| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Driving Miss Daisy | $9,834,744 | - | 1,302 | - | $7,553 | $45,233,059 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | - | Hard to Kill | $8,420,285 | - | 1,452 | - | $5,799 | $20,569,023 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | - | Revenge | $6,086,672 | - | 1,379 | - | $4,413 | $6,086,672 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | - | Madhouse | $5,240,816 | - | 1,552 | - | $3,376 | $5,240,816 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | - | Born on the Fourth of July | $4,100,000 | - | 1,363 | - | $3,008 | $53,587,994 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | - | Nightbreed | $3,708,918 | - | 1,488 | - | $2,492 | $3,708,918 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | - | Stella | $3,018,445 | - | 1,393 | - | $2,166 | $13,239,854 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | - | Glory | $2,683,350 | - | 801 | - | $3,350 | $16,251,247 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | The Little Mermaid | $1,774,352 | - | 1,325 | - | $1,339 | $74,262,415 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | - | Steel Magnolias | $1,550,400 | - | 1,216 | - | $1,275 | $71,319,818 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | - | Stanley & Iris | $1,357,452 | - | 906 | - | $1,498 | $4,037,833 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 12 | - | The War of the Roses | $1,336,125 | - | 648 | - | $2,061 | $79,334,849 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | - | Internal Affairs | $1,321,461 | - | 651 | - | $2,029 | $23,857,830 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | - | Loose Cannons | $1,128,090 | - | 1,213 | - | $930 | $3,893,582 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | - | Tango & Cash | $1,022,299 | - | 819 | - | $1,248 | $57,765,925 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | - | Look Who's Talking | $1,019,595 | - | 673 | - | $1,515 | $130,643,340 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | - | Back to the Future Part II | $755,250 | - | 570 | - | $1,325 | $114,318,671 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Courage Mountain | $693,087 | - | 506 | - | $1,369 | $693,087 | - | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 19 | - | My Left Foot | $676,795 | - | 98 | - | $6,906 | $3,407,658 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 20 | - | Roger & Me | $560,829 | - | 265 | - | $2,116 | $5,177,142 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 21 | - | Cinema Paradiso | $167,065 | - | 12 | - | $13,922 | $220,301 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 22 | - | Men Don't Leave | $76,950 | - | 3 | - | $25,650 | $261,938 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 23 | - | Speaking Parts | $8,934 | - | 1 | - | $8,934 | $8,934 | - | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
