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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. |
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| # | Weekend end date | Film | Box office | Notes | Ref |
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| 1 | Hook | $11,472,860 | |||
| 2 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $7,675,016 | |||
| 3 | 4-day weekend | $11,839,246 | |||
| 4 | $8,007,691 | ||||
| 5 | $8,120,455 | ||||
| 6 | Medicine Man | $8,494,271 | |||
| 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 | $11,812,944 | ||||
| 9 | $9,641,720 | ||||
| 10 | $8,371,600 | ||||
| 11 | $8,430,398 | ||||
| 12 | Basic Instinct | $15,129,385 | |||
| 13 | White Men Can't Jump | $14,711,124 | |||
| 14 | $10,188,583 | ||||
| 15 | Sleepwalkers | $10,017,354 | |||
| 16 | Basic Instinct | $6,653,950 | Basic Instinct reclaimed #1 in fifth weekend of release. | ||
| 17 | $5,355,420 | ||||
| 18 | $4,042,740 | ||||
| 19 | $4,012,920 | Basic Instinct was number one for the fifth weekend, joint most weeks with Wayne World in 1992. | |||
| 20 | Lethal Weapon 3 | $33,243,086 | Lethal Weapon 3 broke Terminator 2: Judgment Days record ($31.7 million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film. | ||
| 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 | $15,420,806 | ||||
| 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 | $11,208,134 | ||||
| 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 | $25,425,426 | ||||
| 27 | $13,823,658 | ||||
| 28 | A League of Their Own | $11,660,303 | A League of Their Own reached #1 in its second weekend of release. | ||
| 29 | Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | $11,083,318 | |||
| 30 | Mo' Money | $12,385,415 | |||
| 31 | Death Becomes Her | $12,110,355 | |||
| 32 | Unforgiven | $15,018,007 | Unforgiven 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 | ||||
| 35 | Honeymoon in Vegas | $7,318,157 | |||
| 36 | 4-day weekend | $9,170,428 | |||
| 37 | Sneakers | $10,031,145 | |||
| 38 | $8,112,395 | ||||
| 39 | The Last of the Mohicans | $10,976,661 | |||
| 40 | $9,653,376 | ||||
| 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 | $11,151,874 | ||||
| 43 | $9,024,560 | ||||
| 44 | $6,195,221 | ||||
| 45 | Passenger 57 | $10,513,925 | |||
| 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 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | $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 | $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. | |||
| 49 | $12,425,234 | ||||
| 50 | A 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
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
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| 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 |
| R | Lethal Weapon 3 |
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References
Chronology
References
- "Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1992". [[Box Office Mojo]].
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 1".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 2".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 3 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend)".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 4".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 5".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 6".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend)".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 8".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 9".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 10".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 11".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 12".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 13".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 14".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 15".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 16".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 17".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 18".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 19".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 20".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 21 (Memorial Day weekend)".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 22".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 23".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 24".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 25".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 26".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 27".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 28".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 29".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 30".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 31".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 32".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 33".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 34".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 35".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 36 (Labor Day weekend)".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 37".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 38".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 39".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 40".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 41 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend)".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 42".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 43".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 44".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 45".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 46".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 47".
- (November 15, 1994). "Top opening weekends of November".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend)".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 49 (Post-Thanksgiving)".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 50".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 51".
- "Domestic 1992 Weekend 52".
- "Domestic Box Office For 1992". Box Office Mojo.
- "Domestic Box Office For 1992 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo.
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