| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Hunt for Red October | $19,251,188 | $14,058,772 | 73% | $5,192,416 | 27% | 1,665 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Joe Versus the Volcano | $11,860,682 | $9,252,232 | 78% | $2,608,450 | 22% | 1,802 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | House Party | $5,723,842 | $4,611,024 | 80.6% | $1,112,818 | 19.4% | 520 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 4 | Bad Influence | $5,028,145 | $3,822,019 | 76% | $1,206,126 | 24% | 1,298 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 5 | Driving Miss Daisy | $4,805,636 | $3,467,147 | 72.2% | $1,338,489 | 27.8% | 1,432 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Hard to Kill | $3,547,336 | $2,657,658 | 74.9% | $889,678 | 25.1% | 1,498 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Madhouse | $2,410,943 | $1,829,300 | 75.9% | $581,643 | 24.1% | 1,545 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Born on the Fourth of July | $2,020,050 | $1,453,230 | 71.9% | $566,820 | 28.1% | 1,206 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Revenge | $1,189,597 | $820,242 | 69% | $369,355 | 31% | 887 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Glory | $1,174,789 | $863,225 | 73.5% | $311,564 | 26.5% | 803 | 14 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Steel Magnolias | $1,158,288 | $807,120 | 69.7% | $351,168 | 30.3% | 944 | 17 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Handmaid's Tale | $1,044,707 | $738,578 | 70.7% | $306,129 | 29.3% | 117 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | My Left Foot | $998,078 | $728,042 | 72.9% | $270,036 | 27.1% | 352 | 18 | Miramax | - | false |
| 14 | The Last of the Finest | $769,625 | $551,876 | 71.7% | $217,749 | 28.3% | 424 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Back to the Future Part II | $696,575 | $517,775 | 74.3% | $178,800 | 25.7% | 745 | 17 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Roger & Me | $213,766 | $155,451 | 72.7% | $58,315 | 27.3% | 145 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | Cinema Paradiso | $185,691 | $131,057 | 70.6% | $54,634 | 29.4% | 17 | 6 | Miramax | - | false |
| 18 | Coupe de Ville | $94,538 | $66,871 | 70.7% | $27,667 | 29.3% | 7 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Body Chemistry | $49,051 | $38,025 | 77.5% | $11,026 | 22.5% | 53 | 1 | Concorde Pictures | - | false |
| - | Pulse | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Men Don't Leave | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Stella | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Nightbreed | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
