| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ghost | $8,643,231 | -27.1% | 1,766 | - | $4,894 | $135,570,301 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Darkman | $5,228,845 | -43.7% | 1,782 | -51 | $2,934 | $25,782,885 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Presumed Innocent | $4,580,888 | -33.4% | 1,410 | +55 | $3,248 | $73,013,427 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Flatliners | $4,350,132 | -31.2% | 1,483 | +4 | $2,933 | $45,492,155 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Men at Work | $2,329,317 | -34.9% | 1,034 | -1 | $2,252 | $10,504,229 | 3 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Taking Care of Business | $2,163,905 | -35.1% | 1,101 | -75 | $1,965 | $15,833,449 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | My Blue Heaven | $2,082,606 | -44.1% | 1,190 | -312 | $1,750 | $20,627,064 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Young Guns II | $1,988,776 | -29.3% | 1,349 | +28 | $1,474 | $36,707,549 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Air America | $1,850,214 | -31.4% | 1,203 | -76 | $1,538 | $27,466,572 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | The Exorcist III | $1,840,725 | -43.7% | 1,106 | -191 | $1,664 | $23,161,443 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Wild at Heart | $1,629,221 | -33% | 625 | +7 | $2,606 | $11,026,182 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Pump Up the Volume | $1,555,006 | -30.9% | 812 | - | $1,915 | $7,634,669 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 13 | 16 | Problem Child | $1,347,775 | -28.4% | 1,059 | -51 | $1,272 | $44,774,705 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | The Witches | $1,341,380 | -48.7% | 827 | -52 | $1,621 | $7,424,894 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Die Hard 2 | $1,337,612 | -31.5% | 870 | -66 | $1,537 | $111,392,039 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | 19 | After Dark, My Sweet | $805,112 | +100.4% | 153 | +111 | $5,262 | $1,558,837 | 3 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | Total Recall | $495,504 | -25.8% | 432 | -2 | $1,147 | $117,269,642 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
