| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Running Man | $10,253,465 | $8,117,465 | 79.2% | $2,136,000 | 20.8% | 1,692 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Fatal Attraction | $8,192,653 | $6,324,493 | 77.2% | $1,868,160 | 22.8% | 1,386 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Hello Again | $4,920,583 | $4,026,347 | 81.8% | $894,236 | 18.2% | 1,207 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Baby Boom | $3,054,436 | $2,460,475 | 80.6% | $593,961 | 19.4% | 880 | 6 | United Artists | - | false |
| 5 | Less Than Zero | $2,522,539 | $1,928,043 | 76.4% | $594,496 | 23.6% | 868 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Suspect | $2,388,099 | $2,068,099 | 86.6% | $320,000 | 13.4% | 1,018 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Dirty Dancing | $2,217,891 | $1,700,823 | 76.7% | $517,068 | 23.3% | 958 | 13 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Princess Bride | $2,052,793 | $1,638,474 | 79.8% | $414,319 | 20.2% | 732 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Fatal Beauty | $1,983,292 | $1,556,897 | 78.5% | $426,395 | 21.5% | 996 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | Like Father Like Son | $1,911,517 | $1,721,517 | 90.1% | $190,000 | 9.9% | 1,172 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Hiding Out | $1,850,249 | $1,517,490 | 82% | $332,759 | 18% | 986 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 12 | Death Wish 4: The Crackdown | $1,778,894 | $1,314,031 | 73.9% | $464,863 | 26.1% | 1,022 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 13 | Made in Heaven | $1,483,489 | $1,185,887 | 79.9% | $297,602 | 20.1% | 881 | 2 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Hidden | $1,469,849 | $1,101,552 | 74.9% | $368,297 | 25.1% | 685 | 3 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 15 | Cross My Heart | $603,725 | $455,100 | 75.4% | $148,625 | 24.6% | 205 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Cry Freedom | $388,955 | $284,853 | 73.2% | $104,102 | 26.8% | 27 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Siesta | $32,041 | $17,525 | 54.7% | $14,516 | 45.3% | 1 | 2 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | From a Whisper to a Scream | - | - | - | - | - | 137 | 11 | Moviestore Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Steel Dawn | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| - | Prince of Darkness | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Russkies | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | New Century | - | false |
