| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Born on the Fourth of July | $8,140,230 | $6,228,360 | 76.5% | $1,911,870 | 23.5% | 1,314 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Tango & Cash | $5,527,644 | $4,290,655 | 77.6% | $1,236,989 | 22.4% | 1,548 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Internal Affairs | $5,471,939 | $4,032,145 | 73.7% | $1,439,794 | 26.3% | 975 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The War of the Roses | $5,356,966 | $4,235,026 | 79.1% | $1,121,940 | 20.9% | 1,532 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Tremors | $4,817,760 | $3,731,520 | 77.4% | $1,086,240 | 22.6% | 1,472 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Always | $4,321,170 | $3,459,330 | 80.1% | $861,840 | 19.9% | 1,197 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Steel Magnolias | $4,007,220 | $2,944,080 | 73.5% | $1,063,140 | 26.5% | 1,363 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Driving Miss Daisy | $3,859,171 | $2,643,374 | 68.5% | $1,215,797 | 31.5% | 278 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | The Little Mermaid | $3,467,825 | $2,823,840 | 81.4% | $643,985 | 18.6% | 1,533 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Back to the Future Part II | $2,919,285 | $2,374,485 | 81.3% | $544,800 | 18.7% | 1,509 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Glory | $2,888,370 | $2,221,050 | 76.9% | $667,320 | 23.1% | 402 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Look Who's Talking | $2,260,800 | $1,921,680 | 85% | $339,120 | 15% | 1,256 | 15 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $1,496,230 | $1,152,212 | 77% | $344,018 | 23% | 1,052 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | $1,442,554 | $1,115,025 | 77.3% | $327,529 | 22.7% | 1,107 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 15 | Ski Patrol | $1,300,812 | $1,108,083 | 85.2% | $192,729 | 14.8% | 565 | 2 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 16 | Blaze | $1,188,862 | $901,907 | 75.9% | $286,955 | 24.1% | 809 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Enemies, A Love Story | $821,400 | $619,924 | 75.5% | $201,476 | 24.5% | 75 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 18 | Roger & Me | $810,343 | $591,585 | 73% | $218,758 | 27% | 103 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 19 | Everybody Wins | $748,889 | $581,979 | 77.7% | $166,910 | 22.3% | 451 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Streets | $86,708 | $86,708 | 100% | $0 | - | 53 | 1 | Concorde Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Sweetie | $32,490 | $20,403 | 62.8% | $12,087 | 37.2% | 1 | 1 | Avenue Pictures Productions | - | false |
| - | Music Box | - | $1,446,900 | - | - | - | 455 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Downtown | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
