| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | $10,023,615 | $7,675,016 | 76.6% | $2,348,599 | 23.4% | 766 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Prince of Tides | $7,803,043 | $6,033,617 | 77.3% | $1,769,426 | 22.7% | 1,456 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Hook | $7,731,220 | $6,423,900 | 83.1% | $1,307,320 | 16.9% | 2,254 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Father of the Bride | $7,165,074 | $5,779,516 | 80.7% | $1,385,558 | 19.3% | 1,647 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Kuffs | $6,885,680 | $5,651,055 | 82.1% | $1,234,625 | 17.9% | 1,411 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | JFK | $6,443,602 | $4,722,417 | 73.3% | $1,721,185 | 26.7% | 1,183 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Beauty and the Beast | $5,887,508 | $4,840,087 | 82.2% | $1,047,421 | 17.8% | 1,960 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Last Boy Scout | $4,956,537 | $3,880,772 | 78.3% | $1,075,765 | 21.7% | 1,741 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Grand Canyon | $4,579,841 | $3,410,127 | 74.5% | $1,169,714 | 25.5% | 364 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | Bugsy | $4,226,090 | $3,181,365 | 75.3% | $1,044,725 | 24.7% | 1,253 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | $3,552,901 | $2,812,455 | 79.2% | $740,446 | 20.8% | 1,612 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Addams Family | $2,928,998 | $2,491,635 | 85.1% | $437,363 | 14.9% | 1,550 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Cape Fear | $2,672,740 | $2,039,070 | 76.3% | $633,670 | 23.7% | 1,221 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Rush | $2,368,339 | $1,724,059 | 72.8% | $644,280 | 27.2% | 528 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 15 | My Girl | $2,273,759 | $1,940,289 | 85.3% | $333,470 | 14.7% | 1,503 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $887,502 | $561,395 | 63.3% | $326,107 | 36.7% | 35 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Naked Lunch | $438,224 | $296,754 | 67.7% | $141,470 | 32.3% | 51 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 18 | 35 Up | $3,947 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Meeting Venus | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Antonia and Jane | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 14 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | The Story of Boys & Girls | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | Aries Films | - | false |
| - | Madame Bovary | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Rhapsody in August | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Orion Classics | - | false |
| - | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
