| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Addams Family | $35,428,521 | - | 2,411 | - | $14,694 | $35,428,521 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Cape Fear | $14,768,090 | +3.9% | 1,702 | +778 | $8,676 | $28,985,907 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 13 | Beauty and the Beast | $13,943,192 | +4,652.7% | 977 | +975 | $14,271 | $14,236,565 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | My Girl | $4,822,414 | - | - | - | - | $4,822,414 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | - | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | $4,641,050 | - | 1,680 | - | $2,762 | $4,641,050 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 2 | Curly Sue | $3,125,299 | -36% | 1,634 | - | $1,912 | $26,583,243 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | The People Under the Stairs | $2,371,940 | -36.4% | 1,552 | -286 | $1,528 | $18,646,328 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 3 | All I Want for Christmas | $2,206,879 | -43.1% | 1,507 | - | $1,464 | $10,961,278 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Little Man Tate | $2,000,138 | -25.4% | 1,008 | -4 | $1,984 | $19,800,370 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | For the Boys | $1,408,308 | - | 2 | - | $704,154 | $1,408,308 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 11 | 6 | Billy Bathgate | $1,378,229 | -43.4% | 1,005 | -172 | $1,371 | $14,124,712 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Other People's Money | $1,335,348 | -42.5% | 868 | -381 | $1,538 | $22,938,646 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Strictly Business | $1,093,637 | -42.9% | 547 | -334 | $1,999 | $6,161,573 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Meeting Venus | $103,454 | +4% | 5 | +2 | $20,690 | $202,882 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Prospero's Books | $99,623 | +89.2% | 10 | +8 | $9,962 | $152,271 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Double Life of Véronique | $22,943 | - | 1 | - | $22,943 | $22,943 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 17 | - | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | $13,371 | - | - | - | - | $13,371 | 1 | Triton Pictures | true | false |
| 18 | 17 | Young Soul Rebels | $3,819 | +436.4% | 1 | - | $3,819 | $4,531 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
