| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 15 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $11,752,913 | +6,286.9% | 785 | +781 | $14,971 | $12,853,843 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Three Men and a Baby | $7,973,618 | -1.6% | 1,813 | +9 | $4,398 | $105,141,109 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 14 | Moonstruck | $5,069,508 | +2,047% | 635 | +627 | $7,983 | $6,400,879 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | - | For Keeps? | $4,839,790 | - | 922 | - | $5,249 | $4,839,790 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | - | Return of the Living Dead II | $3,647,254 | - | 1,467 | - | $2,486 | $3,647,254 | 1 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 2 | Broadcast News | $3,551,046 | -17.5% | 748 | +67 | $4,747 | $27,485,020 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Couch Trip | $3,351,891 | - | 1,332 | - | $2,516 | $3,351,891 | 1 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 4 | Throw Momma from the Train | $2,814,646 | -24.4% | 1,535 | -88 | $1,833 | $46,703,623 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 3 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $2,758,795 | -29.9% | 1,221 | -267 | $2,259 | $43,222,464 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Wall Street | $2,103,544 | -25.4% | 967 | -21 | $2,175 | $29,808,822 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Fatal Attraction | $2,048,816 | -22.3% | 1,054 | -219 | $1,943 | $136,063,252 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 5 | *batteries not included | $1,854,690 | -34.5% | 1,222 | -124 | $1,517 | $25,669,139 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Overboard | $1,485,003 | -43.9% | 996 | -139 | $1,490 | $19,151,555 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | 7 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $1,421,230 | -46.6% | 1,081 | -490 | $1,314 | $45,076,982 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Empire of the Sun | $1,063,063 | -41.7% | 528 | -145 | $2,013 | $16,231,776 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | The Last Emperor | $677,383 | -22.1% | 91 | -1 | $7,443 | $7,836,417 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Rent-a-Cop | $295,000 | - | 193 | - | $1,528 | $295,000 | 1 | - | true | false |
