| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Throw Momma from the Train | $9,525,536 | $7,318,878 | 76.8% | $2,206,658 | 23.2% | 1,477 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Three Men and a Baby | $8,946,386 | $7,046,243 | 78.8% | $1,900,143 | 21.2% | 1,016 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Wall Street | $5,447,702 | $4,104,611 | 75.4% | $1,343,091 | 24.6% | 730 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $4,938,782 | $3,698,739 | 74.9% | $1,240,043 | 25.1% | 1,578 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Fatal Attraction | $2,684,343 | $2,017,291 | 75.2% | $667,052 | 24.8% | 1,340 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Cinderella 1987 Re-release | $2,126,840 | $1,690,152 | 79.5% | $436,688 | 20.5% | 1,532 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Running Man | $2,098,940 | $1,898,940 | 90.5% | $200,000 | 9.5% | 1,595 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Empire of the Sun | $1,891,476 | $1,314,509 | 69.5% | $576,967 | 30.5% | 225 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Nuts | $1,885,360 | $1,424,264 | 75.5% | $461,096 | 24.5% | 652 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Dirty Dancing | $973,749 | $844,229 | 86.7% | $129,520 | 13.3% | 986 | 17 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Flowers in the Attic | $943,777 | $727,802 | 77.1% | $215,975 | 22.9% | 1,023 | 4 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Baby Boom | $641,320 | $473,899 | 73.9% | $167,421 | 26.1% | 824 | 10 | United Artists | - | false |
| 13 | The Last Emperor | $558,573 | $402,257 | 72% | $156,316 | 28% | 29 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Cold Steel | $181,630 | $137,186 | 75.5% | $44,444 | 24.5% | 135 | 1 | Cinetel | - | false |
| - | Less Than Zero | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Suspect | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Princess Bride | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Teen Wolf Too | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Hello Again | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
