| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Hard to Kill | $12,148,738 | - | 1,301 | - | $9,338 | $12,148,738 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Driving Miss Daisy | $8,951,669 | +10.9% | 1,302 | +407 | $6,875 | $35,398,315 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Stella | $4,596,147 | -18.3% | 1,213 | +180 | $3,789 | $10,221,409 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Born on the Fourth of July | $4,134,300 | -15.1% | 1,295 | -14 | $3,192 | $49,487,994 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Loose Cannons | $2,765,492 | - | 1,214 | - | $2,278 | $2,765,492 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | Stanley & Iris | $2,680,381 | - | 907 | - | $2,955 | $2,680,381 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Tango & Cash | $2,311,547 | -40.2% | 1,288 | -238 | $1,794 | $56,743,626 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The War of the Roses | $2,278,903 | -31% | 1,054 | -378 | $2,162 | $77,998,724 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Internal Affairs | $2,255,438 | -35.8% | 983 | -3 | $2,294 | $22,536,369 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Steel Magnolias | $2,073,008 | -22.7% | 1,328 | -41 | $1,561 | $69,769,418 | 13 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Tremors | $1,790,365 | -37.5% | 1,159 | -246 | $1,544 | $13,263,405 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 5 | Flashback | $1,756,782 | -53% | 875 | - | $2,007 | $5,495,879 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | The Little Mermaid | $1,684,248 | -24.6% | 1,323 | -134 | $1,273 | $72,488,063 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Always | $1,634,170 | -32.6% | 1,014 | -158 | $1,611 | $38,871,730 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Glory | $1,503,853 | -24.2% | 377 | -24 | $3,989 | $13,567,897 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Back to the Future Part II | $1,387,485 | -27.2% | 988 | -219 | $1,404 | $113,563,421 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Look Who's Talking | $1,231,695 | -24.8% | 909 | -207 | $1,355 | $129,623,745 | 18 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 9 | Heart Condition | $1,015,716 | -62.9% | 880 | -5 | $1,154 | $3,753,491 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | Roger & Me | $881,752 | +54.9% | 265 | +177 | $3,327 | $4,616,313 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | Men Don't Leave | $87,914 | -9.4% | 3 | - | $29,304 | $184,988 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | Cinema Paradiso | $26,425 | -1.4% | 1 | - | $26,425 | $53,236 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
