| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The War of the Roses | $13,084,165 | - | - | - | - | 1,526 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Tango & Cash | $12,293,032 | - | - | - | - | 1,556 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | The Little Mermaid | $11,374,991 | - | - | - | - | 1,521 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Back to the Future Part II | $9,834,380 | $6,500,095 | 66.1% | $3,334,285 | 33.9% | 1,944 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $9,456,044 | - | - | - | - | 1,901 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Always | $8,790,850 | - | - | - | - | 1,090 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Steel Magnolias | $8,091,720 | - | - | - | - | 1,365 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Look Who's Talking | $4,817,982 | - | - | - | - | 1,482 | 12 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Blaze | $4,756,251 | - | - | - | - | 909 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Wizard | $3,211,100 | - | - | - | - | 1,193 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Family Business | $2,856,115 | - | - | - | - | 1,229 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | We're No Angels | $2,743,780 | - | - | - | - | 1,495 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Harlem Nights | $2,676,058 | - | - | - | - | 1,064 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | She-Devil | $2,193,257 | - | - | - | - | 1,449 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | $1,807,091 | - | - | - | - | 1,248 | 7 | United Artists | - | false |
| 16 | Driving Miss Daisy | $811,937 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | Born on the Fourth of July | $708,224 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Enemies, A Love Story | $344,874 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 19 | Roger & Me | $269,232 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | Parenthood | $228,656 | $144,985 | 63.4% | $83,671 | 36.6% | 271 | 23 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Glory | $219,378 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | Music Box | $104,611 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | Akira | $17,914 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | Streamline Pictures | - | false |
| - | Prancer | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
