| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | They Live | $6,216,803 | $4,827,903 | 77.7% | $1,388,900 | 22.3% | 1,463 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | U2: Rattle and Hum | $4,934,510 | $3,821,351 | 77.4% | $1,113,159 | 22.6% | 1,391 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Everybody's All-American | $4,417,286 | $3,425,796 | 77.6% | $991,490 | 22.4% | 1,122 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | The Accused | $3,649,752 | $2,637,635 | 72.3% | $1,012,117 | 27.7% | 930 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | $2,758,226 | $2,333,101 | 84.6% | $425,125 | 15.4% | 1,583 | 3 | Galaxy International Releasing | - | false |
| 6 | The Good Mother | $2,387,991 | $1,804,288 | 75.6% | $583,703 | 24.4% | 667 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Mystic Pizza | $1,867,082 | $1,407,742 | 75.4% | $459,340 | 24.6% | 386 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 8 | Gorillas in the Mist | $1,828,270 | $1,373,140 | 75.1% | $455,130 | 24.9% | 967 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Punchline | $1,812,617 | $1,406,972 | 77.6% | $405,645 | 22.4% | 912 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Alien Nation | $1,734,289 | $1,306,849 | 75.4% | $427,440 | 24.6% | 1,174 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Feds | $1,424,978 | $1,110,129 | 77.9% | $314,849 | 22.1% | 825 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Without a Clue | $1,036,328 | $813,164 | 78.5% | $223,164 | 21.5% | 257 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $85,594 | $85,594 | 100% | $0 | - | 48 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Madame Sousatzka | - | - | - | - | - | 123 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Pumpkinhead | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | United Artists | - | false |
| - | Crossing Delancey | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Die Hard | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Clara's Heart | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Bat*21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | A Fish Called Wanda | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Modern Girls | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
