| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Beetlejuice | $7,570,442 | $6,201,234 | 81.9% | $1,369,208 | 18.1% | 1,575 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Colors | $5,328,134 | $3,803,340 | 71.4% | $1,524,794 | 28.6% | 480 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Casual Sex? | $4,894,206 | $3,840,032 | 78.5% | $1,054,174 | 21.5% | 1,264 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Above the Law | $4,331,309 | $3,199,779 | 73.9% | $1,131,530 | 26.1% | 868 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Biloxi Blues | $3,491,935 | $2,822,190 | 80.8% | $669,745 | 19.2% | 1,246 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | The Last Emperor | $3,355,186 | $2,597,418 | 77.4% | $757,768 | 22.6% | 877 | 23 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Unholy | $3,258,773 | $2,353,452 | 72.2% | $905,321 | 27.8% | 1,189 | 1 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Moonstruck | $3,003,812 | $2,339,002 | 77.9% | $664,810 | 22.1% | 1,009 | 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | Return to Snowy River | $2,767,789 | $2,144,033 | 77.5% | $623,756 | 22.5% | 1,092 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Seventh Sign | $2,328,150 | $1,866,150 | 80.2% | $462,000 | 19.8% | 1,134 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Milagro Beanfield War | $1,918,853 | $1,464,450 | 76.3% | $454,403 | 23.7% | 390 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $1,902,422 | $1,467,448 | 77.1% | $434,974 | 22.9% | 1,042 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Fox and the Hound 1988 Re-release | $1,438,058 | $1,160,562 | 80.7% | $277,496 | 19.3% | 1,382 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Stand and Deliver | $1,313,392 | $1,017,020 | 77.4% | $296,372 | 22.6% | 424 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | A Time of Destiny | $661,471 | $509,397 | 77% | $152,074 | 23% | 216 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Lady in White | $358,029 | $282,652 | 79% | $75,377 | 21% | 90 | 1 | New Century | - | false |
| 17 | Stormy Monday | $61,830 | $44,734 | 72.4% | $17,096 | 27.6% | 2 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 18 | White Mischief | $47,637 | $24,538 | 51.5% | $23,099 | 48.5% | 1 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Mondo New York | $18,016 | $10,752 | 59.7% | $7,264 | 40.3% | 1 | 1 | Fourth and Broadway | - | false |
| - | Bad Dreams | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Johnny Be Good | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | Bright Lights, Big City | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | United Artists | - | false |
| - | The Blue Iguana | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
