| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 2 | $11,827,946 | +27.9% | 20.5% | 2 | Rain Man | $10,111,504 | 85.5% | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 2 | 3 | $8,751,799 | +3.1% | 15.2% | 3 | Twins | $6,748,200 | 77.1% | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 1 | $7,366,740 | -20.9% | 12.8% | 3 | The Accidental Tourist | $4,872,212 | 66.1% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 7 | $7,078,084 | +153.7% | 12.3% | 2 | Beaches | $5,160,258 | 72.9% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 6 | $7,053,046 | +87% | 12.2% | 3 | Mississippi Burning | $4,040,640 | 57.3% | 6 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $5,334,277 | -15% | 9.2% | 3 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | $4,403,659 | 82.6% | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $5,255,001 | +4.9% | 9.1% | 2 | Working Girl | $4,514,221 | 85.9% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 10 | $1,764,875 | +415% | 3.1% | 2 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | $1,365,865 | 77.4% | 5 | United Artists | - |
