| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Driving Miss Daisy | $11,784,365 | - | - | - | - | 1,302 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Hard to Kill | $9,952,237 | - | - | - | - | 1,452 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Revenge | $7,146,658 | - | - | - | - | 1,379 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Madhouse | $6,137,339 | - | - | - | - | 1,552 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Born on the Fourth of July | $4,826,860 | - | - | - | - | 1,363 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Nightbreed | $4,353,724 | - | - | - | - | 1,488 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Stella | $3,683,785 | - | - | - | - | 1,393 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Glory | $3,144,485 | - | - | - | - | 801 | 11 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Little Mermaid | $2,153,139 | - | - | - | - | 1,325 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Steel Magnolias | $1,850,752 | - | - | - | - | 1,216 | 14 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Stanley & Iris | $1,633,364 | - | - | - | - | 906 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 12 | The War of the Roses | $1,612,268 | - | - | - | - | 648 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Internal Affairs | $1,583,421 | - | - | - | - | 651 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Loose Cannons | $1,335,513 | - | - | - | - | 1,213 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Tango & Cash | $1,239,742 | - | - | - | - | 819 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Look Who's Talking | $1,118,526 | - | - | - | - | 673 | 19 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Back to the Future Part II | $875,220 | $615,600 | 70.3% | $259,620 | 29.7% | 468 | 14 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Courage Mountain | $812,017 | - | - | - | - | 506 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 19 | My Left Foot | $800,888 | - | - | - | - | 98 | 15 | Miramax | - | false |
| 20 | Roger & Me | $674,763 | - | - | - | - | 265 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 21 | Cinema Paradiso | $201,657 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 22 | Men Don't Leave | $96,193 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 23 | Speaking Parts | $12,409 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| - | Always | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Tremors | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Flashback | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Heart Condition | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
