| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Driving Miss Daisy | $8,033,547 | $5,705,721 | 71% | $2,327,826 | 29% | 895 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Born on the Fourth of July | $5,965,050 | $4,640,940 | 77.8% | $1,324,110 | 22.2% | 1,311 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Tango & Cash | $4,644,536 | $3,569,812 | 76.9% | $1,074,724 | 23.1% | 1,575 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | The War of the Roses | $4,235,182 | $3,234,491 | 76.4% | $1,000,691 | 23.6% | 1,523 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Internal Affairs | $4,188,000 | $3,075,053 | 73.4% | $1,112,947 | 26.6% | 986 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Tremors | $3,791,895 | $3,053,395 | 80.5% | $738,500 | 19.5% | 1,477 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Steel Magnolias | $3,274,300 | $2,376,950 | 72.6% | $897,350 | 27.4% | 1,370 | 11 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Always | $3,093,390 | $2,405,970 | 77.8% | $687,420 | 22.2% | 1,206 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Little Mermaid | $2,679,429 | $2,174,414 | 81.2% | $505,015 | 18.8% | 1,530 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Glory | $2,276,124 | $1,700,460 | 74.7% | $575,664 | 25.3% | 402 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Back to the Future Part II | $2,187,235 | $1,774,965 | 81.2% | $412,270 | 18.8% | 1,442 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Look Who's Talking | $1,913,814 | $1,614,060 | 84.3% | $299,754 | 15.7% | 1,281 | 16 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Music Box | $1,309,770 | $1,009,470 | 77.1% | $300,300 | 22.9% | 462 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Roger & Me | $689,615 | $479,614 | 69.6% | $210,001 | 30.4% | 102 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | Strike It Rich | $418,862 | $331,875 | 79.2% | $86,987 | 20.8% | 206 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Ski Patrol | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Blaze | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Enemies, A Love Story | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Everybody Wins | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Sweetie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Avenue Pictures Productions | - | false |
