| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The War of the Roses | $12,208,464 | $9,488,794 | 77.7% | $2,719,670 | 22.3% | 1,259 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $11,634,953 | $9,299,450 | 79.9% | $2,335,503 | 20.1% | 1,744 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Back to the Future Part II | $8,651,695 | $7,010,580 | 81% | $1,641,115 | 19% | 1,999 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | She-Devil | $4,376,764 | $3,509,647 | 80.2% | $867,117 | 19.8% | 1,403 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Steel Magnolias | $4,159,106 | $3,021,928 | 72.7% | $1,137,178 | 27.3% | 1,032 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Harlem Nights | $3,792,595 | $2,917,788 | 76.9% | $874,807 | 23.1% | 2,180 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Little Mermaid | $3,435,377 | $2,764,119 | 80.5% | $671,258 | 19.5% | 999 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Look Who's Talking | $3,138,649 | $2,524,622 | 80.4% | $614,027 | 19.6% | 1,645 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Prancer | $2,038,732 | $1,651,747 | 81% | $386,985 | 19% | 1,659 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | $1,847,991 | $1,527,708 | 82.7% | $320,283 | 17.3% | 1,572 | 4 | United Artists | - | false |
| 11 | The Bear | $921,377 | $683,513 | 74.2% | $237,864 | 25.8% | 1,039 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Dad | $863,465 | $637,315 | 73.8% | $226,150 | 26.2% | 917 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Parenthood | $392,271 | $106,760 | 27.2% | $285,511 | 72.8% | 314 | 20 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Triumph of the Spirit | $46,569 | $33,963 | 72.9% | $12,606 | 27.1% | 3 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 15 | Batman | $14,650 | $11,133 | 76% | $3,517 | 24% | 58 | 25 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Glory | $11,071 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Fear Anxiety Depression | $6,480 | $4,212 | 65% | $2,268 | 35% | 1 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Sea of Love | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Crimes and Misdemeanors | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Chocolat | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | Orion Classics | - | false |
