| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Flatliners | - | - | - | $61,489,265 | 1,483 | $10,034,685 | 16.3% | 1,319 | Aug 10 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 2 | Young Guns II | - | - | - | $44,143,410 | 1,770 | $8,017,438 | 18.2% | 1,770 | Aug 3 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 3 | Darkman | - | - | - | $33,878,502 | 1,833 | $8,054,860 | 23.8% | 1,786 | Aug 24 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Air America | - | - | - | $31,053,601 | 1,902 | $8,064,480 | 26% | 1,902 | Aug 10 | - | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Exorcist III | - | - | - | $26,098,824 | 1,414 | $9,312,219 | 35.7% | 1,288 | Aug 17 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | My Blue Heaven | - | - | - | $23,591,472 | 1,868 | $6,207,092 | 26.3% | 1,859 | Aug 17 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | Taking Care of Business | - | - | - | $20,005,435 | 1,176 | $3,620,054 | 18.1% | 1,074 | Aug 17 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | - | - | - | $18,115,724 | 1,558 | $3,870,366 | 21.4% | 1,549 | Aug 3 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Men at Work | - | - | - | $16,247,964 | 1,035 | $3,184,311 | 19.6% | 962 | Aug 24 | - | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 10 | Mo' Better Blues | - | - | - | $16,153,593 | 572 | $4,387,360 | 27.2% | 544 | Aug 3 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Wild at Heart | - | - | - | $14,560,247 | 625 | $2,913,764 | 20% | 532 | Aug 17 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 12 | Pump Up the Volume | - | - | - | $11,541,758 | 821 | $1,601,489 | 13.9% | 799 | Aug 24 | - | New Line Cinema | false |
| 13 | The Witches | - | - | - | $10,360,553 | 879 | $2,221,402 | 21.4% | 879 | Aug 24 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | The Two Jakes | - | - | - | $10,005,969 | 1,206 | $3,729,149 | 37.3% | 1,206 | Aug 10 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 15 | Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection | - | - | - | $6,698,361 | 909 | $1,854,379 | 27.7% | 908 | Aug 24 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 16 | The Lemon Sisters | - | - | - | $3,473,905 | 598 | $2,122,066 | 61.1% | 598 | Aug 31 | - | Miramax | false |
| 17 | Metropolitan | - | - | - | $2,938,208 | 5 | $46,663 | 1.6% | 1 | Aug 3 | - | New Line Cinema | false |
| 18 | After Dark, My Sweet | - | - | - | $2,678,414 | 153 | $244,919 | 9.1% | 30 | Aug 24 | Nov 8 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 19 | Dreams | - | - | - | $1,963,207 | - | - | - | - | Aug 24 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | The Icicle Thief | - | - | - | $1,231,622 | 22 | $20,809 | 1.7% | 1 | Aug 24 | Feb 28 | Aries Films | false |
| 21 | Twister | - | - | - | $33,455 | 2 | $9,864 | 29.5% | 2 | Aug 8 | - | Greycat Films | false |
