patriot Games broke The Hunt for Red Octobers record ($17.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spy film.	^[24]
24			$11,208,134		^[25]
25		Batman Returns	$45,687,711	Batman Returns broke Batmans records ($40.4 million) for the highest weekend debut in the month of June, for a summer release, a superhero film, a PG-13 rated film, a Warner Bros. film, and of all-time. It had the highest weekend debut of 1992.	^[26]
26			$25,425,426		^[27]
27			$13,823,658		^[28]
28		A League of Their Own	$11,660,303	A League of Their Own reached #1 in its second weekend of release.	^[29]
29		Honey, I Blew Up the Kid	$11,083,318		^[30]
30		Mo' Money	$12,385,415		^[31]
31		Death Becomes Her	$12,110,355		^[32]
32		Unforgiven	$15,018,007	Unforgiven broke s record ($12 million) for the highest weekend debut in the month of August.	^[33]
33			$11,374,018		^[34]
34			$7,741,277		^[35]
35		Honeymoon in Vegas	$7,318,157		^[36]
36	^4-day weekend		$9,170,428		^[37]
37		Sneakers	$10,031,145		^[38]
38			$8,112,395		^[39]
39		The Last of the Mohicans	$10,976,661		^[40]
40			$9,653,376		^[41]
41	^4-day weekend	Under Siege	$15,760,003	Under Siege broke Look Who's Talkings record ($12.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in October.	^[42]
42			$11,151,874		^[43]
43			$9,024,560		^[44]
44			$6,195,221		^[45]
45		Passenger 57	$10,513,925		^[46]
46		Bram Stoker's Dracula	$30,521,679	Bram Stoker's Dracula broke Back to the Future Part IIs record $27.8 million for the highest weekend debut for November and Fright Nights record ($6.11 million) for highest weekend debut for a vampire film.	^[47]
47			$31,126,882	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York broke Bram Stoker's Draculas record for the highest weekend debut for November (which had been set one week earlier), Home Alones record ($17 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Christmas-themed film and Crocodile Dundee IIs record ($24 million) for the highest weekend debut for a comedy film.	^[48] ^[49]
48			$28,616,454	In second place, Aladdins opening ($19.3 million) broke Beauty and the Beasts record ($9.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film and for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film.	^[50]
49			$12,425,234		^[51]
50		A Few Good Men	$15,517,468		^[52]
51			$11,145,377		^[53]
52			$13,608,117		^[54]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 1992 by Calendar Gross^[55]

Rank	Title	Studio(s)	Actor(s)	Director(s)	Gross
1.	Batman Returns	Warner Bros. Pictures	Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, Michael Murphy and Vincent Schiavelli	Tim Burton	$162,831,698
2.	Lethal Weapon 3		Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo and Stuart Wilson	Richard Donner	$144,731,527
3.	Sister Act	Walt Disney Studios	Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes and Harvey Keitel	Emile Ardolino	$139,605,150
4.		20th Century Fox	Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Tim Curry, Brenda Fricker and Catherine O'Hara	Chris Columbus	$136,206,365
5.	Wayne's World	Paramount Pictures	Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe and Tia Carrere	Penelope Spheeris	$120,244,016
6.	Basic Instinct	TriStar Pictures	Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Wayne Knight	Paul Verhoeven	$117,727,224
7.	A League of Their Own	Columbia Pictures	Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, Lori Petty, Jon Lovitz, David Strathairn, Garry Marshall and Bill Pullman	Penny Marshall	$107,533,928
8.	Aladdin	Walt Disney Studios	voices of Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried and Douglas Seale	Ron Clements and John Musker	$99,144,774
9.	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle		Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson, Julianne Moore and Madeline Zima	Curtis Hanson	$88,036,683
10.	Under Siege	Warner Bros. Pictures	Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey, Erika Eleniak and Colm Meaney	Andrew Davis	$83,563,139

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 1992 by In-year release^[56]

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
1.	Aladdin		$217,350,219
2.			$173,585,516
3.	Batman Returns		$162,831,698
4.	Lethal Weapon 3		$144,731,527
5.	A Few Good Men		$141,340,178
6.	Sister Act		$139,605,150
7.	The Bodyguard		$121,945,720
8.	Wayne's World		$121,697,323
9.	Basic Instinct		$117,727,224
10.	A League of Their Own		$107,533,928

Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1992

G	Aladdin
PG
PG-13	Batman Returns
R	Lethal Weapon 3

See also

• Lists of American films - American films by year
• Lists of box office number-one films

Notes and References

1. Web site: Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1992. .
2. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 1. Box Office Mojo.
3. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 2. Box Office Mojo.
4. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 3 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend). Box Office Mojo.
5. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 4. Box Office Mojo.
6. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 5. Box Office Mojo.
7. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 6. Box Office Mojo.
8. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
9. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 8. Box Office Mojo.
10. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 9. Box Office Mojo.
11. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 10. Box Office Mojo.
12. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 11. Box Office Mojo.
13. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 12. Box Office Mojo.
14. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 13. Box Office Mojo.
15. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 14. Box Office Mojo.
16. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 15. Box Office Mojo.
17. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 16. Box Office Mojo.
18. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 17. Box Office Mojo.
19. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 18. Box Office Mojo.
20. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 19. Box Office Mojo.
21. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 20. Box Office Mojo.
22. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 21 (Memorial Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
23. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 22. Box Office Mojo.
24. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 23. Box Office Mojo.
25. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 24. Box Office Mojo.
26. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 25. Box Office Mojo.
27. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 26. Box Office Mojo.
28. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 27. Box Office Mojo.
29. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 28. Box Office Mojo.
30. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 29. Box Office Mojo.
31. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 30. Box Office Mojo.
32. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 31. Box Office Mojo.
33. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 32. Box Office Mojo.
34. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 33. Box Office Mojo.
35. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 34. Box Office Mojo.
36. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 35. Box Office Mojo.
37. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 36 (Labor Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
38. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 37. Box Office Mojo.
39. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 38. Box Office Mojo.
40. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 39. Box Office Mojo.
41. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 40. Box Office Mojo.
42. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 41 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend). Box Office Mojo.
43. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 42. Box Office Mojo.
44. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 43. Box Office Mojo.
45. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 44. Box Office Mojo.
46. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 45. Box Office Mojo.
47. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 46. Box Office Mojo. February 23, 2021.
48. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 47. Box Office Mojo. February 23, 2021.
49. Daily Variety. 12. Top opening weekends of November. November 15, 1994.
50. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
51. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 49 (Post-Thanksgiving). Box Office Mojo.
52. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 50. Box Office Mojo.
53. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 51. Box Office Mojo.
54. Web site: Domestic 1992 Weekend 52. Box Office Mojo.
55. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1992. Box Office Mojo. February 14, 2020.
56. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1992 (In-year release). Box Office Mojo. February 14, 2020.