List of 1992 box office number-one films in the United States
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
Ref
1
January 5, 1992
Hook
$11,472,860
[ 2]
2
January 12, 1992
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
$7,675,016
[ 3]
3
January 20, 1992 4-day weekend
$11,839,246
[ 4]
4
January 26, 1992
$8,007,691
[ 5]
5
February 2, 1992
$8,120,455
[ 6]
6
February 9, 1992
Medicine Man
$8,494,271
[ 7]
7
February 17, 1992 4-day weekend
Wayne's World
$18,122,710
Wayne's World broke Sleeping with the Enemy ' s 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
February 23, 1992
$11,812,944
[ 9]
9
March 1, 1992
$9,641,720
[ 10]
10
March 8, 1992
$8,371,600
[ 11]
11
March 15, 1992
$8,430,398
[ 12]
12
March 22, 1992
Basic Instinct
$15,129,385
[ 13]
13
March 29, 1992
White Men Can't Jump
$14,711,124
[ 14]
14
April 5, 1992
$10,188,583
[ 15]
15
April 12, 1992
Sleepwalkers
$10,017,354
[ 16]
16
April 19, 1992
Basic Instinct
$6,653,950
Basic Instinct reclaimed #1 in fifth weekend of release.
[ 17]
17
April 26, 1992
$5,355,420
[ 18]
18
May 3, 1992
$4,042,740
[ 19]
19
May 10, 1992
$4,012,920
Basic Instinct was number one for the fifth weekend, joint most weeks with Wayne World in 1992.
[ 20]
20
May 17, 1992
Lethal Weapon 3
$33,243,086
Lethal Weapon 3 broke Terminator 2: Judgment Day ' s record ($31.7 million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film.
[ 21]
21
May 25, 1992 4-day weekend
$27,567,462
In second place, Alien 3 ' s opening ($23.1 million) broke Sleeping with the Enemy ' s record ($13.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist.
[ 22]
22
May 31, 1992
$15,420,806
[ 23]
23
June 7, 1992
Patriot Games
$18,511,191
Patriot Games broke The Hunt for Red October ' s record ($17.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spy film.
[ 24]
24
June 14, 1992
$11,208,134
[ 25]
25
June 21, 1992
Batman Returns
$45,687,711
Batman Returns broke Batman ' s 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
June 28, 1992
$25,425,426
[ 27]
27
July 5, 1992
$13,823,658
[ 28]
28
July 12, 1992
A League of Their Own
$11,660,303
A League of Their Own reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
[ 29]
29
July 19, 1992
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
$11,083,318
[ 30]
30
July 26, 1992
Mo' Money
$12,385,415
[ 31]
31
August 2, 1992
Death Becomes Her
$12,110,355
[ 32]
32
August 9, 1992
Unforgiven
$15,018,007
Unforgiven broke A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master ' s record ($12 million) for the highest weekend debut in the month of August.
[ 33]
33
August 16, 1992
$11,374,018
[ 34]
34
August 23, 1992
$7,741,277
[ 35]
35
August 30, 1992
Honeymoon in Vegas
$7,318,157
[ 36]
36
September 7, 1992 4-day weekend
$9,170,428
[ 37]
37
September 13, 1992
Sneakers
$10,031,145
[ 38]
38
September 20, 1992
$8,112,395
[ 39]
39
September 27, 1992
The Last of the Mohicans
$10,976,661
[ 40]
40
October 4, 1992
$9,653,376
[ 41]
41
October 12, 1992 4-day weekend
Under Siege
$15,760,003
Under Siege broke Look Who's Talking ' s record ($12.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in October.
[ 42]
42
October 18, 1992
$11,151,874
[ 43]
43
October 25, 1992
$9,024,560
[ 44]
44
November 1, 1992
$6,195,221
[ 45]
45
November 8, 1992
Passenger 57
$10,513,925
[ 46]
46
November 15, 1992
Bram Stoker's Dracula
$30,521,679
Bram Stoker's Dracula broke Back to the Future Part II ' s record $27.8 million for the highest weekend debut for November and Fright Night ' s record ($6.11 million) for highest weekend debut for a vampire film .
[ 47] [ 48]
47
November 22, 1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
$31,126,882
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York broke Bram Stoker's Dracula ' s record for the highest weekend debut for November (which had been set one week earlier), Home Alone ' s record ($17 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Christmas-themed film and Crocodile Dundee II ' s record ($24 million) for the highest weekend debut for a comedy film.
[ 49] [ 48]
48
November 29, 1992
$28,616,454
In second place, Aladdin ' s opening ($19.3 million) broke Beauty and the Beast ' s record ($9.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film and for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film.
[ 50]
49
December 6, 1992
$12,425,234
[ 51]
50
December 13, 1992
A Few Good Men
$15,517,468
[ 52]
51
December 20, 1992
$11,145,377
[ 53]
52
December 27, 1992
$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.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
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
Disney
$217,350,219
2.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
20th Century Fox
$173,585,516
3.
Batman Returns
Warner Bros.
$162,831,698
4.
Lethal Weapon 3
$144,731,527
5.
A Few Good Men
Columbia
$141,340,178
6.
Sister Act
Disney
$139,605,150
7.
The Bodyguard
Warner Bros.
$121,945,720
8.
Wayne's World
Paramount
$121,697,323
9.
Basic Instinct
TriStar
$117,727,224
10.
A League of Their Own
Columbia
$107,533,928
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