| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Hard to Kill | $9,213,631 | - | 1,301 | - | $7,081 | $9,213,631 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Driving Miss Daisy | $6,494,882 | +8% | 1,302 | +407 | $4,988 | $32,941,528 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Stella | $3,650,726 | -15.3% | 1,213 | +180 | $3,009 | $9,275,988 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Born on the Fourth of July | $3,004,400 | -25.1% | 1,295 | -14 | $2,320 | $48,358,094 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Loose Cannons | $2,239,830 | - | 1,214 | - | $1,845 | $2,239,830 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | Stanley & Iris | $2,102,831 | - | 907 | - | $2,318 | $2,102,831 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Tango & Cash | $1,782,802 | -41.8% | 1,288 | -238 | $1,384 | $56,214,881 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The War of the Roses | $1,732,715 | -33.4% | 1,054 | -378 | $1,643 | $77,452,536 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Internal Affairs | $1,713,111 | -36.6% | 983 | -3 | $1,742 | $21,994,042 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Steel Magnolias | $1,606,880 | -20.4% | 1,328 | -41 | $1,210 | $69,303,290 | 13 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Tremors | $1,442,955 | -39.9% | 1,159 | -246 | $1,245 | $12,915,995 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | The Little Mermaid | $1,340,199 | -28.2% | 1,323 | -134 | $1,013 | $72,144,014 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 5 | Flashback | $1,328,871 | -54.3% | 875 | - | $1,518 | $5,067,968 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Always | $1,267,500 | -36.8% | 1,014 | -158 | $1,250 | $38,505,060 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Back to the Future Part II | $1,170,000 | -27.1% | 1,040 | -259 | $1,125 | $113,345,936 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Glory | $1,149,850 | -26.3% | 377 | -24 | $3,050 | $13,213,894 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Look Who's Talking | $1,031,715 | -26.6% | 909 | -207 | $1,135 | $129,423,765 | 18 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 9 | Heart Condition | $799,933 | -62.8% | 880 | -5 | $909 | $3,537,708 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | Roger & Me | $673,486 | +54.1% | 265 | +177 | $2,541 | $4,408,047 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | - | My Left Foot | $203,497 | - | 50 | - | $4,069 | - | 14 | Miramax | false | false |
| 21 | 17 | Men Don't Leave | $59,959 | -3.9% | 3 | - | $19,986 | $157,033 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | Cinema Paradiso | $17,795 | +7.5% | 1 | - | $17,795 | $44,606 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
