| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Hunt for Red October | $19,251,188 | -18.4% | 1,665 | +440 | $11,562 | $42,849,080 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Joe Versus the Volcano | $11,860,682 | - | 1,802 | - | $6,581 | $11,860,682 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | - | House Party | $5,723,842 | - | 520 | - | $11,007 | $5,723,842 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 4 | - | Bad Influence | $5,028,145 | - | 1,298 | - | $3,873 | $5,028,145 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Driving Miss Daisy | $4,805,636 | -27.8% | 1,432 | - | $3,355 | $66,670,748 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Hard to Kill | $3,547,336 | -34.5% | 1,498 | -10 | $2,368 | $38,086,537 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Madhouse | $2,410,943 | -36.1% | 1,545 | -10 | $1,560 | $16,516,222 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Born on the Fourth of July | $2,020,050 | -26.9% | 1,206 | -228 | $1,675 | $62,349,364 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Revenge | $1,189,597 | -54.6% | 887 | -448 | $1,341 | $14,764,588 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Glory | $1,174,789 | -31.8% | 803 | -8 | $1,463 | $21,778,666 | 14 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Steel Magnolias | $1,158,288 | -27.7% | 944 | -229 | $1,227 | $76,007,536 | 17 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | The Handmaid's Tale | $1,044,707 | - | 117 | - | $8,929 | $1,044,707 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | 12 | My Left Foot | $998,078 | -25.1% | 352 | -45 | $2,835 | $7,071,687 | 18 | Miramax | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Last of the Finest | $769,625 | - | 424 | - | $1,815 | $769,625 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | 13 | Back to the Future Part II | $696,575 | -18.8% | 745 | +72 | $935 | $116,604,476 | 17 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Roger & Me | $213,766 | -32.3% | 145 | -52 | $1,474 | $6,217,703 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Cinema Paradiso | $185,691 | -0.5% | 17 | +1 | $10,923 | $807,170 | 6 | Miramax | false | false |
| 18 | - | Coupe de Ville | $94,538 | - | 7 | - | $13,505 | $94,538 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 19 | - | Body Chemistry | $49,051 | - | 53 | - | $925 | $49,051 | 1 | Concorde Pictures | true | false |
