| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Hard to Kill | $12,148,738 | $9,213,631 | 75.8% | $2,935,107 | 24.2% | 1,301 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Driving Miss Daisy | $8,951,669 | $6,494,882 | 72.6% | $2,456,787 | 27.4% | 1,302 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Stella | $4,596,147 | $3,650,726 | 79.4% | $945,421 | 20.6% | 1,213 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Born on the Fourth of July | $4,134,300 | $3,004,400 | 72.7% | $1,129,900 | 27.3% | 1,295 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Loose Cannons | $2,765,492 | $2,239,830 | 81% | $525,662 | 19% | 1,214 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Stanley & Iris | $2,680,381 | $2,102,831 | 78.4% | $577,550 | 21.6% | 907 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | Tango & Cash | $2,311,547 | $1,782,802 | 77.1% | $528,745 | 22.9% | 1,288 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | The War of the Roses | $2,278,903 | $1,732,715 | 76% | $546,188 | 24% | 1,054 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Internal Affairs | $2,255,438 | $1,713,111 | 76% | $542,327 | 24% | 983 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Steel Magnolias | $2,073,008 | $1,606,880 | 77.5% | $466,128 | 22.5% | 1,328 | 13 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Tremors | $1,790,365 | $1,442,955 | 80.6% | $347,410 | 19.4% | 1,159 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Flashback | $1,756,782 | $1,328,871 | 75.6% | $427,911 | 24.4% | 875 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Little Mermaid | $1,684,248 | $1,340,199 | 79.6% | $344,049 | 20.4% | 1,323 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Always | $1,634,170 | $1,267,500 | 77.6% | $366,670 | 22.4% | 1,014 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Glory | $1,503,853 | $1,149,850 | 76.5% | $354,003 | 23.5% | 377 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Back to the Future Part II | $1,387,485 | $1,170,000 | 84.3% | $217,485 | 15.7% | 988 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Look Who's Talking | $1,231,695 | $1,031,715 | 83.8% | $199,980 | 16.2% | 909 | 18 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Heart Condition | $1,015,716 | $799,933 | 78.8% | $215,783 | 21.2% | 880 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 19 | Roger & Me | $881,752 | $673,486 | 76.4% | $208,266 | 23.6% | 265 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | Men Don't Leave | $87,914 | $59,959 | 68.2% | $27,955 | 31.8% | 3 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 21 | Cinema Paradiso | $26,425 | $17,795 | 67.3% | $8,630 | 32.7% | 1 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | My Left Foot | - | $203,497 | - | - | - | 50 | 14 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Apartment Zero | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| - | Au Revoir les Enfants | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Orion Classics | - | false |
| - | Triumph of the Spirit | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
