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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

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† This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[2]
# Weekend end date Film Box office Notes Ref
1 January 5, 1992 Hook $11,472,860 [3]
2 January 12, 1992 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle $7,675,016 [4]
3 January 20, 19924-day weekend $11,839,246 [5]
4 January 26, 1992 $8,007,691 [6]
5 February 2, 1992 $8,120,455 [7]
6 February 9, 1992 Medicine Man $8,494,271 [8]
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. [9]
8 February 23, 1992 $11,812,944 [10]
9 March 1, 1992 $9,641,720 [11]
10 March 8, 1992 $8,371,600 [12]
11 March 15, 1992 $8,430,398 [13]
12 March 22, 1992 Basic Instinct $15,129,385 [14]
13 March 29, 1992 White Men Can't Jump $14,711,124 [15]
14 April 5, 1992 $10,188,583 [16]
15 April 12, 1992 Sleepwalkers $10,017,354 [17]
16 April 19, 1992 Basic Instinct $6,653,950 Basic Instinct reclaimed #1 in fifth weekend of release. [18]
17 April 26, 1992 $5,355,420 [19]
18 May 3, 1992 $4,042,740 [20]
19 May 10, 1992 $4,012,920 Basic Instinct was number one for the fifth weekend, joint most weeks with Wayne World in 1992. [21]
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. [22]
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. [23]
22 May 31, 1992 $15,420,806 [24]
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. [25]
24 June 14, 1992 $11,208,134 [26]
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. [27]
26 June 28, 1992 $25,425,426 [28]
27 July 5, 1992 $13,823,658 [29]
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. [30]
29 July 19, 1992 Honey, I Blew Up the Kid $11,083,318 [31]
30 July 26, 1992 Mo' Money $12,385,415 [32]
31 August 2, 1992 Death Becomes Her $12,110,355 [33]
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. [34]
33 August 16, 1992 $11,374,018 [35]
34 August 23, 1992 $7,741,277 [36]
35 August 30, 1992 Honeymoon in Vegas $7,318,157 [37]
36 September 7, 19924-day weekend $9,170,428 [38]
37 September 13, 1992 Sneakers $10,031,145 [39]
38 September 20, 1992 $8,112,395 [40]
39 September 27, 1992 The Last of the Mohicans $10,976,661 [41]
40 October 4, 1992 $9,653,376 [42]
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. [43]
42 October 18, 1992 $11,151,874 [44]
43 October 25, 1992 $9,024,560 [45]
44 November 1, 1992 $6,195,221 [46]
45 November 8, 1992 Passenger 57 $10,513,925 [47]
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. [48][49]
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. [50][49]
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. [51]
49 December 6, 1992 $12,425,234 [52]
50 December 13, 1992 A Few Good Men $15,517,468 [53]
51 December 20, 1992 $11,145,377 [54]
52 December 27, 1992 $13,608,117 [55]

Highest-grossing films

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Calendar Gross

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Highest-grossing films of 1992 by Calendar Gross[2]

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

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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

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References

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

Chronology

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Preceded by 1992 Succeeded by