| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 2 | 1 | $11,030,038 | -19.8% | 23.9% | 4 | Joe Versus the Volcano | $5,250,004 | 47.6% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 2 | $9,111,680 | -17.7% | 19.7% | 1 | The Hunt for Red October | $9,111,680 | 100% | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $3,200,568 | -10.4% | 6.9% | 1 | House Party | $3,200,568 | 100% | 3 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 5 | 3 | $2,932,418 | -42.9% | 6.4% | 2 | Lord of the Flies | $2,460,163 | 83.9% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $1,656,271 | -42.8% | 3.6% | 1 | Blue Steel | $1,656,271 | 100% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,463,086 | -43.7% | 3.2% | 1 | Bad Influence | $1,463,086 | 100% | 3 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,324,680 | +6.7% | 2.9% | 1 | Born on the Fourth of July | $1,324,680 | 100% | 14 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 10 | 10 | $985,217 | +16.7% | 2.1% | 2 | My Left Foot | $800,502 | 81.3% | 20 | Miramax | - |
| 11 | 12 | $839,505 | +27.4% | 1.8% | 1 | Nuns on the Run | $839,505 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 13 | 7 | $537,900 | -64.8% | 1.2% | 2 | Glory | $537,900 | 100% | 15 | TriStar Pictures | - |
