| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Hook | $28,500,930 | $15,218,400 | 53.4% | $13,282,530 | 46.6% | 2,238 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Prince of Tides | $22,783,915 | $10,035,412 | 44% | $12,748,503 | 56% | 1,405 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Beauty and the Beast | $20,645,736 | $10,670,669 | 51.7% | $9,975,067 | 48.3% | 1,940 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Father of the Bride | $19,744,668 | $10,507,033 | 53.2% | $9,237,635 | 46.8% | 1,579 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Last Boy Scout | $14,284,379 | $8,354,040 | 58.5% | $5,930,339 | 41.5% | 1,823 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | JFK | $13,849,169 | $7,445,904 | 53.8% | $6,403,265 | 46.2% | 1,164 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | $12,241,143 | $6,824,899 | 55.8% | $5,416,244 | 44.2% | 2,147 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Addams Family | $11,264,036 | $6,201,491 | 55.1% | $5,062,545 | 44.9% | 2,122 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Bugsy | $10,904,293 | $5,738,572 | 52.6% | $5,165,721 | 47.4% | 1,244 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | My Girl | $7,822,816 | $4,316,126 | 55.2% | $3,506,690 | 44.8% | 1,620 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Cape Fear | $6,488,210 | $3,602,805 | 55.5% | $2,885,405 | 44.5% | 1,327 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | $2,714,530 | $1,340,320 | 49.4% | $1,374,210 | 50.6% | 1,481 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Madame Bovary | $536,114 | $236,113 | 44% | $300,001 | 56% | 52 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 14 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $268,730 | $105,317 | 39.2% | $163,413 | 60.8% | 5 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | High Heels | $239,608 | $137,808 | 57.5% | $101,800 | 42.5% | 22 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 16 | Rush | $237,646 | $124,005 | 52.2% | $113,641 | 47.8% | 9 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 17 | Grand Canyon | $193,315 | $67,546 | 34.9% | $125,769 | 65.1% | 2 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 18 | Naked Lunch | $124,853 | $64,491 | 51.6% | $60,362 | 48.4% | 5 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 19 | Until the End of the World | $98,023 | $38,553 | 39.3% | $59,470 | 60.7% | 4 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | The Inner Circle | $93,292 | $36,782 | 39.4% | $56,510 | 60.6% | 3 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Hear My Song | $24,783 | $12,965 | 52.3% | $11,818 | 47.7% | 1 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | The National Film Board of Canada's Animation Festival | - | $49,551 | - | - | - | 11 | 2 | Expanded Entertainment | - | false |
| - | For the Boys | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
