| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Alien Nation | $9,663,294 | - | 1,430 | - | $6,757 | $9,663,294 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 17 | Punchline | $6,089,621 | +2,440.4% | 753 | +749 | $8,087 | $6,329,336 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Gorillas in the Mist | $4,876,200 | +5.7% | 1,081 | +523 | $4,510 | $10,028,943 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 6 | Dead Ringers | $2,059,484 | -10.9% | 819 | -229 | $2,514 | $7,822,915 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | A Fish Called Wanda | $1,967,339 | -26.6% | 959 | -163 | $2,051 | $53,648,535 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Crossing Delancey | $1,951,635 | -18.4% | 290 | +5 | $6,729 | $7,640,274 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Die Hard | $1,819,601 | -27.8% | 1,050 | -163 | $1,732 | $73,076,465 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | - | Imagine: John Lennon | $1,716,614 | - | 561 | - | $3,059 | $1,716,614 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 9 | 9 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $1,653,274 | -15.9% | 1,147 | -117 | $1,441 | $142,228,077 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Cocktail | $1,543,065 | -24.1% | 1,042 | -145 | $1,480 | $69,482,134 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 3 | Heartbreak Hotel | $1,449,275 | -44.1% | 1,414 | +76 | $1,024 | $4,040,097 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Elvira: Mistress of the Dark | $1,407,467 | -31.9% | 613 | -14 | $2,296 | $3,475,225 | 2 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Big | $1,273,811 | -11.4% | 821 | -64 | $1,551 | $105,781,060 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | - | Clara's Heart | $699,242 | - | 74 | - | $9,449 | $699,242 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 15 | 15 | Running on Empty | $407,219 | -29.9% | 153 | +25 | $2,661 | $1,861,771 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $387,737 | -26.8% | 120 | -3 | $3,231 | $7,179,374 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Salaam Bombay! | $17,040 | - | 1 | - | $17,040 | $17,040 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | true | false |
