| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Hunt for Red October | $17,161,835 | - | 1,225 | - | $14,009 | $17,161,835 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Driving Miss Daisy | $5,089,040 | -16.7% | 1,432 | - | $3,553 | $60,302,144 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Hard to Kill | $4,219,132 | -22.3% | 1,508 | - | $2,797 | $33,339,683 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Madhouse | $3,092,437 | -9.7% | 1,555 | +1 | $1,988 | $13,426,374 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Born on the Fourth of July | $2,107,980 | -16.1% | 1,434 | +2 | $1,470 | $59,673,354 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Revenge | $1,952,465 | -31.9% | 1,335 | -47 | $1,462 | $12,910,020 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Men Don't Leave | $1,411,463 | -29.7% | 802 | - | $1,759 | $4,266,277 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Glory | $1,334,095 | -20.7% | 811 | +2 | $1,645 | $20,214,597 | 12 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Stella | $1,276,014 | -23.5% | 1,087 | -204 | $1,173 | $17,402,118 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Steel Magnolias | $1,178,865 | -2.4% | 1,173 | -41 | $1,005 | $74,425,795 | 16 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Nightbreed | $1,060,931 | -42.3% | 928 | -560 | $1,143 | $7,807,940 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | My Left Foot | $1,027,424 | +13.2% | 397 | +118 | $2,587 | $5,768,933 | 17 | Miramax | false | false |
| 13 | 16 | Back to the Future Part II | $669,635 | +42.5% | 673 | +186 | $995 | $115,719,461 | 15 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 18 | Roger & Me | $226,859 | -21.9% | 197 | -6 | $1,151 | $5,915,104 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 19 | Cinema Paradiso | $133,844 | +3.4% | 16 | - | $8,365 | $568,662 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | - | Too Beautiful for You | $31,208 | - | 1 | - | $31,208 | $31,208 | 1 | Orion Classics | true | false |
