| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Young Guns | $11,339,501 | $7,011,393 | 61.8% | $4,328,108 | 38.2% | 1,387 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Cocktail | $9,786,308 | $6,227,319 | 63.6% | $3,558,989 | 36.4% | 1,462 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Die Hard | $8,830,700 | $5,742,848 | 65% | $3,087,852 | 35% | 1,713 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | A Fish Called Wanda | $8,518,950 | $5,256,304 | 61.7% | $3,262,646 | 38.3% | 1,114 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $7,014,342 | $4,349,661 | 62% | $2,664,681 | 38% | 1,435 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Coming to America | $5,544,036 | $3,611,470 | 65.1% | $1,932,566 | 34.9% | 1,481 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | $5,414,605 | $3,709,562 | 68.5% | $1,705,043 | 31.5% | 720 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Clean and Sober | $4,286,944 | $2,205,628 | 51.4% | $2,081,316 | 48.6% | 673 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Midnight Run | $4,194,654 | $2,781,515 | 66.3% | $1,413,139 | 33.7% | 1,133 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Big | $3,598,686 | $2,225,217 | 61.8% | $1,373,469 | 38.2% | 1,171 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Mac and Me | $3,430,846 | $2,061,464 | 60.1% | $1,369,382 | 39.9% | 1,314 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Bambi 1988 Re-release | $2,407,219 | $1,401,608 | 58.2% | $1,005,611 | 41.8% | 1,370 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Blob | $2,402,447 | $1,587,894 | 66.1% | $814,553 | 33.9% | 1,081 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Bull Durham | $1,657,085 | $1,040,442 | 62.8% | $616,643 | 37.2% | 719 | 9 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $707,261 | $401,211 | 56.7% | $306,050 | 43.3% | 9 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Vibes | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Monkey Shines | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Big Top Pee-wee | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Wings of Desire | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | Orion Classics | - | false |
| - | The Rescue | - | $874,408 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Dead Pool | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Caddyshack II | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Crocodile Dundee II | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
