| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Sea of Love | $13,659,830 | $10,017,840 | 73.3% | $3,641,990 | 26.7% | 1,246 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Uncle Buck | $4,973,890 | $4,124,590 | 82.9% | $849,300 | 17.1% | 1,817 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Parenthood | $4,583,565 | $3,730,560 | 81.4% | $853,005 | 18.6% | 1,387 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | When Harry Met Sally... | $3,466,654 | $2,655,860 | 76.6% | $810,794 | 23.4% | 1,171 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Kickboxer | $3,285,468 | $2,605,473 | 79.3% | $679,995 | 20.7% | 973 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 6 | Lethal Weapon 2 | $2,870,392 | $2,206,481 | 76.9% | $663,911 | 23.1% | 1,393 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | The Abyss | $2,754,643 | $2,150,879 | 78.1% | $603,764 | 21.9% | 1,361 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | $2,390,803 | $1,751,442 | 73.3% | $639,361 | 26.7% | 397 | 7 | Miramax | - | false |
| 9 | Turner & Hooch | $2,020,126 | $1,664,770 | 82.4% | $355,356 | 17.6% | 1,371 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Batman | $1,901,799 | $1,472,406 | 77.4% | $429,393 | 22.6% | 1,080 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Dead Poets Society | $1,454,268 | $1,116,274 | 76.8% | $337,994 | 23.2% | 963 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | $1,222,717 | $1,012,366 | 82.8% | $210,351 | 17.2% | 1,067 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Ghostbusters II | $276,435 | $228,577 | 82.7% | $47,858 | 17.3% | 331 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | In Country | $54,411 | $36,505 | 67.1% | $17,906 | 32.9% | 4 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | The Big Picture | $47,870 | $33,071 | 69.1% | $14,799 | 30.9% | 3 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Apartment Zero | $29,017 | $21,823 | 75.2% | $7,194 | 24.8% | 1 | 1 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | A Dry White Season | $17,270 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Package | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hotel Colonial | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Tough Guys Don't Dance | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Casualties of War | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Relentless | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Lady Beware | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Scotti Brothers Pictures (I) | - | false |
