| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Born on the Fourth of July | $6,228,360 | -22.4% | 1,314 | -1 | $4,740 | $32,607,294 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Tango & Cash | $4,290,655 | -20.5% | 1,548 | -8 | $2,771 | $44,685,021 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The War of the Roses | $4,235,026 | -25.6% | 1,532 | -27 | $2,764 | $67,059,791 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Internal Affairs | $4,032,145 | -20.1% | 975 | - | $4,135 | $11,141,289 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Tremors | $3,731,520 | - | 1,472 | - | $2,535 | $3,731,520 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | Always | $3,459,330 | -17.5% | 1,197 | +35 | $2,890 | $30,858,065 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Steel Magnolias | $2,944,080 | -21.4% | 1,363 | -9 | $2,160 | $60,675,730 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | The Little Mermaid | $2,823,840 | -26.7% | 1,533 | +12 | $1,842 | $65,247,711 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Driving Miss Daisy | $2,643,374 | -3% | 278 | +1 | $9,508 | $9,123,939 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Back to the Future Part II | $2,374,485 | -13.6% | 1,527 | -114 | $1,555 | $107,539,056 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Glory | $2,221,050 | -26.5% | 402 | +10 | $5,525 | $7,135,650 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Look Who's Talking | $1,921,680 | -19.2% | 1,256 | -122 | $1,530 | $124,500,828 | 15 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Music Box | $1,446,900 | - | 455 | - | $3,180 | - | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $1,152,212 | -42.6% | 1,052 | -430 | $1,095 | $66,877,800 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | $1,115,025 | -58.6% | 1,107 | - | $1,007 | $4,411,957 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Ski Patrol | $1,108,083 | -32.8% | 565 | +50 | $1,961 | $3,217,118 | 2 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Blaze | $901,907 | -40.7% | 809 | -161 | $1,114 | $16,904,620 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 18 | Enemies, A Love Story | $619,924 | +98.7% | 75 | +37 | $8,265 | $2,282,783 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Roger & Me | $591,585 | -13.8% | 103 | - | $5,743 | $2,256,905 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | - | Everybody Wins | $581,979 | - | 451 | - | $1,290 | $581,979 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 21 | - | Streets | $86,708 | - | 53 | - | $1,636 | $86,708 | 1 | Concorde Pictures | true | false |
| 22 | - | Sweetie | $20,403 | - | 1 | - | $20,403 | $20,403 | 1 | Avenue Pictures Productions | true | false |
