| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Accused | $4,316,369 | - | 796 | - | $5,422 | $4,316,369 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Alien Nation | $4,252,252 | - | 1,436 | - | $2,961 | $13,915,546 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | - | Punchline | $3,542,663 | - | 904 | - | $3,918 | $9,871,999 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Gorillas in the Mist | $2,631,125 | - | 1,085 | - | $2,425 | $12,660,068 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Crossing Delancey | $1,168,426 | - | 290 | - | $4,029 | $8,808,700 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | - | A Fish Called Wanda | $1,160,918 | - | 937 | - | $1,238 | $54,809,453 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | - | Die Hard | $1,062,121 | - | 968 | - | $1,097 | $74,138,586 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | - | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $1,044,924 | - | 1,040 | - | $1,004 | $143,273,001 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Cocktail | $943,833 | - | 981 | - | $962 | $70,425,967 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Big | $903,280 | - | 834 | - | $1,083 | $106,684,340 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | - | Memories of Me | $808,715 | - | 720 | - | $1,123 | $2,579,139 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | - | Imagine: John Lennon | $768,462 | - | 561 | - | $1,369 | $2,485,076 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | - | Pumpkinhead | $686,567 | - | 351 | - | $1,956 | $686,567 | 1 | United Artists | true | false |
| 14 | - | Running on Empty | $354,103 | - | 238 | - | $1,487 | $2,215,874 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Last Temptation of Christ | $200,022 | - | 118 | - | $1,695 | $7,379,396 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Madame Sousatzka | $172,740 | - | 20 | - | $8,637 | $172,740 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | - | Another Woman | $75,196 | - | 4 | - | $18,799 | $75,196 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 18 | - | Salaam Bombay! | $14,994 | - | 1 | - | $14,994 | $32,034 | 2 | Cinecom Pictures | false | false |
