| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Born on the Fourth of July | $10,585,750 | -27.7% | 1,315 | +5 | $8,050 | $26,378,934 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The War of the Roses | $7,528,233 | -14.9% | 1,559 | +34 | $4,828 | $62,824,765 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Tango & Cash | $7,199,255 | -17.2% | 1,556 | - | $4,626 | $40,394,366 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | - | Internal Affairs | $7,109,144 | - | 975 | - | $7,291 | $7,109,144 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 5 | Always | $5,513,690 | -6.7% | 1,162 | +38 | $4,745 | $27,398,735 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Little Mermaid | $5,419,905 | -0.8% | 1,521 | - | $3,563 | $62,423,871 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Steel Magnolias | $5,165,580 | -15.7% | 1,372 | +3 | $3,765 | $57,731,650 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 17 | Glory | $4,210,090 | +1,585.9% | 392 | +384 | $10,740 | $4,914,600 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 15 | Driving Miss Daisy | $4,090,343 | +553.8% | 277 | +245 | $14,766 | $6,480,565 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Back to the Future Part II | $3,765,455 | -15.8% | 1,598 | -134 | $2,356 | $105,164,571 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | $3,296,932 | - | 1,107 | - | $2,978 | $3,296,932 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 12 | 9 | Look Who's Talking | $3,107,390 | -4.8% | 1,378 | -67 | $2,255 | $122,579,148 | 14 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $2,572,104 | -35.7% | 1,482 | -364 | $1,735 | $65,725,588 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | - | Ski Patrol | $2,109,035 | - | 515 | - | $4,095 | $2,109,035 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 15 | 10 | Blaze | $2,075,655 | -28.2% | 970 | +61 | $2,139 | $16,002,713 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Downtown | $1,113,985 | - | 349 | - | $3,191 | $1,113,985 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 17 | 18 | Roger & Me | $1,016,352 | +385% | 103 | +94 | $9,867 | $1,665,320 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Enemies, A Love Story | $450,880 | -17.2% | 38 | +3 | $11,865 | $1,662,859 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
