| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Moon Over Parador | $4,236,626 | $3,268,975 | 77.2% | $967,651 | 22.8% | 1,145 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $3,960,626 | $3,201,442 | 80.8% | $759,184 | 19.2% | 1,675 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 3 | A Fish Called Wanda | $3,870,331 | $2,806,910 | 72.5% | $1,063,421 | 27.5% | 1,214 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Die Hard | $3,535,801 | $2,608,219 | 73.8% | $927,582 | 26.2% | 1,422 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Betrayed | $3,398,533 | $2,511,437 | 73.9% | $887,096 | 26.1% | 1,100 | 3 | United Artists | - | false |
| 6 | Cocktail | $3,010,684 | $2,221,849 | 73.8% | $788,835 | 26.2% | 1,417 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Young Guns | $2,985,947 | $2,172,952 | 72.8% | $812,995 | 27.2% | 1,398 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $2,578,481 | $1,883,805 | 73.1% | $694,676 | 26.9% | 1,500 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Married to the Mob | $2,193,515 | $1,613,572 | 73.6% | $579,943 | 26.4% | 828 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Big | $1,750,834 | $1,326,258 | 75.8% | $424,576 | 24.2% | 1,123 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Coming to America | $1,722,668 | $1,287,603 | 74.7% | $435,065 | 25.3% | 854 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | $1,393,625 | $1,029,398 | 73.9% | $364,227 | 26.1% | 706 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $922,592 | $612,253 | 66.4% | $310,339 | 33.6% | 94 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Eight Men Out | $611,358 | $436,401 | 71.4% | $174,957 | 28.6% | 148 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Running on Empty | $310,880 | $215,157 | 69.2% | $95,723 | 30.8% | 22 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Crossing Delancey | $242,367 | $137,224 | 56.6% | $105,143 | 43.4% | 6 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | The Deceivers | $212,164 | $172,108 | 81.1% | $40,056 | 18.9% | 68 | 2 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | The Thin Blue Line | $113,109 | $63,853 | 56.4% | $49,256 | 43.6% | 16 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 19 | Track 29 | $52,328 | $19,304 | 36.9% | $33,024 | 63.1% | 2 | 1 | Island Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Some Girls | $17,430 | $11,704 | 67.2% | $5,726 | 32.8% | 2 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Pascali's Island | - | - | - | - | - | 55 | 8 | Avenue Pictures Productions | - | false |
| - | Rocket Gibraltar | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hero and the Terror | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | Hot to Trot | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Stealing Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Midnight Run | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | A Handful of Dust | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
