| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $10,694,621 | -8.1% | 1,950 | +206 | $5,484 | $37,104,588 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | The War of the Roses | $9,737,027 | -20.2% | 1,395 | +136 | $6,979 | $21,945,491 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Back to the Future Part II | $6,684,085 | -22.7% | 2,053 | +54 | $3,255 | $77,811,770 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 7 | The Little Mermaid | $4,350,243 | +26.6% | 1,249 | +250 | $3,482 | $30,769,752 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Steel Magnolias | $3,454,669 | -16.9% | 1,102 | +70 | $3,134 | $32,060,616 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Family Business | $3,196,444 | - | 1,201 | - | $2,661 | $3,196,444 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | - | We're No Angels | $3,001,010 | - | 1,239 | - | $2,422 | $3,001,010 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | - | The Wizard | $2,974,935 | - | 1,155 | - | $2,575 | $2,974,935 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | - | Blaze | $2,958,059 | - | 909 | - | $3,254 | $2,958,059 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | 6 | Harlem Nights | $2,547,980 | -32.8% | 1,324 | -856 | $1,924 | $50,299,677 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Look Who's Talking | $2,485,129 | -20.8% | 1,463 | -182 | $1,698 | $108,039,877 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 4 | She-Devil | $2,379,703 | -45.6% | 1,423 | +20 | $1,672 | $6,756,467 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Prancer | $1,899,138 | -6.8% | 1,484 | -175 | $1,279 | $15,036,778 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | $1,351,764 | -26.9% | 1,356 | -216 | $996 | $17,768,706 | 5 | United Artists | false | false |
| 15 | - | Driving Miss Daisy | $199,544 | - | 3 | - | $66,514 | $199,544 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 16 | - | Enemies, A Love Story | $123,643 | - | 3 | - | $41,214 | $123,643 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 17 | 13 | Parenthood | $108,185 | -72.4% | 281 | -33 | $385 | $95,226,103 | 21 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Glory | $98,220 | +787.2% | 3 | - | $32,740 | $109,291 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | Camille Claudel | $4,086 | - | - | - | - | $4,086 | 1 | Orion Classics | true | false |
