| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Driving Miss Daisy | - | - | - | $36,840,264 | 1,668 | $106,593,296 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Hard to Kill | - | - | - | $28,117,751 | 1,508 | $47,410,827 | Feb 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Born on the Fourth of July | - | - | - | $17,468,950 | 1,434 | $70,001,698 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Stella | - | - | - | $15,808,826 | 1,393 | $20,240,128 | Feb 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Look Who's Talking | - | - | - | $13,335,051 | 1,651 | $140,088,813 | Oct 13 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 6 | Tango & Cash | - | - | - | $12,842,068 | 1,575 | $63,408,614 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | Internal Affairs | - | - | - | $10,965,308 | 986 | $27,734,391 | Jan 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Revenge | - | - | - | $10,413,136 | 1,382 | $15,645,616 | Feb 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 9 | Madhouse | - | - | - | $9,734,423 | 1,555 | $21,036,771 | Feb 16 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Always | - | - | - | $9,487,407 | 1,206 | $43,858,790 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | The War of the Roses | - | - | - | $8,880,467 | 1,559 | $86,888,546 | Dec 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Glory | - | - | - | $8,816,834 | 811 | $26,828,365 | Dec 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 13 | Tremors | - | - | - | $8,599,128 | 1,477 | $16,667,084 | Jan 19 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Steel Magnolias | - | - | - | $8,469,121 | 1,372 | $83,759,091 | Nov 17 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 15 | The Little Mermaid | - | - | - | $7,515,470 | 1,533 | $84,355,863 | Nov 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Flashback | - | - | - | $6,488,114 | 875 | $6,488,114 | Feb 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | Nightbreed | - | - | - | $6,405,106 | 1,488 | $8,862,354 | Feb 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | Stanley & Iris | - | - | - | $5,820,015 | 907 | $5,820,015 | Feb 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 19 | Loose Cannons | - | - | - | $5,585,154 | 1,214 | $5,585,154 | Feb 9 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 20 | Back to the Future Part II | - | - | - | $4,835,940 | 2,107 | $118,450,002 | Nov 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 21 | Heart Condition | - | - | - | $4,134,992 | 885 | $4,134,992 | Feb 2 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 22 | Music Box | - | - | - | $2,926,776 | 462 | $6,263,883 | Dec 22 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 23 | Roger & Me | - | - | - | $2,564,742 | 265 | $6,706,368 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | Men Don't Leave | - | - | - | $2,487,147 | 802 | $6,070,725 | Feb 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | My Left Foot | - | - | - | $2,041,317 | 510 | $14,743,391 | Nov 10 | Miramax | false |
| 26 | Courage Mountain | - | - | - | $1,393,610 | 506 | $1,393,610 | Feb 16 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 27 | Apartment Zero | - | - | - | $1,238,561 | 22 | $1,267,578 | Sep 15 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 28 | Where the Heart Is | - | - | - | $569,628 | 235 | $1,106,475 | Feb 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 29 | The Blood of Heroes | - | - | - | $519,552 | 318 | $882,290 | Feb 23 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 30 | Cinema Paradiso | - | - | - | $409,111 | 124 | $11,990,401 | Feb 2 | Miramax | false |
| 31 | Triumph of the Spirit | - | - | - | $362,270 | 40 | $408,839 | Dec 8 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 32 | Angel Town | - | - | - | $342,642 | 55 | $855,810 | Feb 23 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 33 | Strike It Rich | - | - | - | $182,601 | 206 | $541,626 | Jan 26 | Miramax | false |
| 34 | Mountains of the Moon | - | - | - | $85,344 | 187 | $4,011,793 | Feb 23 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 35 | Speaking Parts | - | - | - | $76,609 | 1 | $76,609 | Feb 16 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 36 | Spontaneous Combustion | - | - | - | $43,170 | 50 | $50,367 | Feb 23 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
