| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Home Alone | $14,232,156 | -1.1% | 1,764 | +422 | $8,068 | $84,168,098 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Misery | $7,107,047 | -29.5% | 1,299 | +55 | $5,471 | $20,110,450 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Rookie | $5,510,056 | - | 1,862 | - | $2,959 | $5,510,056 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | 4 | Dances with Wolves | $5,385,579 | -23.3% | 1,051 | -2 | $5,124 | $32,019,043 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Three Men and a Little Lady | $4,575,817 | -43.1% | 1,282 | - | $3,569 | $35,887,844 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Predator 2 | $2,101,472 | -49.3% | 1,809 | -169 | $1,161 | $23,061,118 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Rocky V | $1,800,838 | -45.5% | 2,093 | -13 | $860 | $34,654,072 | 4 | United Artists | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Ghost | $1,452,888 | -21.5% | 1,386 | -142 | $1,048 | $199,942,490 | 22 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Rescuers Down Under | $1,422,169 | -29.1% | 1,237 | - | $1,149 | $13,601,223 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Child's Play 2 | $680,098 | -49.5% | 1,000 | -439 | $680 | $25,459,435 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Jacob's Ladder | $429,730 | -48% | 877 | -217 | $490 | $24,416,319 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Reversal of Fortune | $401,585 | -35.7% | 434 | -41 | $925 | $10,231,202 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | - | Edward Scissorhands | $159,622 | - | 2 | - | $79,811 | $159,622 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 14 | - | The Grifters | $71,034 | - | 2 | - | $35,517 | $71,034 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
