| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Home Alone | $17,754,246 | +1% | 1,764 | +422 | $10,064 | $87,690,188 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Misery | $9,101,359 | -30% | 1,299 | +55 | $7,006 | $22,104,762 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Rookie | $7,431,337 | - | 1,862 | - | $3,991 | $7,431,337 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | 4 | Dances with Wolves | $7,272,350 | -21.4% | 1,051 | -2 | $6,919 | $33,905,814 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Three Men and a Little Lady | $5,789,025 | -39.6% | 1,282 | - | $4,515 | $37,101,052 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Predator 2 | $2,888,544 | -46.4% | 1,809 | -169 | $1,596 | $23,848,190 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Rocky V | $2,282,107 | -43.6% | 2,093 | -13 | $1,090 | $35,135,341 | 4 | United Artists | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Ghost | $1,893,929 | -20.6% | 1,386 | -142 | $1,366 | $200,383,531 | 22 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Rescuers Down Under | $1,764,935 | -26.7% | 1,237 | - | $1,426 | $13,943,989 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Child's Play 2 | $854,998 | -47.6% | 1,000 | -439 | $854 | $25,634,335 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Jacob's Ladder | $614,777 | -43.9% | 877 | -217 | $701 | $24,601,366 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Reversal of Fortune | $539,460 | -32.6% | 434 | -41 | $1,242 | $10,369,077 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | - | Edward Scissorhands | $254,212 | - | 2 | - | $127,106 | $254,212 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 14 | - | The Grifters | $103,832 | - | 2 | - | $51,916 | $103,832 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
