| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Twins | $16,963,065 | +39.3% | 1,621 | +169 | $10,464 | $43,497,325 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Rain Man | $16,666,311 | +45.7% | 1,254 | +6 | $13,290 | $28,106,143 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | $10,810,720 | +21% | 1,969 | +32 | $5,490 | $39,960,050 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Working Girl | $9,349,193 | - | 1,051 | - | $8,895 | $9,349,193 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 5 | 7 | Oliver & Company | $8,669,818 | +98.3% | 1,503 | +338 | $5,768 | $32,812,317 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | $8,594,407 | +18.8% | 1,510 | +44 | $5,691 | $15,828,002 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Scrooged | $6,815,021 | -9.3% | 1,897 | +100 | $3,592 | $51,657,607 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Tequila Sunrise | $5,626,469 | +23.4% | 1,411 | +17 | $3,987 | $23,987,065 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Land Before Time | $4,987,175 | +73.8% | 1,395 | +69 | $3,575 | $34,275,760 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | $4,841,837 | - | 1,180 | - | $4,103 | $4,841,837 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 10 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | $2,841,412 | +98.7% | 1,148 | +38 | $2,475 | $6,969,481 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Ernest Saves Christmas | $1,444,571 | -14.4% | 1,290 | -17 | $1,119 | $27,077,834 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Cocoon: The Return | $1,323,660 | +40% | 950 | -47 | $1,393 | $14,776,281 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | $910,256 | +3.2% | 135 | - | $6,742 | $1,792,612 | 2 | United Artists | false | false |
| 15 | - | Beaches | $348,674 | - | 7 | - | $49,810 | $348,674 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | 14 | Mississippi Burning | $326,452 | +33.6% | 9 | - | $36,272 | $890,559 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Dangerous Liaisons | $227,290 | - | 3 | - | $75,763 | $227,290 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 18 | - | The Accidental Tourist | $170,176 | - | 3 | - | $56,725 | $170,176 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 19 | - | Talk Radio | $163,447 | - | 6 | - | $27,241 | $163,447 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 20 | 17 | Pelle the Conqueror | $65,529 | +1,559% | 10 | - | $6,552 | $69,479 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | We Think the World of You | $9,046 | +1,397.7% | 1 | - | $9,046 | $9,650 | 2 | Cinecom Pictures | false | false |
