| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Moon Over Parador | $3,268,975 | - | 1,145 | - | $2,855 | $3,268,975 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $3,201,442 | - | 1,675 | - | $1,911 | $38,365,034 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 3 | - | A Fish Called Wanda | $2,806,910 | - | 1,214 | - | $2,312 | $41,513,697 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | - | Die Hard | $2,608,219 | - | 1,422 | - | $1,834 | $61,916,243 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | - | Betrayed | $2,511,437 | - | 1,100 | - | $2,283 | $16,658,254 | 3 | United Artists | false | false |
| 6 | - | Cocktail | $2,221,849 | - | 1,417 | - | $1,567 | $60,333,130 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Young Guns | $2,172,952 | - | 1,398 | - | $1,554 | $31,937,762 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | - | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $1,883,805 | - | 1,500 | - | $1,255 | $133,157,333 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Married to the Mob | $1,613,572 | - | 828 | - | $1,948 | $14,276,054 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Big | $1,326,258 | - | 1,123 | - | $1,180 | $99,551,736 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | - | Coming to America | $1,287,603 | - | 854 | - | $1,507 | $119,055,052 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | $1,029,398 | - | 706 | - | $1,458 | $15,778,652 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Last Temptation of Christ | $612,253 | - | 94 | - | $6,513 | $4,567,895 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Eight Men Out | $436,401 | - | 148 | - | $2,948 | $1,742,909 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Running on Empty | $215,157 | - | 22 | - | $9,779 | $215,157 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 16 | - | The Deceivers | $172,108 | - | 68 | - | $2,531 | $195,055 | 2 | Cinecom Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Crossing Delancey | $137,224 | - | 6 | - | $22,870 | $598,218 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | - | The Thin Blue Line | $63,853 | - | 16 | - | $3,990 | $202,949 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 19 | - | Track 29 | $19,304 | - | 2 | - | $9,652 | $19,304 | 1 | Island Pictures | true | false |
| 20 | - | Some Girls | $11,704 | - | 2 | - | $5,852 | $11,704 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
