| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Uncle Buck | $9,959,005 | $6,725,275 | 67.5% | $3,233,730 | 32.5% | 1,835 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Parenthood | $9,283,590 | $6,380,240 | 68.7% | $2,903,350 | 31.3% | 1,376 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Abyss | $6,965,958 | $4,734,287 | 68% | $2,231,671 | 32% | 1,525 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | When Harry Met Sally... | $6,066,942 | $4,056,399 | 66.9% | $2,010,543 | 33.1% | 1,171 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Lethal Weapon 2 | $4,922,985 | $3,335,582 | 67.8% | $1,587,403 | 32.2% | 1,560 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Turner & Hooch | $4,461,227 | $3,021,348 | 67.7% | $1,439,879 | 32.3% | 1,551 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Casualties of War | $4,175,018 | $2,866,498 | 68.7% | $1,308,520 | 31.3% | 1,487 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Batman | $3,964,104 | $2,597,560 | 65.5% | $1,366,544 | 34.5% | 1,302 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | $2,652,667 | $1,736,256 | 65.4% | $916,411 | 34.6% | 1,189 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Package | $2,598,395 | $1,851,673 | 71.3% | $746,722 | 28.7% | 323 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Millennium | $2,248,409 | $1,614,692 | 71.8% | $633,717 | 28.2% | 486 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child | $2,090,619 | $1,696,495 | 81.2% | $394,124 | 18.8% | 1,114 | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 13 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | $2,059,830 | $1,210,540 | 58.8% | $849,290 | 41.2% | 101 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 14 | Cheetah | $1,876,221 | $1,190,212 | 63.4% | $686,009 | 36.6% | 1,321 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Lock Up | $1,575,827 | $1,093,678 | 69.4% | $482,149 | 30.6% | 829 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Dead Poets Society | $1,447,684 | $963,442 | 66.6% | $484,242 | 33.4% | 671 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Let It Ride | $1,431,363 | $986,869 | 69% | $444,494 | 31% | 1,191 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | $1,089,348 | $726,388 | 66.7% | $362,960 | 33.3% | 431 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Ghostbusters II | $990,954 | $652,634 | 65.9% | $338,320 | 34.1% | 606 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | The Adventures of Milo and Otis | $914,837 | $470,084 | 51.4% | $444,753 | 48.6% | 239 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Wired | $869,000 | $681,054 | 78.4% | $187,946 | 21.6% | 745 | 1 | Taurus Entertainment Company | - | false |
| 22 | Cookie | $540,985 | $292,483 | 54.1% | $248,502 | 45.9% | 82 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 23 | Heart of Dixie | $475,752 | $367,091 | 77.2% | $108,661 | 22.8% | 359 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | Little Monsters | $387,881 | $253,834 | 65.4% | $134,047 | 34.6% | 179 | 1 | United Artists | - | false |
| 25 | Romero | $18,827 | $10,189 | 54.1% | $8,638 | 45.9% | 2 | 1 | Four Square | - | false |
| - | Rude Awakening | - | $394,843 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Rosary Murders | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
