| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $6,435,710 | - | 1,758 | - | $3,660 | $34,253,190 | - | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 2 | - | Betrayed | $5,496,111 | - | 1,099 | - | $5,001 | $13,211,050 | - | United Artists | - | false |
| 3 | - | A Fish Called Wanda | $5,098,053 | - | 1,187 | - | $4,294 | $37,794,123 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | - | Die Hard | $4,766,648 | - | 1,461 | - | $3,262 | $58,456,957 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | - | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $4,434,566 | - | 1,588 | - | $2,792 | $130,686,435 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | - | Cocktail | $4,374,397 | - | 1,404 | - | $3,115 | $57,355,901 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | - | Young Guns | $4,137,412 | - | 1,399 | - | $2,957 | $28,938,977 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | - | Married to the Mob | $3,405,665 | - | 828 | - | $4,113 | $12,086,524 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | Big | $2,487,652 | - | 1,177 | - | $2,113 | $97,856,795 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | - | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | $2,329,291 | - | 706 | - | $3,299 | $14,404,223 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | - | Coming to America | $2,305,075 | - | 951 | - | $2,423 | $117,382,908 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | - | Stealing Home | $2,139,589 | - | 985 | - | $2,172 | $5,607,893 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | - | Hot to Trot | $1,924,010 | - | 1,157 | - | $1,662 | $5,153,262 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | - | Midnight Run | $1,766,655 | - | 747 | - | $2,365 | $33,951,542 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | - | Hero and the Terror | $1,422,209 | - | 981 | - | $1,449 | $3,987,602 | - | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 16 | - | The Last Temptation of Christ | $1,179,051 | - | 81 | - | $14,556 | $3,680,949 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | - | Eight Men Out | $1,129,491 | - | 147 | - | $7,683 | $1,129,491 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | - | Crossing Delancey | $250,888 | - | 6 | - | $41,814 | $389,496 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 19 | - | The Thin Blue Line | $89,656 | - | 8 | - | $11,207 | $120,601 | - | Miramax | - | false |
| 20 | - | The Deceivers | $18,245 | - | 1 | - | $18,245 | $18,245 | - | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
