| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Uncle Buck | $9,004,700 | - | - | - | - | 1,832 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Parenthood | $8,627,299 | $6,074,333 | 70.4% | $2,552,966 | 29.6% | 1,381 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Abyss | $6,479,576 | - | - | - | - | 1,532 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | When Harry Met Sally... | $5,785,270 | - | - | - | - | 1,149 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Lethal Weapon 2 | $5,534,976 | - | - | - | - | 1,613 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Turner & Hooch | $4,383,442 | - | - | - | - | 1,536 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Batman | $4,182,461 | $2,866,560 | 68.5% | $1,315,901 | 31.5% | 1,344 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | $4,038,316 | - | - | - | - | 347 | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| 9 | Relentless | $3,701,447 | - | - | - | - | 835 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 10 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | $3,219,423 | - | - | - | - | 1,049 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | $3,088,413 | - | - | - | - | 1,257 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Casualties of War | $2,874,195 | - | - | - | - | 1,482 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Package | $2,606,287 | - | - | - | - | 460 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Dead Poets Society | $1,649,022 | - | - | - | - | 721 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Millennium | $1,366,076 | - | - | - | - | 488 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 16 | A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child | $1,218,212 | - | - | - | - | 733 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 17 | Ghostbusters II | $746,856 | $529,914 | 71% | $216,942 | 29% | 518 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Shirley Valentine | $362,170 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Weapons of the Spirit | $23,225 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Distant Voices, Still Lives | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 6 | Avenue Pictures Productions | - | false |
| - | Cookie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Let It Ride | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Lock Up | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Cheetah | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Adventures of Milo and Otis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Little Monsters | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | United Artists | - | false |
| - | Heart of Dixie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Penitentiary III | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
