| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Pretty Woman | $7,594,013 | +11.5% | 1,794 | +68 | $4,233 | $100,562,962 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | $3,672,384 | -31% | 2,267 | -63 | $1,619 | $109,585,273 | 7 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | $2,946,725 | -41.4% | 1,535 | - | $1,919 | $9,286,168 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 6 | The Hunt for Red October | $2,208,875 | -8.2% | 1,323 | -54 | $1,669 | $105,488,098 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Spaced Invaders | $1,987,344 | -37% | 1,776 | -69 | $1,119 | $10,959,303 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | The Guardian | $1,829,640 | -39.4% | 1,544 | -192 | $1,185 | $12,734,390 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Q&A | $1,513,050 | -26.8% | 917 | -6 | $1,650 | $7,948,691 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Wild Orchid | $1,202,545 | -29.1% | 760 | -62 | $1,582 | $7,234,504 | 3 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Driving Miss Daisy | $1,044,626 | -31.9% | 914 | -206 | $1,142 | $100,046,090 | 22 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Short Time | $1,008,515 | -18.5% | 574 | +17 | $1,756 | $2,572,057 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Ernest Goes to Jail | $816,413 | -19.4% | 1,070 | -78 | $763 | $21,471,212 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Miami Blues | $787,220 | -21.3% | 791 | -42 | $995 | $8,090,817 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Class of 1999 | $767,620 | - | 320 | - | $2,398 | $767,620 | 1 | Taurus Entertainment Company | true | false |
| 14 | 15 | Last Exit to Brooklyn | $246,997 | +32.4% | 25 | +12 | $9,879 | $529,896 | 2 | Cinecom Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | A Show of Force | $73,405 | - | 12 | - | $6,117 | $73,405 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | 16 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | $69,538 | +6.5% | 3 | +1 | $23,179 | $170,319 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | - | Def by Temptation | $54,582 | - | 11 | - | $4,962 | $54,582 | 1 | Troma | true | false |
| 18 | - | Longtime Companion | $50,525 | - | 2 | - | $25,262 | $50,525 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 19 | - | Pathfinder | $3,950 | - | 1 | - | $3,950 | $3,950 | 1 | - | true | false |
