| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Home Alone | $27,299,391 | $17,081,997 | 62.6% | $10,217,394 | 37.4% | 1,202 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Rocky V | $19,606,494 | $14,073,170 | 71.8% | $5,533,324 | 28.2% | 2,053 | 1 | United Artists | - | false |
| 3 | Child's Play 2 | $6,279,875 | $5,002,535 | 79.7% | $1,277,340 | 20.3% | 2,017 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Three Men and a Little Lady | $5,325,522 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Rescuers Down Under | $4,799,569 | $3,499,819 | 72.9% | $1,299,750 | 27.1% | 1,230 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Ghost | $4,530,151 | $3,001,897 | 66.3% | $1,528,254 | 33.7% | 1,713 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Predator 2 | $4,504,169 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Jacob's Ladder | $4,097,222 | $2,825,040 | 69% | $1,272,182 | 31% | 1,264 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Dances with Wolves | $3,871,641 | $565,083 | 14.6% | $3,306,558 | 85.4% | 14 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Reversal of Fortune | $2,281,118 | $1,726,542 | 75.7% | $554,576 | 24.3% | 649 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Sibling Rivalry | $2,077,553 | $1,579,836 | 76% | $497,717 | 24% | 1,361 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | White Palace | $1,893,395 | $1,449,840 | 76.6% | $443,555 | 23.4% | 863 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Quigley Down Under | $1,868,410 | $1,340,457 | 71.7% | $527,953 | 28.3% | 1,051 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 14 | Memphis Belle | $1,633,918 | $1,238,791 | 75.8% | $395,127 | 24.2% | 1,059 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | Avalon | $1,385,935 | $1,017,450 | 73.4% | $368,485 | 26.6% | 595 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Robot Jox | $181,046 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 17 | The Nutcracker Prince | $147,490 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | Hidden Agenda | $19,411 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Hemdale | - | false |
| 19 | Eating | $18,820 | $12,764 | 67.8% | $6,056 | 32.2% | 2 | 1 | Rainbow Releasing | - | false |
| - | Marked for Death | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Mr. Destiny | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | To Sleep with Anger | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Fantasia 1990 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Krays | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | The Return of Superfly | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Triton Pictures | - | false |
| - | Graffiti Bridge | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Graveyard Shift | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
