| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | A Fish Called Wanda | $3,476,428 | $2,555,291 | 73.5% | $921,137 | 26.5% | 1,207 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 2 | Die Hard | $3,241,349 | $2,544,486 | 78.5% | $696,863 | 21.5% | 1,371 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Moon Over Parador | $3,080,389 | $2,451,735 | 79.6% | $628,654 | 20.4% | 1,143 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $2,811,646 | $2,221,018 | 79% | $590,628 | 21% | 1,465 | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 5 | Betrayed | $2,747,443 | $2,071,555 | 75.4% | $675,888 | 24.6% | 1,101 | 4 | United Artists | - | false |
| 6 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $2,653,743 | $2,087,303 | 78.7% | $566,440 | 21.3% | 1,393 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Young Guns | $2,636,256 | $1,958,525 | 74.3% | $677,731 | 25.7% | 1,358 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Cocktail | $2,630,025 | $1,880,877 | 71.5% | $749,148 | 28.5% | 1,364 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Married to the Mob | $1,884,873 | $1,398,630 | 74.2% | $486,243 | 25.8% | 827 | 5 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Coming to America | $1,708,283 | $1,304,208 | 76.4% | $404,075 | 23.6% | 830 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Big | $1,668,870 | $1,302,410 | 78% | $366,460 | 22% | 1,049 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Messenger of Death | $1,346,454 | $1,035,279 | 76.9% | $311,175 | 23.1% | 450 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 13 | Crossing Delancey | $1,303,049 | $970,163 | 74.4% | $332,886 | 25.6% | 95 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Tougher Than Leather | $873,473 | $748,193 | 85.7% | $125,280 | 14.3% | 130 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 15 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $756,660 | $523,568 | 69.2% | $233,092 | 30.8% | 105 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Eight Men Out | $404,782 | $301,471 | 74.5% | $103,311 | 25.5% | 129 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Running on Empty | $281,291 | $203,998 | 72.5% | $77,293 | 27.5% | 24 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | The Thin Blue Line | $108,133 | $77,940 | 72.1% | $30,193 | 27.9% | 23 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 19 | Seven Hours to Judgment | $98,541 | $66,352 | 67.3% | $32,189 | 32.7% | 73 | 1 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | - | false |
| - | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Down by Law | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Island Pictures | - | false |
| - | Where the River Runs Black | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Miles from Home | - | $72,872 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Prince of Pennsylvania | - | $3,174 | - | - | - | - | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | The Deceivers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | Pascali's Island | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Avenue Pictures Productions | - | false |
