| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Jacob's Ladder | $9,825,680 | $7,500,760 | 76.3% | $2,324,920 | 23.7% | 1,052 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Ghost | $4,338,917 | $3,216,491 | 74.1% | $1,122,426 | 25.9% | 1,713 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Sibling Rivalry | $4,251,789 | $3,248,139 | 76.4% | $1,003,650 | 23.6% | 1,445 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | White Palace | $3,924,800 | $3,006,040 | 76.6% | $918,760 | 23.4% | 892 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Marked for Death | $3,418,357 | $2,584,454 | 75.6% | $833,903 | 24.4% | 1,553 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Memphis Belle | $3,292,788 | $2,482,103 | 75.4% | $810,685 | 24.6% | 1,300 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Graveyard Shift | $3,206,832 | $2,553,984 | 79.6% | $652,848 | 20.4% | 1,603 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Quigley Down Under | $3,020,857 | $2,341,152 | 77.5% | $679,705 | 22.5% | 1,035 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | Graffiti Bridge | $2,915,452 | $2,447,108 | 83.9% | $468,344 | 16.1% | 688 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Fantasia 1990 Re-release | $2,235,319 | $1,725,858 | 77.2% | $509,461 | 22.8% | 481 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Avalon | $2,226,945 | $1,727,200 | 77.6% | $499,745 | 22.4% | 635 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Mr. Destiny | $2,011,684 | $1,564,768 | 77.8% | $446,916 | 22.2% | 972 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Goodfellas | $1,954,074 | $1,458,600 | 74.6% | $495,474 | 25.4% | 834 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Reversal of Fortune | $1,064,848 | $790,002 | 74.2% | $274,846 | 25.8% | 146 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | Tune in Tomorrow... | $796,850 | $527,813 | 66.2% | $269,037 | 33.8% | 207 | 2 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Waiting for the Light | $435,491 | $334,748 | 76.9% | $100,743 | 23.1% | 149 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 17 | Vincent & Theo | $36,247 | $22,585 | 62.3% | $13,662 | 37.7% | 2 | 1 | Hemdale | - | false |
| 18 | C'est la vie | $29,000 | $18,749 | 64.6% | $10,251 | 35.4% | 2 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | King of New York | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Pacific Heights | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Night of the Living Dead | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Hot Spot | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Miller's Crossing | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Henry & June | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Frankenstein Unbound | - | $37,017 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
