| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Hook | $28,500,930 | +35.7% | 2,238 | +14 | $12,735 | $70,595,385 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Prince of Tides | $22,783,915 | - | 1,405 | - | $16,216 | $22,783,915 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | Beauty and the Beast | $20,645,736 | +74.4% | 1,940 | +15 | $10,642 | $73,666,063 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Father of the Bride | $19,744,668 | +36.7% | 1,579 | +18 | $12,504 | $34,192,464 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | The Last Boy Scout | $14,284,379 | +21.8% | 1,823 | - | $7,835 | $36,729,858 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | JFK | $13,849,169 | +36% | 1,164 | - | $11,897 | $24,031,889 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | $12,241,143 | +13.8% | 2,147 | - | $5,701 | $55,862,004 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | The Addams Family | $11,264,036 | +47.4% | 2,122 | +225 | $5,308 | $93,846,706 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Bugsy | $10,904,293 | +24.2% | 1,244 | +25 | $8,765 | $19,947,312 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | My Girl | $7,822,816 | +53.2% | 1,620 | -231 | $4,828 | $44,967,374 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Cape Fear | $6,488,210 | +58.3% | 1,327 | -61 | $4,889 | $62,113,272 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | $2,714,530 | +83.6% | 1,481 | -78 | $1,832 | $16,398,225 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Madame Bovary | $536,114 | - | 52 | - | $10,309 | $536,114 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 14 | - | Fried Green Tomatoes | $268,730 | - | 5 | - | $53,746 | $268,730 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | 13 | High Heels | $239,608 | +55% | 22 | +9 | $10,891 | $394,231 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Rush | $237,646 | +76.1% | 9 | +1 | $26,405 | $372,622 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 17 | - | Grand Canyon | $193,315 | - | 2 | - | $96,657 | $193,315 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 18 | - | Naked Lunch | $124,853 | - | 5 | - | $24,970 | $124,853 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 19 | - | Until the End of the World | $98,023 | - | 4 | - | $24,505 | $98,023 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 20 | - | The Inner Circle | $93,292 | - | 3 | - | $31,097 | $93,292 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 21 | - | Hear My Song | $24,783 | - | 1 | - | $24,783 | $24,783 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
