| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Uncle Buck | $8,794,501 | - | 1,804 | - | $4,875 | $8,794,501 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Parenthood | $7,606,480 | -21.4% | 1,316 | +16 | $5,780 | $43,265,356 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Abyss | $7,213,102 | -22.6% | 1,538 | +5 | $4,689 | $24,745,404 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | Casualties of War | $5,201,261 | - | 1,487 | - | $3,497 | $5,201,261 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 5 | When Harry Met Sally... | $4,897,530 | -21% | 1,144 | -27 | $4,281 | $54,012,749 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Lethal Weapon 2 | $4,516,257 | -25.6% | 1,584 | -246 | $2,851 | $119,574,346 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Turner & Hooch | $4,275,108 | -32.5% | 1,594 | -294 | $2,682 | $46,634,889 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 3 | A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child | $3,584,320 | -55.8% | 1,846 | -56 | $1,941 | $14,688,432 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Batman | $3,439,724 | -31.6% | 1,400 | -377 | $2,456 | $229,120,869 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | Cheetah | $2,636,118 | - | 1,310 | - | $2,012 | $2,636,118 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 9 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | $2,172,551 | -34.7% | 1,158 | -293 | $1,876 | $112,374,576 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Let It Ride | $1,925,049 | - | 1,191 | - | $1,616 | $1,925,049 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | 8 | Lock Up | $1,664,776 | -50.2% | 1,032 | -352 | $1,613 | $15,254,327 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Rude Awakening | $1,121,542 | - | 953 | - | $1,176 | $1,121,542 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | 11 | Dead Poets Society | $1,044,945 | -41.2% | 633 | -213 | $1,650 | $83,016,233 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | $1,037,880 | -36.4% | 511 | -342 | $2,031 | $185,183,291 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Ghostbusters II | $800,219 | -24.9% | 625 | -206 | $1,280 | $107,893,343 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | $797,223 | +32.3% | 40 | +12 | $19,930 | $2,118,355 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 19 | - | Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! | $536,508 | - | 402 | - | $1,334 | $536,508 | 1 | - | true | false |
