Box Office
Worldwide box office · 1992
The top-grossing releases of the year. Switch between worldwide, domestic, and international — every figure shown both as reported and adjusted for inflation, so films from any era are directly comparable.
| # | Title | Worldwide | Adjusted for inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aladdin | $346.5M | $815.0M |
| 2 | Batman Returns | $266.8M | $627.6M |
| 3 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | $173.7M | $408.5M |
| 4 | Lethal Weapon 3 | $144.7M | $340.4M |
| 5 | A Few Good Men | $141.4M | $332.5M |
| 6 | Sister Act | $139.6M | $328.4M |
| 7 | The Bodyguard | $121.9M | $286.8M |
| 8 | Wayne's World | $121.7M | $286.3M |
| 9 | Basic Instinct | $117.7M | $276.9M |
| 10 | A League of Their Own | $107.5M | $252.9M |
| 11 | Unforgiven | $101.2M | $237.9M |
| 12 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $88.0M | $207.1M |
| 13 | Under Siege | $83.6M | $196.5M |
| 14 | Patriot Games | $83.4M | $196.1M |
| 15 | Dracula | $82.5M | $194.1M |
| 16 | White Men Can't Jump | $76.3M | $179.4M |
| 17 | The Last of the Mohicans | $75.5M | $177.6M |
| 18 | Boomerang | $70.1M | $164.8M |
| 19 | Scent of a Woman | $63.1M | $148.4M |
| 20 | The Crying Game | $62.5M | $147.1M |
| 21 | Far and Away | $58.9M | $138.5M |
| 22 | Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | $58.7M | $138.0M |
| 23 | Housesitter | $58.5M | $137.6M |
| 24 | Death Becomes Her | $58.4M | $137.4M |
| 25 | Unlawful Entry | $57.1M | $134.4M |
| 26 | Beethoven | $57.1M | $134.3M |
| 27 | Forever Young | $56.0M | $131.6M |
| 28 | Alien³ | $55.5M | $130.5M |
| 29 | My Cousin Vinny | $52.9M | $124.5M |
| 30 | Sneakers | $51.4M | $121.0M |
| 31 | The Mighty Ducks | $50.8M | $119.4M |
| 32 | Wayne's World 2 | $48.2M | $113.4M |
| 33 | Malcolm X | $48.2M | $113.3M |
| 34 | Single White Female | $48.0M | $112.9M |
| 35 | The Distinguished Gentleman | $46.7M | $109.8M |
| 36 | Medicine Man | $45.5M | $107.0M |
| 37 | Passenger 57 | $44.1M | $103.6M |
| 38 | A River Runs Through It | $43.4M | $102.2M |
| 39 | Encino Man | $40.7M | $95.7M |
| 40 | Mo' Money | $40.2M | $94.6M |
| 41 | Universal Soldier | $36.3M | $85.4M |
| 42 | Honeymoon in Vegas | $35.2M | $82.8M |
| 43 | The Lawnmower Man | $32.1M | $75.5M |
| 44 | Sleepwalkers | $30.5M | $71.8M |
| 45 | The Muppet Christmas Carol | $29.2M | $68.7M |
| 46 | 3 Ninjas | $29.0M | $68.2M |
| 47 | Final Analysis | $28.6M | $67.2M |
| 48 | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | $28.4M | $66.8M |
| 49 | Howards End | $26.0M | $61.1M |
| 50 | Candyman | $25.8M | $60.7M |
| 51 | The Cutting Edge | $25.1M | $59.1M |
| 52 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | $24.7M | $58.0M |
| 53 | Hoffa | $24.3M | $57.1M |
| 54 | Leap of Faith | $23.4M | $55.0M |
| 55 | Toys | $23.3M | $54.8M |
| 56 | Thunderheart | $22.7M | $53.3M |
| 57 | Captain Ron | $22.5M | $53.0M |
| 58 | The Player | $21.7M | $51.1M |
| 59 | Shining Through | $21.6M | $50.9M |
| 60 | Consenting Adults | $21.6M | $50.8M |
| 61 | Raising Cain | $21.4M | $50.3M |
| 62 | Straight Talk | $21.2M | $49.9M |
| 63 | Kuffs | $21.1M | $49.7M |
| 64 | Mr. Baseball | $20.9M | $49.1M |
| 65 | Juice | $20.1M | $47.4M |
| 66 | Prelude to a Kiss | $20.0M | $47.1M |
| 67 | Hero | $19.5M | $45.9M |
| 68 | Pinocchio 1992 Re-release | $18.9M | $44.4M |
| 69 | Singles | $18.5M | $43.4M |
| 70 | Used People | $18.0M | $42.2M |
| 71 | The Babe | $17.5M | $41.2M |
| 72 | Freejack | $17.1M | $40.3M |
| 73 | Pet Sematary II | $17.1M | $40.2M |
| 74 | Deep Cover | $16.6M | $39.1M |
| 75 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | $16.6M | $39.1M |
| 76 | Pure Country | $15.2M | $35.7M |
| 77 | Ladybugs | $14.8M | $34.8M |
| 78 | School Ties | $14.7M | $34.6M |
| 79 | City of Joy | $14.7M | $34.5M |
| 80 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | $14.4M | $33.8M |
| 81 | Rapid Fire | $14.4M | $33.8M |
| 82 | Cool World | $14.1M | $33.2M |
| 83 | Mr. Saturday Night | $13.4M | $31.4M |
| 84 | The Great Mouse Detective 1992 Re-release | $13.3M | $31.3M |
| 85 | Class Act | $13.3M | $31.2M |
| 86 | Trespass | $13.2M | $31.2M |
| 87 | Enchanted April | $13.2M | $31.0M |
| 88 | American Me | $13.1M | $30.8M |
| 89 | Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth | $12.5M | $29.5M |
| 90 | A Stranger Among Us | $12.3M | $28.9M |
| 91 | Rock-A-Doodle | $11.7M | $27.4M |
| 92 | Jennifer 8 | $11.4M | $26.8M |
| 93 | Whispers in the Dark | $11.1M | $26.2M |
| 94 | Stay Tuned | $10.7M | $25.3M |
| 95 | Glengarry Glen Ross | $10.7M | $25.2M |
| 96 | Husbands and Wives | $10.6M | $24.8M |
| 97 | Chaplin | $9.5M | $22.3M |
| 98 | Gladiator | $9.2M | $21.7M |
| 99 | White Sands | $9.0M | $21.2M |
| 100 | Once Upon a Crime... | $8.7M | $20.4M |
“Adjusted for inflation” restates each gross in today’s dollars using US CPI-U annual averages. Domestic and international views are re-ranked from the year’s top releases; some early years report domestic-only figures.