| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Marked for Death | $6,664,484 | $5,097,944 | 76.5% | $1,566,540 | 23.5% | 1,899 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Memphis Belle | $5,723,010 | $4,278,250 | 74.8% | $1,444,760 | 25.2% | 1,368 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Quigley Down Under | $5,092,234 | $3,853,149 | 75.7% | $1,239,085 | 24.3% | 996 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Ghost | $4,708,439 | $3,555,283 | 75.5% | $1,153,156 | 24.5% | 1,766 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Avalon | $3,720,365 | $2,813,165 | 75.6% | $907,200 | 24.4% | 630 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Fantasia 1990 Re-release | $3,651,973 | $2,904,316 | 79.5% | $747,657 | 20.5% | 481 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Night of the Living Dead | $3,579,624 | $2,884,679 | 80.6% | $694,945 | 19.4% | 1,544 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Mr. Destiny | $3,500,741 | $2,774,570 | 79.3% | $726,171 | 20.7% | 859 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Goodfellas | $3,432,845 | $2,524,102 | 73.5% | $908,743 | 26.5% | 1,269 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Pacific Heights | $3,221,554 | $2,447,445 | 76% | $774,109 | 24% | 1,274 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Postcards from the Edge | $2,097,971 | $1,510,201 | 72% | $587,770 | 28% | 1,284 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Henry & June | $1,710,069 | $1,194,909 | 69.9% | $515,160 | 30.1% | 212 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | White Palace | $1,527,606 | $1,078,697 | 70.6% | $448,909 | 29.4% | 99 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Miller's Crossing | $1,172,697 | $813,180 | 69.3% | $359,517 | 30.7% | 289 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | Reversal of Fortune | $347,606 | $176,985 | 50.9% | $170,621 | 49.1% | 7 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Spirit of '76 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Fools of Fortune | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Pretty Woman | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | - | $932,567 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Tall Guy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Flatliners | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Corporate Affairs | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Concorde Pictures | - | false |
| - | Little Dorrit | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | The Icicle Thief | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Aries Films | - | false |
