| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | They Live | $4,827,903 | - | 1,463 | - | $3,300 | $4,827,903 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | U2: Rattle and Hum | $3,821,351 | - | 1,391 | - | $2,747 | $3,821,351 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Everybody's All-American | $3,425,796 | - | 1,122 | - | $3,053 | $3,425,796 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | The Accused | $2,637,635 | -12.3% | 930 | - | $2,836 | $17,923,172 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 1 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | $2,333,101 | -48.3% | 1,583 | -109 | $1,473 | $16,634,499 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Good Mother | $1,804,288 | - | 667 | - | $2,705 | $1,804,288 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 7 | Mystic Pizza | $1,407,742 | +6.3% | 386 | - | $3,647 | $4,748,511 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Punchline | $1,406,972 | -8% | 912 | -5 | $1,542 | $17,530,990 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 4 | Gorillas in the Mist | $1,373,140 | -11.7% | 967 | -87 | $1,420 | $19,783,055 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 3 | Alien Nation | $1,306,849 | -26.8% | 1,174 | -246 | $1,113 | $22,255,224 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Feds | $1,110,129 | -20% | 825 | -25 | $1,345 | $2,945,136 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Without a Clue | $813,164 | -11.4% | 257 | -23 | $3,164 | $3,606,127 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $85,594 | -24% | 48 | -22 | $1,783 | $7,955,809 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
