| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Hunt for Red October | $23,597,892 | - | 1,225 | - | $19,263 | $23,597,892 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Driving Miss Daisy | $6,652,008 | -17.2% | 1,432 | - | $4,645 | $61,865,112 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Hard to Kill | $5,418,650 | -22.8% | 1,508 | - | $3,593 | $34,539,201 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Madhouse | $3,771,342 | -10.1% | 1,555 | +1 | $2,425 | $14,105,279 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Born on the Fourth of July | $2,763,940 | -15% | 1,434 | +2 | $1,927 | $60,329,314 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Revenge | $2,617,436 | -31.3% | 1,335 | -47 | $1,960 | $13,574,991 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Men Don't Leave | $1,834,451 | -28.7% | 802 | - | $2,287 | $4,689,265 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Glory | $1,723,375 | -20.5% | 811 | +2 | $2,125 | $20,603,877 | 13 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Stella | $1,672,681 | -24.7% | 1,087 | -204 | $1,538 | $17,798,785 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Steel Magnolias | $1,602,318 | -1.5% | 1,173 | -41 | $1,366 | $74,849,248 | 16 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Nightbreed | $1,378,730 | -42.4% | 928 | -560 | $1,485 | $8,125,739 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | My Left Foot | $1,332,100 | +10.1% | 397 | +118 | $3,355 | $6,073,609 | 17 | Miramax | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | Back to the Future Part II | $858,075 | +40.4% | 673 | +186 | $1,275 | $115,907,901 | 16 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 18 | Roger & Me | $315,692 | -20.5% | 197 | -6 | $1,602 | $6,003,937 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 19 | Cinema Paradiso | $186,661 | +3.7% | 16 | - | $11,666 | $621,479 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | - | Too Beautiful for You | $52,120 | - | 1 | - | $52,120 | $52,120 | 1 | Orion Classics | true | false |
