| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Fatal Attraction | $10,713,361 | $7,688,730 | 71.8% | $3,024,631 | 28.2% | 1,324 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Like Father Like Son | $5,091,800 | $4,258,800 | 83.6% | $833,000 | 16.4% | 1,272 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Princess Bride | $4,525,867 | $3,632,285 | 80.3% | $893,582 | 19.7% | 623 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Someone to Watch Over Me | $2,857,848 | $2,243,204 | 78.5% | $614,644 | 21.5% | 894 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Dirty Dancing | $2,445,828 | $1,839,181 | 75.2% | $606,647 | 24.8% | 1,012 | 9 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Surrender | $1,668,985 | $1,277,375 | 76.5% | $391,610 | 23.5% | 1,067 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | The Principal | $1,638,300 | $1,268,300 | 77.4% | $370,000 | 22.6% | 1,153 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Stakeout | $1,623,714 | $1,241,404 | 76.4% | $382,310 | 23.6% | 1,087 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Baby Boom | $1,600,496 | $1,220,486 | 76.3% | $380,010 | 23.7% | 200 | 2 | United Artists | - | false |
| 10 | Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II | $1,164,377 | $911,351 | 78.3% | $253,026 | 21.7% | 343 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 11 | Three O'Clock High | $1,059,932 | $845,595 | 79.8% | $214,337 | 20.2% | 817 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | La Bamba | $947,773 | $776,459 | 81.9% | $171,314 | 18.1% | 710 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Weeds | $190,821 | $132,970 | 69.7% | $57,851 | 30.3% | 8 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 14 | House of Games | $176,979 | $116,677 | 65.9% | $60,302 | 34.1% | 9 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Barfly | $77,429 | $45,900 | 59.3% | $31,529 | 40.7% | 2 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 16 | Hope and Glory | $38,293 | $25,497 | 66.6% | $12,796 | 33.4% | 2 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | In the Mood | - | $315,006 | - | - | - | 361 | 6 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Matewan | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | 8 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | Wild Geese II | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Near Dark | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| - | Orphans | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Man on Fire | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hellraiser | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | New World Pictures | - | false |
