| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Colors | $4,007,400 | -38.6% | 1,386 | +14 | $2,891 | $25,096,343 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Beetlejuice | $3,357,625 | -33.1% | 1,582 | - | $2,122 | $51,222,372 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Shakedown | $3,017,800 | - | 1,580 | - | $1,910 | $3,017,800 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | - | Salsa | $2,627,533 | - | 1,125 | - | $2,335 | $2,627,533 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 5 | - | Dead Heat | $1,667,036 | - | 1,012 | - | $1,647 | $1,667,036 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Above the Law | $1,447,785 | -39.5% | 822 | -30 | $1,761 | $13,975,032 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Biloxi Blues | $1,402,510 | -33.3% | 1,009 | -153 | $1,390 | $36,111,720 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | The Last Emperor | $1,256,177 | -29.4% | 817 | -34 | $1,537 | $37,419,329 | 25 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 3 | Casual Sex? | $1,183,500 | -51.4% | 900 | -365 | $1,315 | $9,231,651 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Moonstruck | $1,177,630 | -25.2% | 830 | -67 | $1,418 | $70,791,647 | 21 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Return to Snowy River | $1,012,774 | -27.3% | 823 | -90 | $1,230 | $9,671,720 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | The Milagro Beanfield War | $923,875 | -22% | 389 | -48 | $2,375 | $7,936,624 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 6 | Sunset | $814,080 | -59.9% | 1,024 | +1 | $795 | $3,372,091 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 7 | Critters 2: The Main Course | $681,303 | -64.1% | 907 | -207 | $751 | $2,929,519 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 15 | - | My Best Friend Is a Vampire | $174,380 | - | 170 | - | $1,025 | $174,380 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 16 | - | Judgment in Berlin | $113,743 | - | 81 | - | $1,404 | $113,743 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 17 | - | Prison | $63,792 | - | 42 | - | $1,518 | $63,792 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
