| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Uncle Buck | $9,004,700 | -9.6% | 1,832 | -3 | $4,915 | $35,908,876 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Parenthood | $8,627,299 | -7.1% | 1,381 | +5 | $6,247 | $65,235,485 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Abyss | $6,479,576 | -7% | 1,532 | +7 | $4,229 | $41,674,432 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | When Harry Met Sally... | $5,785,270 | -4.6% | 1,149 | -22 | $5,035 | $68,451,344 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Lethal Weapon 2 | $5,534,976 | +12.4% | 1,613 | +53 | $3,431 | $132,178,254 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Turner & Hooch | $4,383,442 | -1.7% | 1,536 | -15 | $2,853 | $57,703,672 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | Batman | $4,182,461 | +5.5% | 1,344 | +42 | $3,111 | $239,202,201 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 13 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | $4,038,316 | +96.1% | 347 | +246 | $11,637 | $8,686,146 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 9 | - | Relentless | $3,701,447 | - | 835 | - | $4,432 | $3,701,447 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 10 | 18 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | $3,219,423 | +195.5% | 1,049 | +618 | $3,069 | $190,057,670 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | $3,088,413 | +16.4% | 1,257 | +68 | $2,456 | $119,425,354 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Casualties of War | $2,874,195 | -31.2% | 1,482 | -5 | $1,939 | $14,727,643 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | The Package | $2,606,287 | +0.3% | 460 | +137 | $5,665 | $5,204,682 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 16 | Dead Poets Society | $1,649,022 | +13.9% | 721 | +50 | $2,287 | $86,681,082 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Millennium | $1,366,076 | -39.2% | 488 | +2 | $2,799 | $3,614,485 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child | $1,218,212 | -41.7% | 733 | -381 | $1,661 | $19,262,611 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 17 | 19 | Ghostbusters II | $746,856 | -24.6% | 518 | -88 | $1,441 | $110,091,304 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Shirley Valentine | $362,170 | - | 8 | - | $45,271 | $362,170 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 19 | - | Weapons of the Spirit | $23,225 | - | 1 | - | $23,225 | $23,225 | 1 | First Run | true | false |
