| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Pet Sematary | $8,007,066 | $6,338,594 | 79.2% | $1,668,472 | 20.8% | 1,585 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | K-9 | $7,741,100 | $6,143,100 | 79.4% | $1,598,000 | 20.6% | 1,700 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Field of Dreams | $7,253,046 | $5,424,810 | 74.8% | $1,828,236 | 25.2% | 633 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Major League | $4,562,312 | $3,593,058 | 78.8% | $969,254 | 21.2% | 1,557 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Criminal Law | $2,592,421 | $1,921,232 | 74.1% | $671,189 | 25.9% | 1,122 | 2 | Hemdale | - | false |
| 6 | Listen to Me | $2,238,311 | $1,789,759 | 80% | $448,552 | 20% | 1,306 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Dream Team | $2,231,585 | $1,757,025 | 78.7% | $474,560 | 21.3% | 1,233 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Say Anything | $2,219,546 | $1,679,583 | 75.7% | $539,963 | 24.3% | 1,024 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Rain Man | $2,130,025 | $1,586,090 | 74.5% | $543,935 | 25.5% | 1,218 | 21 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | Scandal | $1,319,309 | $981,150 | 74.4% | $338,159 | 25.6% | 214 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 11 | Loverboy | $1,210,890 | $948,078 | 78.3% | $262,812 | 21.7% | 1,086 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | She's Out of Control | $1,102,893 | $910,283 | 82.5% | $192,610 | 17.5% | 983 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | $398,813 | $269,424 | 67.6% | $129,389 | 32.4% | 110 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Getting It Right | $104,197 | $73,159 | 70.2% | $31,038 | 29.8% | 44 | 1 | Management Company Entertainment Group (MCEG) | - | false |
| - | Powwow Highway | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Checking Out | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Mississippi Burning | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Working Girl | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | See You in the Morning | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Steele Justice | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | House III: The Horror Show | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Dangerous Liaisons | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
