| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Hunt for Red October | $15,327,099 | -20.4% | 1,817 | +152 | $8,435 | $58,176,179 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Joe Versus the Volcano | $9,074,333 | -23.5% | 1,799 | -3 | $5,044 | $20,935,015 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Lord of the Flies | $5,882,705 | - | 888 | - | $6,624 | $5,882,705 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | House Party | $4,430,811 | -22.6% | 550 | +30 | $8,056 | $10,154,653 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Driving Miss Daisy | $4,170,318 | -13.2% | 1,353 | -79 | $3,082 | $70,841,066 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | - | Blue Steel | $3,948,032 | - | 1,307 | - | $3,020 | $3,948,032 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Bad Influence | $3,519,180 | -30% | 1,300 | +2 | $2,707 | $8,547,325 | 2 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 8 | - | Lambada | $2,556,883 | - | 1,117 | - | $2,289 | $2,556,883 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | Hard to Kill | $2,531,030 | -28.6% | 1,265 | -233 | $2,000 | $40,617,567 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Born on the Fourth of July | $1,767,370 | -12.5% | 1,030 | -176 | $1,715 | $64,116,734 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Madhouse | $1,531,819 | -36.5% | 1,233 | -312 | $1,242 | $18,048,041 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Blind Fury | $1,179,020 | - | 353 | - | $3,340 | $1,179,020 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | 12 | The Handmaid's Tale | $1,130,434 | +8.2% | 177 | +60 | $6,386 | $2,175,141 | 2 | Cinecom Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Forbidden Dance | $938,479 | - | 637 | - | $1,473 | $938,479 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | - | Nuns on the Run | $928,001 | - | 76 | - | $12,210 | $928,001 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 16 | 10 | Glory | $918,933 | -21.8% | 723 | -80 | $1,271 | $22,697,599 | 15 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | My Left Foot | $901,233 | -9.7% | 331 | -21 | $2,722 | $7,972,920 | 19 | Miramax | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Cinema Paradiso | $221,602 | +19.3% | 26 | +9 | $8,523 | $1,028,772 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
