| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Dead Ringers | $3,451,560 | $3,012,180 | 87.3% | $439,380 | 12.7% | 1,042 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | A Fish Called Wanda | $2,948,540 | $2,205,248 | 74.8% | $743,292 | 25.2% | 1,164 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 3 | Die Hard | $2,651,203 | $2,132,131 | 80.4% | $519,072 | 19.6% | 1,282 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Cocktail | $2,153,350 | $1,642,456 | 76.3% | $510,894 | 23.7% | 1,276 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $2,102,674 | $1,692,166 | 80.5% | $410,508 | 19.5% | 1,321 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $2,037,609 | $1,616,193 | 79.3% | $421,416 | 20.7% | 1,207 | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 7 | Young Guns | $2,015,217 | $1,512,785 | 75.1% | $502,432 | 24.9% | 1,263 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Moon Over Parador | $1,860,650 | $1,470,620 | 79% | $390,030 | 21% | 1,058 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Betrayed | $1,860,567 | $1,391,364 | 74.8% | $469,203 | 25.2% | 1,066 | 5 | United Artists | - | false |
| 10 | Kansas | $1,725,459 | $1,274,742 | 73.9% | $450,717 | 26.1% | 847 | 1 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | - | false |
| 11 | Sweet Hearts Dance | $1,438,916 | $1,116,902 | 77.6% | $322,014 | 22.4% | 246 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Big | $1,423,918 | $1,115,650 | 78.4% | $308,268 | 21.6% | 931 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Married to the Mob | $1,351,166 | $1,002,074 | 74.2% | $349,092 | 25.8% | 748 | 6 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Coming to America | $1,297,411 | $1,004,286 | 77.4% | $293,125 | 22.6% | 708 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Crossing Delancey | $1,289,376 | $950,919 | 73.8% | $338,457 | 26.2% | 95 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Eight Men Out | $846,792 | $639,408 | 75.5% | $207,384 | 24.5% | 349 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Patty Hearst | $808,840 | $601,680 | 74.4% | $207,160 | 25.6% | 460 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 18 | Spellbinder | $657,446 | $657,446 | 100% | $0 | - | 326 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 19 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $627,003 | $430,328 | 68.6% | $196,675 | 31.4% | 120 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Gorillas in the Mist | $538,081 | $366,925 | 68.2% | $171,156 | 31.8% | 15 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Running on Empty | $281,772 | $212,741 | 75.5% | $69,031 | 24.5% | 45 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Mr. North | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 10 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | The Year My Voice Broke | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 6 | Avenue Pictures Productions | - | false |
| - | Messenger of Death | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | Tougher Than Leather | - | $329,027 | - | - | - | - | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | The Thin Blue Line | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | After School | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Moviestore Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Seven Hours to Judgment | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | - | false |
| - | Half Moon Street | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
