| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Darkman | $11,260,730 | $8,054,860 | 71.5% | $3,205,870 | 28.5% | 1,786 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Ghost | $11,069,509 | $7,474,702 | 67.5% | $3,594,807 | 32.5% | 1,766 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Flatliners | $7,492,358 | $5,009,634 | 66.9% | $2,482,724 | 33.1% | 1,464 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Presumed Innocent | $6,630,283 | $4,646,004 | 70.1% | $1,984,279 | 29.9% | 1,327 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | My Blue Heaven | $5,351,984 | $3,776,720 | 70.6% | $1,575,264 | 29.4% | 1,868 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | The Exorcist III | $5,072,493 | $3,655,692 | 72.1% | $1,416,801 | 27.9% | 1,414 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Men at Work | $4,596,415 | $3,184,311 | 69.3% | $1,412,104 | 30.7% | 962 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 8 | Taking Care of Business | $4,442,129 | $3,063,303 | 69% | $1,378,826 | 31% | 1,145 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Pump Up the Volume | $3,830,021 | $1,601,489 | 41.8% | $2,228,532 | 58.2% | 799 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 10 | Air America | $3,609,220 | $2,539,230 | 70.4% | $1,069,990 | 29.6% | 1,597 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Witches | $3,466,790 | $2,221,402 | 64.1% | $1,245,388 | 35.9% | 879 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Young Guns II | $2,637,512 | $1,828,285 | 69.3% | $809,227 | 30.7% | 1,094 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection | $2,625,166 | $1,854,379 | 70.6% | $770,787 | 29.4% | 908 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 14 | Wild at Heart | $2,492,739 | $1,681,128 | 67.4% | $811,611 | 32.6% | 516 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 15 | Problem Child | $2,319,765 | $1,624,725 | 70% | $695,040 | 30% | 1,245 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Die Hard 2 | $1,976,828 | $1,341,529 | 67.9% | $635,299 | 32.1% | 902 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 17 | Total Recall | $690,207 | $478,170 | 69.3% | $212,037 | 30.7% | 483 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 18 | After Dark, My Sweet | $351,914 | $244,919 | 69.6% | $106,995 | 30.4% | 30 | 1 | Avenue Pictures Productions | - | false |
| 19 | The Icicle Thief | $34,192 | $20,809 | 60.9% | $13,383 | 39.1% | 1 | 1 | Aries Films | - | false |
| - | Arachnophobia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Two Jakes | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Without You I'm Nothing | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | The Jungle Book 1990 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Freshman | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Mo' Better Blues | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
