| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Fatal Attraction | $10,984,230 | $8,046,843 | 73.3% | $2,937,387 | 26.7% | 1,340 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Prince of Darkness | $6,042,251 | $4,657,401 | 77.1% | $1,384,850 | 22.9% | 1,239 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Suspect | $5,283,015 | $4,152,015 | 78.6% | $1,131,000 | 21.4% | 1,029 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Princess Bride | $3,999,585 | $3,264,935 | 81.6% | $734,650 | 18.4% | 788 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Like Father Like Son | $3,690,218 | $3,130,218 | 84.8% | $560,000 | 15.2% | 1,277 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Dirty Dancing | $2,461,625 | $1,785,660 | 72.5% | $675,965 | 27.5% | 991 | 10 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Sicilian | $2,248,239 | $1,720,351 | 76.5% | $527,888 | 23.5% | 370 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Baby Boom | $2,109,005 | $1,400,380 | 66.4% | $708,625 | 33.6% | 303 | 3 | United Artists | - | false |
| 9 | Someone to Watch Over Me | $1,835,583 | $1,393,443 | 75.9% | $442,140 | 24.1% | 878 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | No Man's Land | $1,494,604 | $1,088,273 | 72.8% | $406,331 | 27.2% | 510 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Stakeout | $1,154,697 | $894,807 | 77.5% | $259,890 | 22.5% | 869 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Principal | $1,092,576 | $882,576 | 80.8% | $210,000 | 19.2% | 972 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | House of Games | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Matewan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | Three O'Clock High | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | La Bamba | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Surrender | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | In the Mood | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Barfly | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
