| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $12,594,403 | +17.8% | 1,950 | - | $6,458 | $49,698,991 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Tango & Cash | $12,206,055 | - | 1,409 | - | $8,662 | $12,206,055 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | The War of the Roses | $11,417,612 | +17.3% | 1,455 | +60 | $7,847 | $33,363,103 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | The Little Mermaid | $9,396,593 | +116% | 1,513 | +264 | $6,210 | $40,166,345 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Back to the Future Part II | $9,280,330 | +38.8% | 2,102 | +49 | $4,415 | $87,092,100 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Always | $7,185,980 | - | 1,016 | - | $7,072 | $7,185,980 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Steel Magnolias | $6,288,828 | +82% | 1,329 | +227 | $4,732 | $38,349,444 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 11 | Look Who's Talking | $3,351,075 | +34.8% | 1,365 | -98 | $2,455 | $111,390,952 | 11 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Wizard | $3,335,080 | +12.1% | 1,204 | +49 | $2,770 | $6,310,015 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Blaze | $3,322,196 | +12.3% | 909 | - | $3,654 | $6,280,255 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Family Business | $3,018,501 | -5.6% | 1,230 | +29 | $2,454 | $6,214,945 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | We're No Angels | $2,733,939 | -8.9% | 1,495 | +256 | $1,828 | $5,734,949 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Harlem Nights | $2,597,850 | +2% | 1,046 | -278 | $2,483 | $52,897,527 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | She-Devil | $2,150,189 | -9.6% | 1,452 | +29 | $1,480 | $8,906,656 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Prancer | $1,870,768 | -1.5% | 1,272 | -212 | $1,470 | $16,907,546 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | $1,741,223 | +28.8% | 1,301 | -55 | $1,338 | $19,509,929 | 6 | United Artists | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Driving Miss Daisy | $753,093 | +277.4% | 32 | +29 | $23,534 | $952,637 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | - | Born on the Fourth of July | $445,710 | - | 5 | - | $89,142 | $445,710 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 19 | 16 | Enemies, A Love Story | $199,041 | +61% | 5 | +2 | $39,808 | $322,684 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 20 | - | Roger & Me | $170,196 | - | 4 | - | $42,549 | $170,196 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 21 | 17 | Parenthood | $156,755 | +44.9% | 293 | +12 | $535 | $95,382,858 | 22 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | Glory | $126,112 | +28.4% | 3 | - | $42,037 | $235,403 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 19 | Camille Claudel | $95,187 | +2,229.6% | 9 | - | $10,576 | $99,273 | 2 | Orion Classics | false | false |
| 24 | - | Music Box | $53,003 | - | 3 | - | $17,667 | $53,003 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 25 | - | Akira | $4,013 | - | - | - | - | $4,013 | 1 | - | true | false |
