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. [1]

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Number-one films

#Weekend end dateFilmBox officeNotesRef
1January 5, 1992 Hook $11,472,860 [2]
2January 12, 1992 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle $7,675,016 [3]
3January 20, 19924-day weekend$11,839,246 [4]
4January 26, 1992$8,007,691 [5]
5February 2, 1992$8,120,455 [6]
6February 9, 1992 Medicine Man $8,494,271 [7]
7February 17, 19924-day weekend Wayne's World $18,122,710Wayne'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]
8February 23, 1992$11,812,944 [9]
9March 1, 1992$9,641,720 [10]
10March 8, 1992$8,371,600 [11]
11March 15, 1992$8,430,398 [12]
12March 22, 1992 Basic Instinct $15,129,385 [13]
13March 29, 1992 White Men Can't Jump $14,711,124 [14]
14April 5, 1992$10,188,583 [15]
15April 12, 1992 Sleepwalkers $10,017,354 [16]
16April 19, 1992 Basic Instinct $6,653,950Basic Instinct reclaimed #1 in fifth weekend of release. [17]
17April 26, 1992$5,355,420 [18]
18May 3, 1992$4,042,740 [19]
19May 10, 1992$4,012,920Basic Instinct was number one for the fifth weekend, joint most weeks with Wayne World in 1992. [20]
20May 17, 1992 Lethal Weapon 3 $33,243,086Lethal Weapon 3 broke Terminator 2: Judgment Day 's record ($31.7 million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film. [21]
21May 25, 19924-day weekend$27,567,462In 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]
22May 31, 1992$15,420,806 [23]
23June 7, 1992 Patriot Games $18,511,191Patriot Games broke The Hunt for Red October 's record ($17.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spy film. [24]
24June 14, 1992$11,208,134 [25]
25June 21, 1992 Batman Returns $45,687,711Batman 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]
26June 28, 1992$25,425,426 [27]
27July 5, 1992$13,823,658 [28]
28July 12, 1992 A League of Their Own $11,660,303A League of Their Own reached #1 in its second weekend of release. [29]
29July 19, 1992 Honey, I Blew Up the Kid $11,083,318 [30]
30July 26, 1992 Mo' Money $12,385,415 [31]
31August 2, 1992 Death Becomes Her $12,110,355 [32]
32August 9, 1992 Unforgiven $15,018,007Unforgiven 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]
33August 16, 1992$11,374,018 [34]
34August 23, 1992$7,741,277 [35]
35August 30, 1992 Honeymoon in Vegas $7,318,157 [36]
36September 7, 19924-day weekend$9,170,428 [37]
37September 13, 1992 Sneakers $10,031,145 [38]
38September 20, 1992$8,112,395 [39]
39September 27, 1992 The Last of the Mohicans $10,976,661 [40]
40October 4, 1992$9,653,376 [41]
41October 12, 19924-day weekend Under Siege $15,760,003Under Siege broke Look Who's Talking 's record ($12.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in October. [42]
42October 18, 1992$11,151,874 [43]
43October 25, 1992$9,024,560 [44]
44November 1, 1992$6,195,221 [45]
45November 8, 1992 Passenger 57 $10,513,925 [46]
46November 15, 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula $30,521,679Bram 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]
47November 22, 1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York $31,126,882Home 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]
48November 29, 1992$28,616,454In 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]
49December 6, 1992$12,425,234 [51]
50December 13, 1992 A Few Good Men $15,517,468 [52]
51December 20, 1992$11,145,377 [53]
52December 27, 1992$13,608,117 [54]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

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

RankTitleStudio(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]
RankTitleDistributorDomestic 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

References

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

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