| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ghost | $17,691,424 | $10,798,834 | 61% | $6,892,590 | 39% | 1,766 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Young Guns II | $16,571,958 | $8,017,438 | 48.4% | $8,554,520 | 51.6% | 1,770 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Presumed Innocent | $15,898,411 | $10,176,663 | 64% | $5,721,748 | 36% | 1,380 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Problem Child | $11,085,360 | $6,842,160 | 61.7% | $4,243,200 | 38.3% | 1,768 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Arachnophobia | $9,332,473 | $5,964,875 | 63.9% | $3,367,598 | 36.1% | 2,005 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Die Hard 2 | $7,295,911 | $4,816,830 | 66% | $2,479,081 | 34% | 1,946 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | $6,660,581 | $3,870,366 | 58.1% | $2,790,215 | 41.9% | 1,549 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Mo' Better Blues | $6,188,000 | $4,387,360 | 70.9% | $1,800,640 | 29.1% | 544 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Freshman | $5,340,060 | $3,439,980 | 64.4% | $1,900,080 | 35.6% | 1,044 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Jungle Book 1990 Re-release | $4,644,731 | $2,761,487 | 59.4% | $1,883,244 | 40.6% | 1,478 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Days of Thunder | $4,194,082 | $2,639,640 | 62.9% | $1,554,442 | 37.1% | 1,626 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Navy Seals | $3,814,221 | $2,335,685 | 61.2% | $1,478,536 | 38.8% | 1,355 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Pretty Woman | $1,751,934 | $1,110,950 | 63.4% | $640,984 | 36.6% | 892 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Dick Tracy | $1,659,893 | $1,041,562 | 62.8% | $618,331 | 37.2% | 990 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Total Recall | $1,585,520 | $1,086,240 | 68.5% | $499,280 | 31.5% | 876 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 16 | Back to the Future Part III | $1,157,705 | $710,255 | 61.4% | $447,450 | 38.6% | 570 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Metropolitan | $91,532 | $46,663 | 51% | $44,869 | 49% | 1 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 18 | Chicago Joe and the Showgirl | $44,840 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 19 | Twister | $3,820 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Greycat Films | - | false |
| - | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | RoboCop 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Quick Change | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Another 48 Hrs. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
