| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $12,594,403 | - | - | - | - | 1,950 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Tango & Cash | $12,206,055 | - | - | - | - | 1,409 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | The War of the Roses | $11,417,612 | - | - | - | - | 1,455 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | The Little Mermaid | $9,396,593 | - | - | - | - | 1,513 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Back to the Future Part II | $9,280,330 | $3,216,060 | 34.6% | $6,064,270 | 65.4% | 2,102 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Always | $7,185,980 | - | - | - | - | 1,016 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Steel Magnolias | $6,288,828 | - | - | - | - | 1,329 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Look Who's Talking | $3,351,075 | - | - | - | - | 1,365 | 11 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Wizard | $3,335,080 | - | - | - | - | 1,204 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Blaze | $3,322,196 | - | - | - | - | 909 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Family Business | $3,018,501 | - | - | - | - | 1,230 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | We're No Angels | $2,733,939 | - | - | - | - | 1,495 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Harlem Nights | $2,597,850 | - | - | - | - | 1,046 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | She-Devil | $2,150,189 | - | - | - | - | 1,452 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Prancer | $1,870,768 | - | - | - | - | 1,272 | 6 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | $1,741,223 | - | - | - | - | 1,301 | 6 | United Artists | - | false |
| 17 | Driving Miss Daisy | $753,093 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | Born on the Fourth of July | $445,710 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Enemies, A Love Story | $199,041 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 20 | Roger & Me | $170,196 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 21 | Parenthood | $156,755 | $96,690 | 61.7% | $60,065 | 38.3% | 293 | 22 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | Glory | $126,112 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | Camille Claudel | $95,187 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | Orion Classics | - | false |
| 24 | Music Box | $53,003 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 25 | Akira | $4,013 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Streamline Pictures | - | false |
| - | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
