| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Born on the Fourth of July | $10,585,750 | $8,028,075 | 75.8% | $2,557,675 | 24.2% | 1,315 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The War of the Roses | $7,528,233 | $5,693,242 | 75.6% | $1,834,991 | 24.4% | 1,559 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Tango & Cash | $7,199,255 | $5,397,811 | 75% | $1,801,444 | 25% | 1,556 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Internal Affairs | $7,109,144 | $5,043,516 | 70.9% | $2,065,628 | 29.1% | 975 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Always | $5,513,690 | $4,194,820 | 76.1% | $1,318,870 | 23.9% | 1,162 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | The Little Mermaid | $5,419,905 | $3,851,208 | 71.1% | $1,568,697 | 28.9% | 1,521 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Steel Magnolias | $5,165,580 | $3,745,560 | 72.5% | $1,420,020 | 27.5% | 1,372 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Glory | $4,210,090 | $3,020,360 | 71.7% | $1,189,730 | 28.3% | 392 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Driving Miss Daisy | $4,090,343 | $2,725,876 | 66.6% | $1,364,467 | 33.4% | 277 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Back to the Future Part II | $3,765,455 | $2,748,860 | 73% | $1,016,595 | 27% | 1,598 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | $3,296,932 | $2,692,087 | 81.6% | $604,845 | 18.4% | 1,107 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 12 | Look Who's Talking | $3,107,390 | $2,377,050 | 76.5% | $730,340 | 23.5% | 1,378 | 14 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $2,572,104 | $2,006,333 | 78% | $565,771 | 22% | 1,482 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Ski Patrol | $2,109,035 | $1,648,000 | 78.1% | $461,035 | 21.9% | 515 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 15 | Blaze | $2,075,655 | $1,519,836 | 73.2% | $555,819 | 26.8% | 970 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Downtown | $1,113,985 | $821,626 | 73.8% | $292,359 | 26.2% | 349 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 17 | Roger & Me | $1,016,352 | $686,638 | 67.6% | $329,714 | 32.4% | 103 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | Enemies, A Love Story | $450,880 | $311,957 | 69.2% | $138,923 | 30.8% | 38 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Harlem Nights | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Wizard | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | She-Devil | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Family Business | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
