| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 3 | The War of the Roses | $13,084,165 | +14.6% | 1,526 | +71 | $8,574 | $46,447,268 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Tango & Cash | $12,293,032 | +0.7% | 1,556 | +147 | $7,900 | $24,499,087 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | The Little Mermaid | $11,374,991 | +21.1% | 1,521 | +8 | $7,478 | $51,541,336 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Back to the Future Part II | $9,834,380 | +6% | 1,944 | -158 | $5,058 | $96,926,480 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 1 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $9,456,044 | -24.9% | 1,901 | -49 | $4,974 | $59,155,035 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Always | $8,790,850 | +22.3% | 1,090 | +74 | $8,065 | $15,976,830 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Steel Magnolias | $8,091,720 | +28.7% | 1,365 | +36 | $5,928 | $46,441,164 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Look Who's Talking | $4,817,982 | +43.8% | 1,482 | +117 | $3,251 | $116,208,934 | 12 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Blaze | $4,756,251 | +43.2% | 909 | - | $5,232 | $11,036,506 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Wizard | $3,211,100 | -3.7% | 1,193 | -11 | $2,691 | $9,521,115 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Family Business | $2,856,115 | -5.4% | 1,229 | -1 | $2,323 | $9,071,060 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | We're No Angels | $2,743,780 | +0.4% | 1,495 | - | $1,835 | $8,478,729 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Harlem Nights | $2,676,058 | +3% | 1,064 | +18 | $2,515 | $55,573,585 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | She-Devil | $2,193,257 | +2% | 1,449 | -3 | $1,513 | $11,099,913 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | $1,807,091 | +3.8% | 1,248 | -53 | $1,447 | $21,317,020 | 7 | United Artists | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | Driving Miss Daisy | $811,937 | +7.8% | 32 | - | $25,373 | $1,764,574 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | Born on the Fourth of July | $708,224 | +58.9% | 8 | +3 | $88,528 | $1,153,934 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 19 | Enemies, A Love Story | $344,874 | +73.3% | 10 | +5 | $34,487 | $667,558 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 19 | 20 | Roger & Me | $269,232 | +58.2% | 9 | +5 | $29,914 | $439,428 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | 21 | Parenthood | $228,656 | +45.9% | 271 | -22 | $843 | $95,611,514 | 23 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 22 | Glory | $219,378 | +74% | 6 | +3 | $36,563 | $454,781 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 24 | Music Box | $104,611 | +97.4% | 3 | - | $34,870 | $157,614 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 25 | Akira | $17,914 | +346.4% | 2 | - | $8,957 | $21,927 | 2 | - | false | false |
