| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Uncle Buck | $16,945,171 | - | 1,804 | - | $9,393 | $16,945,171 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 2 | Parenthood | $11,665,720 | -22.2% | 1,320 | +20 | $8,837 | $47,324,596 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | The Abyss | $10,696,596 | -39% | 1,538 | +5 | $6,954 | $28,228,898 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | Casualties of War | $7,678,430 | - | 1,487 | - | $5,163 | $7,678,430 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 5 | When Harry Met Sally... | $7,483,913 | -20.4% | 1,144 | -27 | $6,541 | $56,599,132 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Lethal Weapon 2 | $6,662,204 | -26.2% | 1,584 | -246 | $4,205 | $121,720,293 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Turner & Hooch | $6,499,222 | -34% | 1,594 | -294 | $4,077 | $48,859,003 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Batman | $5,374,491 | -30.5% | 1,400 | -377 | $3,838 | $231,055,636 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 3 | A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child | $4,849,668 | -56.3% | 1,846 | -56 | $2,627 | $15,953,780 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 10 | - | Cheetah | $4,245,955 | - | 1,310 | - | $3,241 | $4,245,955 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 8 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | $3,482,249 | -34.7% | 1,158 | -293 | $3,007 | $113,684,274 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Let It Ride | $2,879,838 | - | 1,191 | - | $2,418 | $2,879,838 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | 9 | Lock Up | $2,436,906 | -50.8% | 1,032 | -352 | $2,361 | $16,026,457 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Rude Awakening | $2,060,578 | - | 953 | - | $2,162 | $2,060,578 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | 11 | Dead Poets Society | $1,613,088 | -39.4% | 633 | -213 | $2,548 | $83,584,376 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | $1,603,488 | -34.6% | 511 | -342 | $3,137 | $185,748,899 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | $1,266,868 | +24.3% | 40 | +12 | $31,671 | $2,588,000 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | Ghostbusters II | $1,260,370 | -24.5% | 625 | -206 | $2,016 | $108,353,494 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! | $536,508 | - | 402 | - | $1,334 | $536,508 | 1 | - | true | false |
