| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Colors | $5,590,426 | $4,007,400 | 71.7% | $1,583,026 | 28.3% | 1,386 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Beetlejuice | $4,262,750 | $3,357,625 | 78.8% | $905,125 | 21.2% | 1,582 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Shakedown | $4,086,065 | $3,017,800 | 73.9% | $1,068,265 | 26.1% | 1,580 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Salsa | $3,313,408 | $2,627,533 | 79.3% | $685,875 | 20.7% | 1,125 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 5 | Dead Heat | $2,205,520 | $1,667,036 | 75.6% | $538,484 | 24.4% | 1,012 | 1 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Above the Law | $2,059,075 | $1,447,785 | 70.3% | $611,290 | 29.7% | 822 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Biloxi Blues | $1,779,504 | $1,402,510 | 78.8% | $376,994 | 21.2% | 1,009 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Last Emperor | $1,695,794 | $1,256,177 | 74.1% | $439,617 | 25.9% | 817 | 25 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Moonstruck | $1,612,638 | $1,177,630 | 73% | $435,008 | 27% | 830 | 21 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | Return to Snowy River | $1,333,339 | $1,012,774 | 76% | $320,565 | 24% | 823 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Milagro Beanfield War | $1,255,733 | $923,875 | 73.6% | $331,858 | 26.4% | 389 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Casual Sex? | $1,183,500 | $1,183,500 | 100% | $0 | - | 900 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Judgment in Berlin | $168,086 | $113,743 | 67.7% | $54,343 | 32.3% | 81 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 14 | Prison | $81,685 | $63,792 | 78.1% | $17,893 | 21.9% | 42 | 1 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | Beatrice | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | The Seventh Sign | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Two Moon Junction | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Sunset | - | $814,080 | - | - | - | - | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Critters 2: The Main Course | - | $681,303 | - | - | - | - | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Da | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | FilmDallas Pictures | - | false |
| - | Consuming Passions | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | The Unholy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| - | A Time of Destiny | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
