| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Driving Miss Daisy | $8,073,363 | $6,011,600 | 74.5% | $2,061,763 | 25.5% | 895 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Stella | $5,625,262 | $4,311,656 | 76.6% | $1,313,606 | 23.4% | 1,033 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Born on the Fourth of July | $4,869,480 | $4,012,085 | 82.4% | $857,395 | 17.6% | 1,309 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Tango & Cash | $3,865,533 | $3,062,843 | 79.2% | $802,690 | 20.8% | 1,526 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Flashback | $3,739,097 | $2,910,116 | 77.8% | $828,981 | 22.2% | 875 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Internal Affairs | $3,511,848 | $2,701,795 | 76.9% | $810,053 | 23.1% | 986 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The War of the Roses | $3,302,908 | $2,600,487 | 78.7% | $702,421 | 21.3% | 1,432 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Tremors | $2,863,385 | $2,402,550 | 83.9% | $460,835 | 16.1% | 1,405 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Heart Condition | $2,737,775 | $2,149,786 | 78.5% | $587,989 | 21.5% | 885 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 10 | Steel Magnolias | $2,683,240 | $2,019,275 | 75.3% | $663,965 | 24.7% | 1,369 | 12 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Always | $2,424,265 | $2,004,120 | 82.7% | $420,145 | 17.3% | 1,172 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Little Mermaid | $2,232,690 | $1,866,417 | 83.6% | $366,273 | 16.4% | 1,457 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Glory | $1,984,950 | $1,559,890 | 78.6% | $425,060 | 21.4% | 401 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Back to the Future Part II | $1,904,845 | $1,604,265 | 84.2% | $300,580 | 15.8% | 1,207 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Look Who's Talking | $1,638,288 | $1,406,160 | 85.8% | $232,128 | 14.2% | 1,116 | 17 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Roger & Me | $569,283 | $436,936 | 76.8% | $132,347 | 23.2% | 88 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | Men Don't Leave | $97,074 | $62,419 | 64.3% | $34,655 | 35.7% | 3 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | Cinema Paradiso | $26,811 | $16,552 | 61.7% | $10,259 | 38.3% | 1 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | A Man Called Sarge | - | - | - | - | - | 188 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | Triumph of the Spirit | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | 9 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Apartment Zero | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 21 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| - | Strike It Rich | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Sister, Sister | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | Julia and Julia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | Music Box | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
