| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Hunt for Red October | $14,058,772 | -18.1% | 1,665 | +440 | $8,443 | $37,656,664 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Joe Versus the Volcano | $9,252,232 | - | 1,802 | - | $5,134 | $9,252,232 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | - | House Party | $4,611,024 | - | 520 | - | $8,867 | $4,611,024 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 4 | - | Bad Influence | $3,822,019 | - | 1,298 | - | $2,944 | $3,822,019 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Driving Miss Daisy | $3,467,147 | -31.9% | 1,432 | - | $2,421 | $65,332,259 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Hard to Kill | $2,657,658 | -37% | 1,498 | -10 | $1,774 | $37,196,859 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Madhouse | $1,829,300 | -40.8% | 1,545 | -10 | $1,184 | $15,934,579 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Born on the Fourth of July | $1,453,230 | -31.1% | 1,206 | -228 | $1,205 | $61,782,544 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Glory | $863,225 | -35.3% | 803 | -8 | $1,075 | $21,467,102 | 13 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Revenge | $820,242 | -58% | 887 | -448 | $924 | $14,395,233 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Steel Magnolias | $807,120 | -31.5% | 944 | -229 | $855 | $75,656,368 | 17 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | The Handmaid's Tale | $738,578 | - | 117 | - | $6,312 | $738,578 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | 12 | My Left Foot | $728,042 | -29.1% | 352 | -45 | $2,068 | $6,801,651 | 18 | Miramax | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Last of the Finest | $551,876 | - | 424 | - | $1,301 | $551,876 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | 13 | Back to the Future Part II | $517,775 | -22.7% | 745 | +72 | $695 | $116,425,676 | 16 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Roger & Me | $155,451 | -31.5% | 145 | -52 | $1,072 | $6,159,388 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Cinema Paradiso | $131,057 | -2.1% | 17 | +1 | $7,709 | $752,536 | 6 | Miramax | false | false |
| 18 | - | Coupe de Ville | $66,871 | - | 7 | - | $9,553 | $66,871 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 19 | - | Body Chemistry | $38,025 | - | 53 | - | $717 | $38,025 | 1 | Concorde Pictures | true | false |
