| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Home Alone | $17,081,997 | - | 1,202 | - | $14,211 | $17,081,997 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | - | Rocky V | $14,073,170 | - | 2,053 | - | $6,854 | $14,073,170 | 1 | United Artists | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Child's Play 2 | $5,002,535 | -53.3% | 2,017 | +21 | $2,480 | $18,116,255 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Rescuers Down Under | $3,499,819 | - | 1,230 | - | $2,845 | $3,499,819 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Ghost | $3,001,897 | -30.3% | 1,713 | - | $1,752 | $190,315,716 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Jacob's Ladder | $2,825,040 | -44.5% | 1,264 | +2 | $2,235 | $19,257,290 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Reversal of Fortune | $1,726,542 | -31.6% | 649 | -12 | $2,660 | $7,079,558 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Sibling Rivalry | $1,579,836 | -47.7% | 1,361 | -94 | $1,160 | $14,895,890 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | White Palace | $1,449,840 | -34.2% | 863 | -22 | $1,680 | $14,345,471 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Quigley Down Under | $1,340,457 | -37.5% | 1,051 | -29 | $1,275 | $15,832,163 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Memphis Belle | $1,238,791 | -41.7% | 1,059 | -161 | $1,169 | $23,827,640 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Avalon | $1,017,450 | -30.8% | 595 | -20 | $1,710 | $12,234,424 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 17 | Dances with Wolves | $565,083 | -5.5% | 14 | - | $40,363 | $1,532,461 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Eating | $12,764 | - | 2 | - | $6,382 | $12,764 | 1 | Rainbow Releasing | true | false |
