| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $10,694,621 | $7,233,119 | 67.6% | $3,461,502 | 32.4% | 1,950 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | The War of the Roses | $9,737,027 | $6,975,488 | 71.6% | $2,761,539 | 28.4% | 1,395 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Back to the Future Part II | $6,684,085 | $4,410,140 | 66% | $2,273,945 | 34% | 2,053 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Little Mermaid | $4,350,243 | $2,522,362 | 58% | $1,827,881 | 42% | 1,249 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Steel Magnolias | $3,454,669 | $2,094,664 | 60.6% | $1,360,005 | 39.4% | 1,102 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Family Business | $3,196,444 | $2,130,024 | 66.6% | $1,066,420 | 33.4% | 1,201 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | We're No Angels | $3,001,010 | $2,047,630 | 68.2% | $953,380 | 31.8% | 1,239 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Wizard | $2,974,935 | $2,142,525 | 72% | $832,410 | 28% | 1,155 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Blaze | $2,958,059 | $1,739,701 | 58.8% | $1,218,358 | 41.2% | 909 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Harlem Nights | $2,547,980 | $1,724,761 | 67.7% | $823,219 | 32.3% | 1,324 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Look Who's Talking | $2,485,129 | $1,583,810 | 63.7% | $901,319 | 36.3% | 1,463 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | She-Devil | $2,379,703 | $1,644,289 | 69.1% | $735,414 | 30.9% | 1,423 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Prancer | $1,899,138 | $1,181,129 | 62.2% | $718,009 | 37.8% | 1,484 | 5 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | $1,351,764 | $837,015 | 61.9% | $514,749 | 38.1% | 1,356 | 5 | United Artists | - | false |
| 15 | Driving Miss Daisy | $199,544 | $73,745 | 37% | $125,799 | 63% | 3 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Enemies, A Love Story | $123,643 | $63,636 | 51.5% | $60,007 | 48.5% | 3 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 17 | Parenthood | $108,185 | $91,325 | 84.4% | $16,860 | 15.6% | 281 | 21 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Glory | $98,220 | $63,661 | 64.8% | $34,559 | 35.2% | 3 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Camille Claudel | $4,086 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Orion Classics | - | false |
| - | Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Fear Anxiety Depression | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Dad | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Bear | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
