| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Uncle Buck | $7,822,640 | - | 1,832 | - | $4,270 | $34,726,816 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | - | Parenthood | $7,499,084 | - | 1,390 | - | $5,395 | $64,107,270 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Abyss | $5,532,135 | - | 1,532 | - | $3,611 | $40,726,991 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | - | When Harry Met Sally... | $4,849,364 | - | 1,149 | - | $4,220 | $67,515,438 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | - | Lethal Weapon 2 | $4,659,654 | - | 1,613 | - | $2,888 | $131,302,932 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | - | Turner & Hooch | $3,840,100 | - | 1,536 | - | $2,500 | $57,160,330 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | - | Batman | $3,539,827 | - | 1,344 | - | $2,633 | $238,559,567 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | - | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | $3,416,823 | - | 347 | - | $9,846 | $8,064,653 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 9 | - | Relentless | $2,838,177 | - | 835 | - | $3,399 | $2,838,177 | - | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 10 | - | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | $2,739,307 | - | 1,257 | - | $2,179 | $119,076,248 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | - | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | $2,701,555 | - | 1,049 | - | $2,575 | $189,539,802 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | - | Casualties of War | $2,326,728 | - | 1,482 | - | $1,569 | $14,180,176 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | - | The Package | $2,183,130 | - | 460 | - | $4,745 | $4,781,525 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | - | Dead Poets Society | $1,370,827 | - | 721 | - | $1,901 | $86,402,887 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | - | Millennium | $1,151,201 | - | 488 | - | $2,359 | $3,399,610 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 16 | - | A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child | $1,088,856 | - | 733 | - | $1,485 | $19,133,255 | - | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 17 | - | Ghostbusters II | $656,346 | - | 518 | - | $1,267 | $110,000,794 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Shirley Valentine | $245,422 | - | 8 | - | $30,677 | $245,422 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | - | Wired | $220,000 | - | 540 | - | $407 | $1,089,000 | - | Taurus Entertainment Company | - | false |
| 20 | - | Weapons of the Spirit | $18,580 | - | 1 | - | $18,580 | $18,580 | - | First Run | - | false |
