| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Hook | - | - | - | $119,654,823 | 2,254 | $13,522,535 | 11.3% | 2,197 | Dec 11 | - | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 2 | Father of the Bride | - | - | - | $89,325,780 | 1,712 | $7,031,146 | 7.9% | 1,561 | Dec 20 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Fried Green Tomatoes | - | - | - | $82,418,501 | 1,331 | $105,317 | 0.1% | 5 | Dec 27 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | - | - | - | $74,888,996 | 2,147 | $18,162,837 | 24.3% | 1,804 | Dec 6 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Prince of Tides | - | - | - | $74,787,599 | 1,546 | $10,035,412 | 13.4% | 1,405 | Dec 27 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 6 | JFK | - | - | - | $70,405,498 | 1,395 | $5,223,658 | 7.4% | 1,164 | Dec 20 | Jun 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | The Last Boy Scout | - | - | - | $59,509,925 | 1,823 | $7,923,669 | 13.3% | 1,823 | Dec 13 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Bugsy | - | - | - | $49,114,016 | 1,253 | $140,358 | 0.3% | 4 | Dec 13 | - | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 9 | Grand Canyon | - | - | - | $33,243,020 | 1,223 | $67,546 | 0.2% | 2 | Dec 27 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 10 | Rush | - | - | - | $7,241,350 | 664 | $36,890 | 0.5% | 8 | Dec 20 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 11 | Hear My Song | - | - | - | $4,313,473 | 214 | $12,965 | 0.3% | 1 | Dec 27 | - | Miramax | false |
| 12 | Naked Lunch | - | - | - | $2,641,357 | 102 | $64,491 | 2.4% | 5 | Dec 27 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | Madame Bovary | - | - | - | $1,942,423 | 53 | $236,113 | 12.2% | 52 | Dec 27 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 14 | High Heels | - | - | - | $1,710,057 | 22 | $74,103 | 4.3% | 13 | Dec 20 | - | Miramax | false |
| 15 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | - | - | - | $1,345,903 | 25 | $118,162 | 8.8% | 11 | Dec 6 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 16 | Kafka | - | - | - | $1,059,071 | 32 | $40,814 | 3.9% | 2 | Dec 4 | - | Miramax | false |
| 17 | Until the End of the World | - | - | - | $829,625 | 22 | $38,553 | 4.6% | 4 | Dec 27 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Rhapsody in August | - | - | - | $516,431 | 12 | $26,771 | 5.2% | 7 | Dec 19 | Mar 19 | Orion Classics | false |
| 19 | The National Film Board of Canada's Animation Festival | - | - | - | $249,167 | 11 | $49,551 | 19.9% | 11 | Dec 26 | Feb 6 | Expanded Entertainment | false |
| 20 | The Inner Circle | - | - | - | $93,292 | 3 | $36,782 | 39.4% | 3 | Dec 27 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 21 | Let Him Have It | - | - | - | $88,686 | 10 | $5,088 | 5.7% | 1 | Dec 6 | Jan 30 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 22 | Convicts | - | - | - | $13,623 | 1 | $6,347 | 46.6% | 1 | Dec 6 | Dec 19 | Management Company Entertainment Group (MCEG) | false |
| 23 | December | - | - | - | $5,868 | 2 | $4,529 | 77.2% | 2 | Dec 6 | Dec 12 | IRS Media | false |
| 24 | Inspector Lavardin | - | - | - | $2,685 | - | - | - | - | Dec 26 | - | MK2 Productions | false |
