| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Pretty Woman | $6,810,883 | -4.8% | 1,726 | +16 | $3,946 | $90,643,957 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | $5,320,211 | -23.1% | 2,330 | -47 | $2,283 | $104,768,039 | 6 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 3 | - | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | $5,028,096 | - | 1,535 | - | $3,275 | $5,028,096 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 4 | Spaced Invaders | $3,153,108 | -29.5% | 1,845 | +24 | $1,709 | $8,479,524 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Guardian | $3,020,640 | -45.7% | 1,736 | +52 | $1,740 | $10,088,830 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | The Hunt for Red October | $2,407,207 | -19.3% | 1,377 | -102 | $1,748 | $102,546,578 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Q&A | $2,067,520 | -26.6% | 923 | +11 | $2,240 | $5,815,385 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Wild Orchid | $1,695,776 | -35.3% | 822 | +3 | $2,062 | $5,342,418 | 2 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Driving Miss Daisy | $1,534,747 | -5.9% | 1,120 | +57 | $1,370 | $98,406,081 | 21 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | Short Time | $1,237,211 | - | 557 | - | $2,221 | $1,237,211 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 11 | 11 | Ernest Goes to Jail | $1,012,536 | -28.8% | 1,148 | -434 | $882 | $20,476,474 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Miami Blues | $999,830 | -31.7% | 833 | - | $1,200 | $6,933,144 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | Cinema Paradiso | $385,134 | +19.6% | 114 | -9 | $3,378 | $3,719,838 | 14 | Miramax | false | false |
| 14 | - | Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? | $313,844 | - | 150 | - | $2,092 | $313,844 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 15 | - | Last Exit to Brooklyn | $186,489 | - | 13 | - | $14,345 | $186,489 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | - | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | $65,299 | - | 2 | - | $32,649 | $65,299 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 17 | - | Happy Together | $32,776 | - | 10 | - | $3,277 | $32,776 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 18 | - | The Feud | $2,236 | - | 1 | - | $2,236 | $2,236 | 1 | Castle Hill Productions | true | false |
