| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | $8,425,659 | $6,831,250 | 81.1% | $1,594,409 | 18.9% | 1,679 | 1 | Galaxy International Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | The Accused | $5,289,237 | $4,024,736 | 76.1% | $1,264,501 | 23.9% | 930 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Alien Nation | $3,404,665 | $2,606,250 | 76.6% | $798,415 | 23.4% | 1,436 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Punchline | $3,164,501 | $2,394,385 | 75.7% | $770,116 | 24.3% | 916 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Gorillas in the Mist | $2,811,260 | $2,188,920 | 77.9% | $622,340 | 22.1% | 1,073 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Without a Clue | $1,590,158 | $1,246,772 | 78.4% | $343,386 | 21.6% | 280 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Mystic Pizza | $1,586,352 | $1,163,939 | 73.4% | $422,413 | 26.6% | 401 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 8 | A Fish Called Wanda | $1,358,625 | $1,044,486 | 76.9% | $314,139 | 23.1% | 747 | 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | Crossing Delancey | $1,330,076 | $1,042,217 | 78.4% | $287,859 | 21.6% | 303 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Bat*21 | $1,292,080 | $982,080 | 76% | $310,000 | 24% | 248 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Clara's Heart | $1,251,230 | $965,933 | 77.2% | $285,297 | 22.8% | 262 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $1,170,261 | $950,120 | 81.2% | $220,141 | 18.8% | 934 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Die Hard | $1,161,988 | $876,888 | 75.5% | $285,100 | 24.5% | 829 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | Things Change | $765,771 | $600,809 | 78.5% | $164,962 | 21.5% | 99 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Pumpkinhead | $473,692 | $376,306 | 79.4% | $97,386 | 20.6% | 351 | 2 | United Artists | - | false |
| 16 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $234,344 | $161,375 | 68.9% | $72,969 | 31.1% | 90 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Tapeheads | $176,565 | $133,330 | 75.5% | $43,235 | 24.5% | 138 | 1 | Avenue Pictures Productions | - | false |
| 18 | The Lair of the White Worm | $33,762 | $22,155 | 65.6% | $11,607 | 34.4% | 2 | 1 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| - | Running on Empty | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Track 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Island Pictures | - | false |
| - | Imagine: John Lennon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Cocktail | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Memories of Me | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Big | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
