| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Back to the Future Part II | $32,712,100 | $27,835,125 | 85.1% | $4,876,975 | 14.9% | 1,865 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Harlem Nights | $13,613,414 | $11,136,904 | 81.8% | $2,476,510 | 18.2% | 2,180 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Little Mermaid | $9,631,315 | $8,384,862 | 87.1% | $1,246,453 | 12.9% | 999 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Steel Magnolias | $9,239,008 | $7,053,867 | 76.4% | $2,185,141 | 23.6% | 720 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Look Who's Talking | $9,096,509 | $7,878,228 | 86.6% | $1,218,281 | 13.4% | 1,651 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | $5,709,312 | $5,012,048 | 87.8% | $697,264 | 12.2% | 1,590 | 2 | United Artists | - | false |
| 7 | Prancer | $4,625,100 | $4,053,924 | 87.6% | $571,176 | 12.4% | 1,717 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Dad | $3,585,530 | $2,928,420 | 81.7% | $657,110 | 18.3% | 1,188 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Bear | $2,807,630 | $2,344,243 | 83.5% | $463,387 | 16.5% | 1,054 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | $1,771,544 | $1,458,174 | 82.3% | $313,370 | 17.7% | 525 | 7 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Sea of Love | $841,540 | $701,890 | 83.4% | $139,650 | 16.6% | 518 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Parenthood | $707,410 | $616,660 | 87.2% | $90,750 | 12.8% | 550 | 18 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | $671,855 | $530,589 | 79% | $141,266 | 21% | 336 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | Batman | $72,668 | $50,429 | 69.4% | $22,239 | 30.6% | 189 | 23 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Drugstore Cowboy | - | - | - | - | - | 87 | 8 | Avenue Pictures Productions | - | false |
| - | Weapons of the Spirit | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | First Run | - | false |
| - | The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | Circle Films | - | false |
| - | Staying Together | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Hemdale | - | false |
| - | Valmont | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Shocker | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
