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

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

Number-one films

This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.
#Weekend end dateFilmBox officeNotesRef
1Hook$11,472,860
2The Hand That Rocks the Cradle$7,675,016
34-day weekend$11,839,246
4$8,007,691
5$8,120,455
6Medicine Man$8,494,271
74-day weekendWayne's World$18,122,710Wayne'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$11,812,944
9$9,641,720
10$8,371,600
11$8,430,398
12Basic Instinct$15,129,385
13White Men Can't Jump$14,711,124
14$10,188,583
15Sleepwalkers$10,017,354
16Basic Instinct$6,653,950Basic Instinct reclaimed #1 in fifth weekend of release.
17$5,355,420
18$4,042,740
19$4,012,920Basic Instinct was number one for the fifth weekend, joint most weeks with Wayne World in 1992.
20Lethal Weapon 3$33,243,086Lethal Weapon 3 broke Terminator 2: Judgment Days record ($31.7 million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film.
214-day weekend$27,567,462In 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$15,420,806
23Patriot Games$18,511,191Patriot Games broke The Hunt for Red Octobers record ($17.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spy film.
24$11,208,134
25Batman Returns$45,687,711Batman 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$25,425,426
27$13,823,658
28A League of Their Own$11,660,303A League of Their Own reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
29Honey, I Blew Up the Kid$11,083,318
30Mo' Money$12,385,415
31Death Becomes Her$12,110,355
32Unforgiven$15,018,007Unforgiven broke A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Masters record ($12 million) for the highest weekend debut in the month of August.
33$11,374,018
34$7,741,277
35Honeymoon in Vegas$7,318,157
364-day weekend$9,170,428
37Sneakers$10,031,145
38$8,112,395
39The Last of the Mohicans$10,976,661
40$9,653,376
414-day weekendUnder Siege$15,760,003Under Siege broke Look Who's Talkings record ($12.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in October.
42$11,151,874
43$9,024,560
44$6,195,221
45Passenger 57$10,513,925
46Bram Stoker's Dracula$30,521,679Bram 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.
47Home Alone 2: Lost in New York$31,126,882Home 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$28,616,454In 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.
49$12,425,234
50A Few Good Men$15,517,468
51$11,145,377
52$13,608,117

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 1992 by Calendar Gross

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In-Year Release

RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross
1.AladdinDisney$217,350,219
2.Home Alone 2: Lost in New York20th Century Fox$173,585,516
3.Batman ReturnsWarner Bros.$162,831,698
4.Lethal Weapon 3$144,731,527
5.A Few Good MenColumbia$141,340,178
6.Sister ActDisney$139,605,150
7.The BodyguardWarner Bros.$121,945,720
8.Wayne's WorldParamount$121,697,323
9.Basic InstinctTriStar$117,727,224
10.A League of Their OwnColumbia$107,533,928
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References

Chronology

References

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