| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Hunt for Red October | $11,077,359 | -21.2% | 1,817 | +152 | $6,096 | $53,926,439 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Joe Versus the Volcano | $7,017,237 | -24.2% | 1,799 | -3 | $3,900 | $18,877,919 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Lord of the Flies | $4,410,457 | - | 888 | - | $4,966 | $4,410,457 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | House Party | $3,570,142 | -22.6% | 550 | +30 | $6,491 | $9,293,984 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 5 | - | Blue Steel | $2,895,744 | - | 1,307 | - | $2,215 | $2,895,744 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | Driving Miss Daisy | $2,874,332 | -17.1% | 1,353 | -79 | $2,124 | $69,545,080 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Bad Influence | $2,600,536 | -32% | 1,300 | +2 | $2,000 | $7,628,681 | 2 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 8 | - | Lambada | $2,031,181 | - | 1,117 | - | $1,818 | $2,031,181 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | Hard to Kill | $1,830,095 | -31.1% | 1,265 | -233 | $1,446 | $39,916,632 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Born on the Fourth of July | $1,241,150 | -14.6% | 1,030 | -176 | $1,205 | $63,590,514 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Madhouse | $1,161,928 | -36.5% | 1,233 | -312 | $942 | $17,678,150 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Blind Fury | $868,380 | - | 353 | - | $2,460 | $868,380 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | - | The Forbidden Dance | $720,864 | - | 637 | - | $1,131 | $720,864 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 12 | The Handmaid's Tale | $716,338 | -3% | 177 | +60 | $4,047 | $1,761,045 | 2 | Cinecom Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | My Left Foot | $701,011 | -3.7% | 331 | -21 | $2,117 | $7,772,698 | 19 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | 9 | Glory | $661,545 | -23.4% | 723 | -80 | $915 | $22,440,211 | 14 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Nuns on the Run | $658,835 | - | 76 | - | $8,668 | $658,835 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 18 | 17 | Cinema Paradiso | $143,402 | +9.4% | 26 | +9 | $5,515 | $950,572 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
