| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Alien Nation | $8,421,429 | - | 1,430 | - | $5,889 | $8,421,429 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | - | Punchline | $5,206,592 | - | 753 | - | $6,914 | $5,446,307 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | - | Gorillas in the Mist | $4,042,940 | - | 1,081 | - | $3,740 | $9,195,683 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | - | Crossing Delancey | $1,662,891 | - | 290 | - | $5,734 | $7,351,530 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | - | A Fish Called Wanda | $1,636,968 | - | 959 | - | $1,706 | $53,318,164 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | - | Die Hard | $1,513,576 | - | 1,050 | - | $1,441 | $72,770,440 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | - | Imagine: John Lennon | $1,412,213 | - | 561 | - | $2,517 | $1,412,213 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | - | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $1,404,155 | - | 1,147 | - | $1,224 | $141,978,958 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | Memories of Me | $1,388,123 | - | 723 | - | $1,919 | - | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | - | Cocktail | $1,278,534 | - | 1,042 | - | $1,227 | $69,217,603 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | - | Elvira: Mistress of the Dark | $1,229,675 | - | 613 | - | $2,005 | $3,297,433 | - | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | - | Heartbreak Hotel | $1,226,040 | - | 1,414 | - | $867 | $3,816,862 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | - | Big | $1,084,625 | - | 821 | - | $1,321 | $105,591,874 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | - | Dead Ringers | $972,333 | - | 819 | - | $1,187 | $6,735,764 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | - | Running on Empty | $343,847 | - | 153 | - | $2,247 | $1,798,399 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | - | The Last Temptation of Christ | $308,885 | - | 120 | - | $2,574 | $7,100,522 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
