| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Driving Miss Daisy | $8,030,424 | -31.9% | 1,432 | +130 | $5,607 | $55,213,104 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Hard to Kill | $7,019,576 | -29.5% | 1,508 | +56 | $4,654 | $29,120,551 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Madhouse | $4,196,598 | -31.6% | 1,554 | +2 | $2,700 | $10,333,937 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Revenge | $3,810,897 | -46.7% | 1,382 | +3 | $2,757 | $10,957,555 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Born on the Fourth of July | $3,250,520 | -32.7% | 1,432 | +69 | $2,269 | $57,565,374 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 22 | Men Don't Leave | $2,573,633 | +2,575.5% | 802 | +799 | $3,209 | $2,854,814 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Nightbreed | $2,393,285 | -45% | 1,488 | - | $1,608 | $6,747,009 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Stella | $2,220,910 | -39.7% | 1,291 | -102 | $1,720 | $16,126,104 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Glory | $2,168,120 | -31.1% | 809 | +8 | $2,680 | $18,880,502 | 12 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Steel Magnolias | $1,626,760 | -12.1% | 1,214 | -2 | $1,340 | $73,246,930 | 15 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | The War of the Roses | $1,261,593 | -21.8% | 779 | +131 | $1,619 | $80,872,585 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Little Mermaid | $1,239,727 | -42.4% | 1,157 | -168 | $1,071 | $75,880,929 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 19 | My Left Foot | $1,209,758 | +51.1% | 279 | +181 | $4,336 | $4,741,509 | 16 | Miramax | false | false |
| 14 | - | Where the Heart Is | $664,571 | - | 235 | - | $2,827 | $664,571 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | 17 | Back to the Future Part II | $611,185 | -30.2% | 487 | +19 | $1,255 | $115,049,826 | 15 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Blood of Heroes | $606,148 | - | 318 | - | $1,906 | $606,148 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 17 | - | Angel Town | $399,752 | - | 55 | - | $7,268 | $399,752 | 1 | Taurus Entertainment Company | true | false |
| 18 | 20 | Roger & Me | $397,169 | -41.1% | 203 | -62 | $1,956 | $5,688,245 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 21 | Cinema Paradiso | $179,925 | -10.8% | 16 | +4 | $11,245 | $434,818 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 20 | - | Mountains of the Moon | $99,574 | - | 2 | - | $49,787 | $99,574 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 21 | - | Spontaneous Combustion | $50,367 | - | 50 | - | $1,007 | $50,367 | 1 | Taurus Entertainment Company | true | false |
