| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $10,023,615 | - | 766 | - | $13,085 | $10,023,615 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 3 | The Prince of Tides | $7,803,043 | -30.6% | 1,456 | +44 | $5,359 | $41,825,205 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Hook | $7,731,220 | -43.7% | 2,254 | - | $3,430 | $92,053,465 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Father of the Bride | $7,165,074 | -36.8% | 1,647 | +59 | $4,350 | $52,691,747 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Kuffs | $6,885,680 | - | 1,411 | - | $4,880 | $6,885,680 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | JFK | $6,443,602 | -30.2% | 1,183 | +19 | $5,446 | $39,708,643 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Beauty and the Beast | $5,887,508 | -43.5% | 1,960 | +20 | $3,003 | $89,965,251 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | The Last Boy Scout | $4,956,537 | -45.5% | 1,741 | -82 | $2,846 | $50,780,623 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 16 | Grand Canyon | $4,579,841 | +3,429.3% | 364 | +362 | $12,581 | $4,902,922 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Bugsy | $4,226,090 | -40.1% | 1,253 | +8 | $3,372 | $31,232,552 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | $3,552,901 | -40.9% | 1,612 | -535 | $2,204 | $65,430,729 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Addams Family | $2,928,998 | -46.1% | 1,550 | -424 | $1,889 | $102,208,321 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Cape Fear | $2,672,740 | -42.7% | 1,221 | -146 | $2,188 | $69,447,562 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Rush | $2,368,339 | +1,038.4% | 528 | +519 | $4,485 | $2,949,010 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | My Girl | $2,273,759 | -49.4% | 1,503 | -187 | $1,512 | $51,738,586 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $887,502 | +185.9% | 35 | +26 | $25,357 | $1,466,698 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 17 | Naked Lunch | $438,224 | +290.3% | 51 | +46 | $8,592 | $675,342 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 18 | - | 35 Up | $3,947 | - | 1 | - | $3,947 | $3,947 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
