| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Driving Miss Daisy | $11,784,365 | +31.6% | 1,302 | - | $9,050 | $47,182,680 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Hard to Kill | $9,952,237 | -18.1% | 1,452 | +151 | $6,854 | $22,100,975 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Revenge | $7,146,658 | - | 1,379 | - | $5,182 | $7,146,658 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | - | Madhouse | $6,137,339 | - | 1,552 | - | $3,954 | $6,137,339 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Born on the Fourth of July | $4,826,860 | +16.8% | 1,363 | +68 | $3,541 | $54,314,854 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Nightbreed | $4,353,724 | - | 1,488 | - | $2,925 | $4,353,724 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 7 | 3 | Stella | $3,683,785 | -19.9% | 1,393 | +180 | $2,644 | $13,905,194 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 15 | Glory | $3,144,485 | +109.1% | 801 | +424 | $3,925 | $16,712,382 | 11 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 13 | The Little Mermaid | $2,153,139 | +27.8% | 1,325 | +2 | $1,625 | $74,641,202 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Steel Magnolias | $1,850,752 | -10.7% | 1,216 | -112 | $1,522 | $71,620,170 | 14 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Stanley & Iris | $1,633,364 | -39.1% | 906 | -1 | $1,802 | $4,313,745 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | The War of the Roses | $1,612,268 | -29.3% | 648 | -406 | $2,488 | $79,610,992 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Internal Affairs | $1,583,421 | -29.8% | 651 | -332 | $2,432 | $24,119,790 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 5 | Loose Cannons | $1,335,513 | -51.7% | 1,213 | -1 | $1,101 | $4,101,005 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 7 | Tango & Cash | $1,239,742 | -46.4% | 819 | -469 | $1,513 | $57,983,368 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | Look Who's Talking | $1,118,526 | -9.2% | 673 | -236 | $1,662 | $130,742,271 | 19 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Back to the Future Part II | $875,220 | -36.9% | 468 | -520 | $1,870 | $114,438,641 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Courage Mountain | $812,017 | - | 506 | - | $1,604 | $812,017 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 19 | - | My Left Foot | $800,888 | - | 98 | +48 | $8,172 | $3,531,751 | 15 | Miramax | false | false |
| 20 | 19 | Roger & Me | $674,763 | -23.5% | 265 | - | $2,546 | $5,291,076 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 21 | 21 | Cinema Paradiso | $201,657 | +663.1% | 12 | +11 | $16,804 | $254,893 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 22 | 20 | Men Don't Leave | $96,193 | +9.4% | 3 | - | $32,064 | $281,181 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 23 | - | Speaking Parts | $12,409 | - | 1 | - | $12,409 | $12,409 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | true | false |
