| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Beetlejuice | $14,242,865 | $8,030,897 | 56.4% | $6,211,968 | 43.6% | 1,000 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Biloxi Blues | $8,367,825 | $6,013,725 | 71.9% | $2,354,100 | 28.1% | 1,329 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Bright Lights, Big City | $6,913,038 | $5,126,791 | 74.2% | $1,786,247 | 25.8% | 1,196 | 1 | United Artists | - | false |
| 4 | The Fox and the Hound 1988 Re-release | $6,444,305 | $4,013,103 | 62.3% | $2,431,202 | 37.7% | 1,567 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Seventh Sign | $5,565,707 | $3,768,707 | 67.7% | $1,797,000 | 32.3% | 1,256 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Johnny Be Good | $4,017,056 | $2,951,850 | 73.5% | $1,065,206 | 26.5% | 1,194 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $3,904,152 | $2,804,945 | 71.8% | $1,099,207 | 28.2% | 1,412 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach | $3,311,351 | $2,294,027 | 69.3% | $1,017,324 | 30.7% | 1,633 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | A New Life | $2,228,102 | $1,577,893 | 70.8% | $650,209 | 29.2% | 796 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | D.O.A. | $2,018,128 | $1,443,613 | 71.5% | $574,515 | 28.5% | 869 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Three Men and a Baby | $1,983,383 | $1,336,984 | 67.4% | $646,399 | 32.6% | 954 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Moonstruck | $1,971,816 | $1,328,853 | 67.4% | $642,963 | 32.6% | 902 | 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 13 | Masquerade | $1,686,663 | $1,173,941 | 69.6% | $512,722 | 30.4% | 849 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 14 | Stand and Deliver | $1,594,636 | $1,120,596 | 70.3% | $474,040 | 29.7% | 288 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | The Milagro Beanfield War | $1,169,381 | $801,467 | 68.5% | $367,914 | 31.5% | 135 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | The Last Emperor | $833,395 | $560,501 | 67.3% | $272,894 | 32.7% | 386 | 20 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | $758,316 | $517,608 | 68.3% | $240,708 | 31.7% | 133 | 9 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Bellman and True | $30,423 | $21,428 | 70.4% | $8,995 | 29.6% | 4 | 1 | Island Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Consuming Passions | $2,076 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Hope and Glory | - | - | - | - | - | 160 | 25 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | Vice Versa | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hairspray | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Little Nikita | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
