| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 2 | 1 | $15,340,151 | -16.3% | 24.7% | 4 | Joe Versus the Volcano | $6,539,409 | 42.6% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 2 | $11,877,040 | -22.5% | 19.1% | 1 | The Hunt for Red October | $11,877,040 | 100% | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $4,101,542 | -7.4% | 6.6% | 1 | House Party | $4,101,542 | 100% | 3 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 5 | 3 | $3,208,177 | -53% | 5.2% | 2 | Lord of the Flies | $3,208,177 | 100% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $2,213,214 | -43.9% | 3.6% | 1 | Blue Steel | $2,213,214 | 100% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,910,012 | -45.7% | 3.1% | 1 | Bad Influence | $1,910,012 | 100% | 3 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,809,980 | +2.4% | 2.9% | 2 | Born on the Fourth of July | $1,809,980 | 100% | 14 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 9 | 11 | $1,464,001 | +30.4% | 2.4% | 2 | My Left Foot | $1,167,431 | 79.7% | 20 | Miramax | - |
| 11 | 12 | $1,132,670 | +22.1% | 1.8% | 1 | Nuns on the Run | $1,132,670 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 13 | 7 | $846,296 | -59.7% | 1.4% | 2 | Glory | $846,296 | 100% | 16 | TriStar Pictures | - |
