| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Fatal Attraction | $12,925,416 | - | - | - | - | 1,321 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Like Father Like Son | $6,874,600 | - | - | - | - | 1,267 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Princess Bride | $5,189,806 | - | - | - | - | 622 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Someone to Watch Over Me | $3,405,047 | - | - | - | - | 892 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Surrender | $2,703,662 | - | - | - | - | 1,067 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Dirty Dancing | $2,388,630 | - | - | - | - | 978 | 8 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Principal | $2,174,200 | - | - | - | - | 1,157 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Stakeout | $2,003,565 | - | - | - | - | 1,115 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Baby Boom | $1,897,227 | - | - | - | - | 195 | 1 | United Artists | - | false |
| 10 | Three O'Clock High | $1,725,392 | - | - | - | - | 849 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Hellraiser | $1,349,248 | - | - | - | - | 892 | 4 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Near Dark | $1,180,234 | - | - | - | - | 429 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 13 | La Bamba | $1,156,615 | - | - | - | - | 742 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Man on Fire | $293,171 | $258,812 | 88.3% | $34,359 | 11.7% | 178 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll | $195,060 | $156,597 | 80.3% | $38,463 | 19.7% | 33 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Orphans | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 4 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Big Shots | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | The Pick-up Artist | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Dancers | - | $36,112 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | No Way Out | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Can't Buy Me Love | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Slam Dance | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Island Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Big Easy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Zombie High | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Palisades Pictures | - | false |
