| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Harlem Nights | $23,728,548 | $16,096,808 | 67.8% | $7,631,740 | 32.2% | 2,180 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Back to the Future Part II | $15,181,100 | - | - | - | - | 1,865 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Look Who's Talking | $12,133,098 | $8,537,321 | 70.4% | $3,595,777 | 29.6% | 1,651 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Steel Magnolias | $8,590,068 | $5,425,440 | 63.2% | $3,164,628 | 36.8% | 480 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Little Mermaid | $8,447,982 | $6,031,914 | 71.4% | $2,416,068 | 28.6% | 994 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | $6,149,754 | $4,712,834 | 76.6% | $1,436,920 | 23.4% | 1,577 | 1 | United Artists | - | false |
| 7 | Dad | $4,480,465 | $3,144,400 | 70.2% | $1,336,065 | 29.8% | 1,123 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Prancer | $4,104,498 | $2,914,486 | 71% | $1,190,012 | 29% | 1,713 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Bear | $3,826,472 | $2,790,992 | 72.9% | $1,035,480 | 27.1% | 1,054 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | $2,041,922 | $1,450,636 | 71% | $591,286 | 29% | 503 | 6 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Shocker | $1,303,380 | $936,675 | 71.9% | $366,705 | 28.1% | 905 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Staying Together | $1,206,134 | $939,208 | 77.9% | $266,926 | 22.1% | 1,004 | 2 | Hemdale | - | false |
| 13 | Sea of Love | $1,056,600 | $744,700 | 70.5% | $311,900 | 29.5% | 618 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | $868,399 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | Parenthood | $650,400 | $561,750 | 86.4% | $88,650 | 13.6% | 559 | 17 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Batman | $237,313 | $173,793 | 73.2% | $63,520 | 26.8% | 334 | 22 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | Valmont | $145,160 | $96,008 | 66.1% | $49,152 | 33.9% | 7 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Henry V | $98,045 | $65,815 | 67.1% | $32,230 | 32.9% | 4 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 19 | High Stakes | $4,780 | $3,346 | 70% | $1,434 | 30% | 1 | 1 | Trimark Pictures | - | false |
| - | Weapons of the Spirit | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | First Run | - | false |
| - | The Phantom of the Opera | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 21st Century Film France | - | false |
| - | Second Sight | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Crack House | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | Communion | - | $348,641 | - | - | - | - | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Best of the Best | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Taurus Entertainment Company | - | false |
| - | Black Rain | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Gross Anatomy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Survival Quest | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Erik the Viking | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Next of Kin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
