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, 19924-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, 19924-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, 19924-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, 19924-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, 19924-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

Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1992

G	Aladdin
PG	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
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

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Chronology

Preceded by 1991

1992

Succeeded by 1993