| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Born on the Fourth of July | $8,028,075 | -27.2% | 1,315 | +5 | $6,105 | $23,821,259 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The War of the Roses | $5,693,242 | -18.7% | 1,559 | +34 | $3,651 | $60,989,774 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Tango & Cash | $5,397,811 | -18.5% | 1,556 | - | $3,469 | $38,592,922 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | - | Internal Affairs | $5,043,516 | - | 975 | - | $5,172 | $5,043,516 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Always | $4,194,820 | -9.1% | 1,162 | +38 | $3,610 | $26,079,865 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | The Little Mermaid | $3,851,208 | -16% | 1,521 | - | $2,532 | $60,855,174 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Steel Magnolias | $3,745,560 | -16.8% | 1,372 | +3 | $2,730 | $56,311,630 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 17 | Glory | $3,020,360 | +1,672.8% | 392 | +384 | $7,705 | $3,724,870 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Back to the Future Part II | $2,748,860 | -26.5% | 1,641 | -119 | $1,675 | $104,147,976 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 15 | Driving Miss Daisy | $2,725,876 | +503.7% | 277 | +245 | $9,840 | $5,116,098 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | - | Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | $2,692,087 | - | 1,107 | - | $2,431 | $2,692,087 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 12 | 9 | Look Who's Talking | $2,377,050 | -8.4% | 1,378 | -67 | $1,725 | $121,848,808 | 14 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $2,006,333 | -39.7% | 1,482 | -364 | $1,353 | $65,159,817 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | - | Ski Patrol | $1,648,000 | - | 515 | - | $3,200 | $1,648,000 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 15 | 10 | Blaze | $1,519,836 | -32.7% | 970 | +61 | $1,566 | $15,446,894 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Downtown | $821,626 | - | 349 | - | $2,354 | $821,626 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 17 | 18 | Roger & Me | $686,638 | +389% | 103 | +94 | $6,666 | $1,335,606 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Enemies, A Love Story | $311,957 | -23.4% | 38 | +3 | $8,209 | $1,523,936 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
