| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Dead Ringers | $3,012,180 | - | 1,042 | - | $2,890 | $3,012,180 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | A Fish Called Wanda | $2,205,248 | -13.7% | 1,164 | -43 | $1,894 | $48,258,794 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Die Hard | $2,132,131 | -16.2% | 1,282 | -89 | $1,663 | $68,217,305 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $1,692,166 | -18.9% | 1,321 | -72 | $1,280 | $138,197,918 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 8 | Cocktail | $1,642,456 | -12.7% | 1,276 | -88 | $1,287 | $65,394,446 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $1,616,193 | -27.2% | 1,207 | -258 | $1,339 | $43,552,057 | 6 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Young Guns | $1,512,785 | -22.8% | 1,263 | -95 | $1,197 | $36,899,798 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 3 | Moon Over Parador | $1,470,620 | -40% | 1,058 | -85 | $1,390 | $8,787,635 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Betrayed | $1,391,364 | -32.8% | 1,066 | -35 | $1,305 | $21,684,157 | 5 | United Artists | false | false |
| 10 | - | Kansas | $1,274,742 | - | 847 | - | $1,505 | $1,274,742 | 1 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | true | false |
| 11 | - | Sweet Hearts Dance | $1,116,902 | - | 246 | - | $4,540 | $1,116,902 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 12 | 11 | Big | $1,115,650 | -14.3% | 931 | -118 | $1,198 | $102,760,832 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Coming to America | $1,004,286 | -23% | 708 | -122 | $1,418 | $122,202,686 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | Married to the Mob | $1,002,074 | -28.4% | 748 | -79 | $1,339 | $17,742,944 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Crossing Delancey | $950,919 | -2% | 95 | - | $10,009 | $2,957,329 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | - | Spellbinder | $657,446 | - | 326 | - | $2,016 | $657,446 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 17 | 16 | Eight Men Out | $639,408 | +112.1% | 349 | +220 | $1,832 | $2,962,056 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Patty Hearst | $601,680 | - | 460 | - | $1,308 | $601,680 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 19 | 15 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $430,328 | -17.8% | 120 | +15 | $3,586 | $6,065,222 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | - | Gorillas in the Mist | $366,925 | - | 15 | - | $24,461 | $366,925 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 21 | 14 | Tougher Than Leather | $329,027 | -56% | 103 | -27 | $3,194 | $1,202,500 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 22 | 17 | Running on Empty | $212,741 | +4.3% | 45 | +21 | $4,727 | $804,912 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
