| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Uncle Buck | $5,750,727 | $4,550,887 | 79.1% | $1,199,840 | 20.9% | 1,824 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Parenthood | $5,566,113 | $4,406,913 | 79.2% | $1,159,200 | 20.8% | 1,380 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Kickboxer | $5,286,530 | $4,134,098 | 78.2% | $1,152,432 | 21.8% | 973 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 4 | When Harry Met Sally... | $4,183,306 | $3,113,154 | 74.4% | $1,070,152 | 25.6% | 1,171 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Abyss | $3,769,074 | $2,865,779 | 76% | $903,295 | 24% | 1,498 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Lethal Weapon 2 | $3,487,670 | $2,597,052 | 74.5% | $890,618 | 25.5% | 1,538 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | $2,823,213 | $2,135,236 | 75.6% | $687,977 | 24.4% | 363 | 6 | Miramax | - | false |
| 8 | Turner & Hooch | $2,667,188 | $2,124,673 | 79.7% | $542,515 | 20.3% | 1,494 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Batman | $2,465,147 | $1,887,559 | 76.6% | $577,588 | 23.4% | 1,284 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | $1,759,277 | $1,173,418 | 66.7% | $585,859 | 33.3% | 746 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Relentless | $1,729,575 | $1,362,941 | 78.8% | $366,634 | 21.2% | 836 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 12 | The Package | $1,650,848 | $1,232,386 | 74.6% | $418,462 | 25.4% | 458 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Casualties of War | $1,638,273 | $1,157,399 | 70.6% | $480,874 | 29.4% | 1,163 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | $1,608,769 | $1,308,447 | 81.3% | $300,322 | 18.7% | 1,161 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Dead Poets Society | $1,292,617 | $943,859 | 73% | $348,758 | 27% | 739 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Ghostbusters II | $412,857 | $334,206 | 81% | $78,651 | 19% | 431 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Shirley Valentine | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Millennium | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Distant Voices, Still Lives | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Avenue Pictures Productions | - | false |
| - | A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
