| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Born on the Fourth of July | $8,140,230 | -23.1% | 1,314 | -1 | $6,195 | $34,519,164 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Tango & Cash | $5,527,644 | -23.2% | 1,548 | -8 | $3,570 | $45,922,010 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Internal Affairs | $5,471,939 | -23% | 975 | - | $5,612 | $12,581,083 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | The War of the Roses | $5,356,966 | -28.8% | 1,532 | -27 | $3,496 | $68,181,731 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | - | Tremors | $4,817,760 | - | 1,472 | - | $3,272 | $4,817,760 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | Always | $4,321,170 | -21.6% | 1,197 | +35 | $3,610 | $31,719,905 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Steel Magnolias | $4,007,220 | -22.4% | 1,363 | -9 | $2,940 | $61,738,870 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Driving Miss Daisy | $3,859,171 | -5.7% | 278 | +1 | $13,881 | $10,339,736 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | The Little Mermaid | $3,467,825 | -36% | 1,533 | +12 | $2,262 | $65,891,696 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Back to the Future Part II | $2,919,285 | -22.5% | 1,509 | -89 | $1,934 | $108,083,856 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Glory | $2,888,370 | -31.4% | 402 | +10 | $7,185 | $7,802,970 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Look Who's Talking | $2,260,800 | -27.2% | 1,256 | -122 | $1,800 | $124,839,948 | 15 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $1,496,230 | -41.8% | 1,052 | -430 | $1,422 | $67,221,818 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | $1,442,554 | -56.2% | 1,107 | - | $1,303 | $4,739,486 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Ski Patrol | $1,300,812 | -38.3% | 565 | +50 | $2,302 | $3,409,847 | 2 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Blaze | $1,188,862 | -42.7% | 809 | -161 | $1,469 | $17,191,575 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | Enemies, A Love Story | $821,400 | +82.2% | 75 | +37 | $10,952 | $2,484,259 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Roger & Me | $810,343 | -20.3% | 103 | - | $7,867 | $2,475,663 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | - | Everybody Wins | $748,889 | - | 451 | - | $1,660 | $748,889 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 20 | - | Streets | $86,708 | - | 53 | - | $1,636 | $86,708 | 1 | Concorde Pictures | true | false |
| 21 | - | Sweetie | $32,490 | - | 1 | - | $32,490 | $32,490 | 1 | Avenue Pictures Productions | true | false |
