| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Alien Nation | $9,663,294 | - | - | - | - | 1,430 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Punchline | $6,089,621 | - | - | - | - | 753 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Gorillas in the Mist | $4,876,200 | - | - | - | - | 1,081 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Dead Ringers | $2,059,484 | - | - | - | - | 819 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | A Fish Called Wanda | $1,967,339 | - | - | - | - | 959 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Crossing Delancey | $1,951,635 | - | - | - | - | 290 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Die Hard | $1,819,601 | - | - | - | - | 1,050 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Imagine: John Lennon | $1,716,614 | - | - | - | - | 561 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $1,653,274 | - | - | - | - | 1,147 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Cocktail | $1,543,065 | - | - | - | - | 1,042 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Heartbreak Hotel | $1,449,275 | - | - | - | - | 1,414 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Elvira: Mistress of the Dark | $1,407,467 | - | - | - | - | 613 | 2 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Big | $1,273,811 | - | - | - | - | 821 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | Clara's Heart | $699,242 | $588,869 | 84.2% | $110,373 | 15.8% | 74 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | Running on Empty | $407,219 | - | - | - | - | 153 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $387,737 | - | - | - | - | 120 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Salaam Bombay! | $17,040 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | Memories of Me | - | - | - | - | - | 723 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | A World Apart | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Betrayed | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | United Artists | - | false |
| - | Young Guns | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
