| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Pretty Woman | $9,135,875 | -5.4% | 1,726 | +16 | $5,293 | $92,968,949 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | $6,465,061 | -22.4% | 2,330 | -47 | $2,774 | $105,912,889 | 6 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 3 | - | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | $6,339,443 | - | 1,535 | - | $4,129 | $6,339,443 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Guardian | $3,836,560 | -45.7% | 1,736 | +52 | $2,210 | $10,904,750 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Spaced Invaders | $3,645,543 | -31.6% | 1,845 | +24 | $1,975 | $8,971,959 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | The Hunt for Red October | $3,139,852 | -22% | 1,377 | -102 | $2,280 | $103,279,223 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Q&A | $2,687,776 | -28.3% | 923 | +11 | $2,912 | $6,435,641 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Wild Orchid | $2,385,317 | -34.6% | 822 | +3 | $2,901 | $6,031,959 | 2 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Driving Miss Daisy | $2,130,130 | -10.9% | 1,120 | +57 | $1,901 | $99,001,464 | 21 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | Short Time | $1,563,542 | - | 557 | - | $2,807 | $1,563,542 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 11 | 9 | Miami Blues | $1,370,283 | -30.8% | 833 | - | $1,644 | $7,303,597 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Ernest Goes to Jail | $1,190,861 | -30.9% | 1,148 | -434 | $1,037 | $20,654,799 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | Cinema Paradiso | $509,848 | +3.5% | 114 | -9 | $4,472 | $3,844,552 | 14 | Miramax | false | false |
| 14 | - | Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? | $390,883 | - | 150 | - | $2,605 | $390,883 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 15 | - | Last Exit to Brooklyn | $282,899 | - | 13 | - | $21,761 | $282,899 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | - | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | $100,781 | - | 2 | - | $50,390 | $100,781 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 17 | - | Happy Together | $42,888 | - | 10 | - | $4,288 | $42,888 | 1 | Borde Releasing | true | false |
| 18 | - | The Feud | $3,102 | - | 1 | - | $3,102 | $3,102 | 1 | Castle Hill Productions | true | false |
