| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Dead Ringers | $3,451,560 | - | 1,042 | - | $3,312 | $3,451,560 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | A Fish Called Wanda | $2,948,540 | -15.2% | 1,164 | -43 | $2,533 | $49,002,086 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Die Hard | $2,651,203 | -18.2% | 1,282 | -89 | $2,068 | $68,736,377 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 8 | Cocktail | $2,153,350 | -18.1% | 1,276 | -88 | $1,687 | $65,905,340 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $2,102,674 | -20.8% | 1,321 | -72 | $1,591 | $138,608,426 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $2,037,609 | -27.5% | 1,207 | -258 | $1,688 | $43,973,473 | 6 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Young Guns | $2,015,217 | -23.6% | 1,263 | -95 | $1,595 | $37,402,230 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 3 | Moon Over Parador | $1,860,650 | -39.6% | 1,058 | -85 | $1,758 | $9,177,665 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Betrayed | $1,860,567 | -32.3% | 1,066 | -35 | $1,745 | $22,153,360 | 5 | United Artists | false | false |
| 10 | - | Kansas | $1,725,459 | - | 847 | - | $2,037 | $1,725,459 | 1 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | true | false |
| 11 | - | Sweet Hearts Dance | $1,438,916 | - | 246 | - | $5,849 | $1,438,916 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 12 | 11 | Big | $1,423,918 | -14.7% | 931 | -118 | $1,529 | $103,069,100 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Married to the Mob | $1,351,166 | -28.3% | 748 | -79 | $1,806 | $18,092,036 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Coming to America | $1,297,411 | -24.1% | 708 | -122 | $1,832 | $122,495,811 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Crossing Delancey | $1,289,376 | -1% | 95 | - | $13,572 | $3,295,786 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | Eight Men Out | $846,792 | +109.2% | 349 | +220 | $2,426 | $3,169,440 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Patty Hearst | $808,840 | - | 460 | - | $1,758 | $808,840 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 18 | - | Spellbinder | $657,446 | - | 326 | - | $2,016 | $657,446 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 19 | 15 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $627,003 | -17.1% | 120 | +15 | $5,225 | $6,261,897 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | - | Gorillas in the Mist | $538,081 | - | 15 | - | $35,872 | $538,081 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 21 | 17 | Running on Empty | $281,772 | +0.2% | 45 | +21 | $6,261 | $873,943 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
