| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Driving Miss Daisy | $6,107,836 | - | 1,432 | - | $4,265 | $53,290,516 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Hard to Kill | $5,428,384 | - | 1,508 | - | $3,599 | $27,529,359 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Madhouse | $3,425,960 | - | 1,554 | - | $2,204 | $9,563,299 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Revenge | $2,868,512 | - | 1,382 | - | $2,075 | $10,015,170 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Born on the Fourth of July | $2,513,160 | - | 1,432 | - | $1,755 | $56,828,014 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Men Don't Leave | $2,007,156 | - | 802 | - | $2,502 | $2,288,337 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | - | Nightbreed | $1,837,278 | - | 1,488 | - | $1,234 | $6,191,002 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | - | Glory | $1,682,720 | - | 809 | - | $2,080 | $18,395,102 | 11 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Stella | $1,668,676 | - | 1,291 | - | $1,292 | $15,573,870 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Steel Magnolias | $1,207,930 | - | 1,214 | - | $995 | $72,828,100 | 15 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | The Little Mermaid | $1,048,730 | - | 1,157 | - | $906 | $75,689,932 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | The War of the Roses | $942,372 | - | 779 | - | $1,209 | $80,553,364 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | - | My Left Foot | $907,637 | - | 279 | - | $3,253 | $4,439,388 | 16 | Miramax | false | false |
| 14 | - | Where the Heart Is | $530,893 | - | 235 | - | $2,259 | $530,893 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | - | The Blood of Heroes | $471,775 | - | 318 | - | $1,483 | $471,775 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 16 | 1 | Back to the Future Part II | $469,955 | -23.7% | 487 | -83 | $965 | $114,908,596 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Angel Town | $300,000 | - | 55 | - | $5,454 | $300,000 | 1 | Taurus Entertainment Company | true | false |
| 18 | - | Roger & Me | $290,614 | - | 203 | - | $1,431 | $5,581,690 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | - | Cinema Paradiso | $129,381 | - | 16 | - | $8,086 | $384,274 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 20 | - | Mountains of the Moon | $66,683 | - | 2 | - | $33,341 | $66,683 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 21 | - | Spontaneous Combustion | $50,367 | - | 50 | - | $1,007 | $50,367 | 1 | Taurus Entertainment Company | true | false |
