| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Hook | $21,003,255 | $9,638,615 | 45.9% | $11,364,640 | 54.1% | 2,224 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Father of the Bride | $14,447,796 | $7,031,146 | 48.7% | $7,416,650 | 51.3% | 1,561 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Beauty and the Beast | $11,836,504 | $4,863,315 | 41.1% | $6,973,189 | 58.9% | 1,925 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Last Boy Scout | $11,723,992 | $5,616,387 | 47.9% | $6,107,605 | 52.1% | 1,823 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | $10,760,693 | $5,452,793 | 50.7% | $5,307,900 | 49.3% | 2,147 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | JFK | $10,182,720 | $5,223,658 | 51.3% | $4,959,062 | 48.7% | 1,164 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Bugsy | $8,776,397 | $4,611,477 | 52.5% | $4,164,920 | 47.5% | 1,219 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Addams Family | $7,644,098 | $3,457,353 | 45.2% | $4,186,745 | 54.8% | 1,897 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | My Girl | $5,106,843 | $2,712,878 | 53.1% | $2,393,965 | 46.9% | 1,851 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Cape Fear | $4,099,490 | $2,116,700 | 51.6% | $1,982,790 | 48.4% | 1,388 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | $1,478,180 | $670,370 | 45.4% | $807,810 | 54.6% | 1,559 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | For the Boys | $1,185,346 | $695,924 | 58.7% | $489,422 | 41.3% | 903 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | High Heels | $154,623 | $74,103 | 47.9% | $80,520 | 52.1% | 13 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 14 | Rush | $134,976 | $36,890 | 27.3% | $98,086 | 72.7% | 8 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 15 | Rhapsody in August | $59,495 | $26,771 | 45% | $32,724 | 55% | 7 | 2 | Orion Classics | - | false |
| - | Black Robe | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | All I Want for Christmas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Young Soul Rebels | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Curly Sue | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
