| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Good Morning, Vietnam | $9,011,354 | - | 1,588 | - | $5,674 | $62,828,894 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | - | Shoot to Kill | $5,781,628 | - | 1,503 | - | $3,846 | $5,781,628 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | - | Action Jackson | $5,424,783 | - | 1,249 | - | $4,343 | $5,424,783 | - | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | - | Three Men and a Baby | $5,195,142 | - | 1,728 | - | $3,006 | $131,990,012 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | - | Moonstruck | $4,412,800 | - | 1,000 | - | $4,412 | $30,720,725 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | - | The Serpent and the Rainbow | $4,064,040 | - | 1,431 | - | $2,840 | $11,474,637 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | - | She's Having a Baby | $3,152,197 | - | 1,133 | - | $2,782 | $7,847,637 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | - | Satisfaction | $2,779,275 | - | 1,015 | - | $2,738 | $2,779,275 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | - | Ironweed | $2,232,334 | - | 599 | - | $3,726 | - | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | - | School Daze | $1,802,656 | - | 220 | - | $8,193 | $1,802,656 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | - | The Last Emperor | $1,548,355 | - | 372 | - | $4,162 | $13,858,723 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | - | Broadcast News | $1,547,839 | - | 803 | - | $1,927 | $38,615,166 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | - | Fatal Attraction | $968,716 | - | 702 | - | $1,379 | $143,520,991 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | - | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | $278,366 | - | 15 | - | $18,557 | $592,001 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | - | The Manchurian Candidate 1988 Re-release | $87,850 | - | 5 | - | $17,570 | $87,850 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
